ayjay Posted October 11, 2013 Report Share Posted October 11, 2013 I loaded my kiln today for a glaze fire (it's a small top loading electric kiln - (18" dia X 18 " high int.), I hadn't really realised before I started loading but everything I was firing was very shallow, no tall stuff at all, I ran out of shelves (4) before I ran out of room in the kiln. Usually i'm fiddling and faffing to get it all in and it looked a bit strange with 6 or 7 inches of spare space above the last pieces, so, I removed the top two shelves and used longer posts just to give everything more room (in height terms anyway). Was I wasting my time? Will it make any noticeable difference to anything? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neilestrick Posted October 11, 2013 Report Share Posted October 11, 2013 The more evenly the ware is loaded, the more evenly it will fire. You did not waste your time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcia Selsor Posted October 12, 2013 Report Share Posted October 12, 2013 Yep. You did it right. Marcia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ayjay Posted October 12, 2013 Author Report Share Posted October 12, 2013 Thank you, - hmm, instinctive pottering. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcia Selsor Posted October 12, 2013 Report Share Posted October 12, 2013 Intuitive, marcia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clay lover Posted October 14, 2013 Report Share Posted October 14, 2013 Just to throw in something, IF one was needing to run a load and only had a few pieces, should the space be filed up with lots of posts and shelves, even tho there is not ware on the, to make a 'full' load? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldlady Posted October 15, 2013 Report Share Posted October 15, 2013 no. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pres Posted October 15, 2013 Report Share Posted October 15, 2013 This is a case, where sectional kilns make a lot of sense. I have 4 sections to my old L&L that I used to use all the time. Now that I don't complete as many pieces one section is sitting idle in the studio. When I have a small bisque load-that equals a medium glaze, I take one section off even now. When making larger pieces, I try to balance out by adding smaller pieces to the production so that I can pack around. After all, one 40" by 20" Jar really wasted kiln space especially at the bottom where the base may be only 8". The tighter the pack, the more even the firing as everyone has stated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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