kylies.clay Posted March 1, 2023 Report Share Posted March 1, 2023 (edited) Howdy! About a week ago I had a thread going about getting my kiln up and running and wound up installing a Bartlett V6-CF. I ran one test load with just shelves to bake the kiln wash and only had self supporting ^6 cones so ran it with those. The tips touched the ground so I ran a test load last night after getting full cone packs and used a -15° cone offset. So I put three pots in the kiln (one on each level) along with a kiln pack. All the glazes look good, but these were also new combos. The bend of my guard cones leads me to believe it may still be a touch too hot, but I’ve never worked with the large cones so I’m not sure. Would you leave it be? Or turn the temperature down a bit. The final temperature was 2242°, no hold. My cone packs in the picture are in order by shelf level. (This was also the first time I made cone packs… I’ll do better with getting them to not fall on one another next time) edit: I added a photo of the schedule from the manual Edited March 1, 2023 by kylies.clay Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kelly in AK Posted March 2, 2023 Report Share Posted March 2, 2023 If your glazes look good you’re doing it right. I would say it’s a solid cone 6, probably slightly over. It’s clearly a tad hotter on the bottom, Some glazes (and clay bodies) benefit from a slightly higher temperature, others are hitting their limits at the stated cone. If you’re not seeing defects related to over firing you’re probably not over firing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pres Posted March 2, 2023 Report Share Posted March 2, 2023 If your controller has a "cone offset" you may want to put in a -5 or-10 setting for those degrees. best, Pres Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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