Eagleangel

I opened it up this afternoon to find that both items that I had in there were fine. Maybe the temperature reading was incorrect and my placement of cones was incorrect… if would appear that the required temp of 1250 minimum for the white glaze was reached for the glaze to mature the way it did? I have ordered new parts for the kiln sitter as one of the little metal pieces was missing so will keep tinkering with it. Even if I only use it to bisque, I think it will be worth it. Thanks for your replies.

Yes we are talking Celsius… reading the manual before hand suggested that it would indeed fire to cone 10. I opened the lid this morning and the two items actually look pretty good regardless. I would assume because it didn’t reach the 1260 mark that the same strength would not have been achieved I will post some photos later when I get home. It has also been suggested (by another source) that I just didn’t let it go long enough and that the temperature goes up really slowly when at higher temperatures.

Sorry if there is a similar thread already… I’m new to firing full stop! I just purchased a Duncan Teachers Plus and was running a high fire test today. I started at 10am this morning on Manual setting, High Fire and set it for 6.5 hours with no idea how long it should take. I only have two glazed items in there just for the sake of it and placed cones 9 and 10 on the bottom and top shelves so they are visible from the peep holes. After 11.5 hours and the cones are still standing. I placed a thermocouple in the top a little while ago and it was reading 1111 degrees. Half an hour later it was 1100 - I assume because the temp has dropped outside as well. I wonder if there is something or multiple things that I should have done differently? Maybe I should just use it to bisque if it won’t go higher? Thanks in advance…

Thank you … Aussie back roads might be a bit different. Ha ha

I’m another newbie… I am about to purchase one of these. Any hints or tips on a safe way to transport?