Barbara Francis on sat 27 aug 11
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ivor and olive lewis on sun 28 aug 11
Dear Barbara Francis,
(And others who may be interested)
Consult the following site...
http://www.microwavekiln.com/The_MicroKiln_Instructions.pdf
Gives temperatures and firing times for various Microwave unit wattages.
Have fun and let us know how you fair with this technique.
Regards,
Ivor Lewis,
REDHILL,
South Australia
Arnold Howard on mon 29 aug 11
On 8/27/2011 10:12 AM, Barbara Francis wrote:
> Hi all, I just purchased a glass fuse microwavable kiln at a garage s=
ale and am wondering if I can use it for pottery. I have watched the u-tub=
e of the paragon microwave kiln and it looks very similar, but the paragon =
one is larger. I am wondering how I can tell what temperature it fires to.=
A self-supporting cone is too tall to fit inside it.
Even if you could place a self-supporting cone in the microwave kiln
(the type of kiln that is fired inside a microwave oven), the cone would
not bend. It would bloat. This is because the microwave kiln fires so
rapidly.
You will need a clay that can withstand a very fast firing rate. That is
probably why John Toki fired raku in the video you watched.
Sincerely,
Arnold Howard
Paragon Industries, L.P., Mesquite, Texas USA
ahoward@paragonweb.com / www.paragonweb.com
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