doorwd on sun 8 feb 98
I am a novice potter with a Skutt 818 electric kiln. Every time I do a Cone
6 glaze firing of stoneware the kiln shuts off after 4 1/2 hours. The glaze
looks okay and the sitter cone seems to indicate correct firing. However,
the manual says 7-10 hours. Why is it taking half the time it should? (The
kiln is in the garage and currently it is 20 degrees out there.)
Recently I've started turning the setting from High to 6 as soon as the kiln
shuts off, then after an hour I turn it down again to 4 fir another hour,
just to lengthen the time. Should I?
Stephen Mills on mon 9 feb 98
if your glazes look OK after a short firing there's nothing wrong with
that.
If your determined to slow things down, instead of turning the Kiln onto
full try it a notch lower, say 6 or maybe 5, that'll slow it down. You
may find this better for your glazes because they will have had time to
flow a bit after melting.
Don't always believe what you read, personal experience is the best
schooling. Couple that with the consensus view and you have a base to
work from.
Steve
Bath
UK
in message , doorwd writes
>----------------------------Original message----------------------------
>I am a novice potter with a Skutt 818 electric kiln. Every time I do a Cone
>6 glaze firing of stoneware the kiln shuts off after 4 1/2 hours. The glaze
>looks okay and the sitter cone seems to indicate correct firing. However,
>the manual says 7-10 hours. Why is it taking half the time it should? (The
>kiln is in the garage and currently it is 20 degrees out there.)
>
>Recently I've started turning the setting from High to 6 as soon as the kiln
>shuts off, then after an hour I turn it down again to 4 fir another hour,
>just to lengthen the time. Should I?
>
--
Steve Mills
Bath
UK
home e-mail: stevemills@mudslinger.demon.co.uk
work e-mail: stevemills@bathpotters.demon.co.uk
BPS website: http://www.bathpotters.demon.co.uk
Janet Price on mon 9 feb 98
doorwd said
>
> ----------------------------Original message----------------------------
> I am a novice potter with a Skutt 818 electric kiln. Every time I do a Cone
> 6 glaze firing of stoneware the kiln shuts off after 4 1/2 hours. The glaze
> looks okay and the sitter cone seems to indicate correct firing. However,
> the manual says 7-10 hours. Why is it taking half the time it should? (The
> kiln is in the garage and currently it is 20 degrees out there.)
>
> Recently I've started turning the setting from High to 6 as soon as the kiln
> shuts off, then after an hour I turn it down again to 4 fir another hour,
> just to lengthen the time. Should I?
>
>
I have a Skutt 818 also. For glaze firings I usually load it in the
morning, have it on low from say 5am until 10am, then on medium until
2pm and then on high. It normally will finish around 6 or 7. I fire
to cone 5. Are you just counting the time from when you bump it up to
high?
--
Janet Price, Chief Information Officer
Carroll College, Waukesha WI 53186
jprice@carroll1.cc.edu or jprice@ccadmin.cc.edu
414-524-7120
Robert Katz on tue 10 feb 98
I have a Skutt 714 Electric kiln which was new ( small kiln, frequent
firings )
when I purchased it a year & a half ago. IT NEVER GETS TO CONE ^6 in that
little amount of time.
This is my glaze firing schedule:
all plugs out
1 hour @ low ( both controls )
1 hour @ med
2 hours @ high
all plugs in
it takes at LEAST 4 more hours @ high with plugs in to 'trip off'
It simply sounds odd. I think you should call the Skutt people.
Vicki Katz
Katz Creek Pottery
Sugar Land, TX
At 10:34 PM 2/8/98 EST, you wrote:
>----------------------------Original message----------------------------
>I am a novice potter with a Skutt 818 electric kiln. Every time I do a Cone
>6 glaze firing of stoneware the kiln shuts off after 4 1/2 hours. The glaze
>looks okay and the sitter cone seems to indicate correct firing. However,
>the manual says 7-10 hours. Why is it taking half the time it should? (The
>kiln is in the garage and currently it is 20 degrees out there.)
>
>Recently I've started turning the setting from High to 6 as soon as the kiln
>shuts off, then after an hour I turn it down again to 4 fir another hour,
>just to lengthen the time. Should I?
>
The Kiln Guy on thu 12 feb 98
> >Recently I've started turning the setting from High to 6 as soon as the
kiln
> >shuts off, then after an hour I turn it down again to 4 fir another
hour,
> >just to lengthen the time. Should I?
Hi,
It looks to me like you are turning your switches up after the kiln has
reached temperature.
Try 1-2hrs on 2-3 * then 1-2hrs on 4-5 * then up to high until the kiln
shuts off. Feel free to give me a call.
Chris @ Euclid's Kilns and Elements
1-800-296-5456
Web Site: http://www.euclids.com
E-Mail: mail@euclids.com
jjcat on fri 13 feb 98
You may want to check if your kiln is a 208 volt kiln and the supply power
is 240 volt, that may be the problem. The kiln would have the tendency to
fire a little hotter.
jjcat
At 07:38 AM 2/12/98 EST, you wrote:
>----------------------------Original message----------------------------
>> >Recently I've started turning the setting from High to 6 as soon as the
>kiln
>> >shuts off, then after an hour I turn it down again to 4 fir another
>hour,
>> >just to lengthen the time. Should I?
>
>Hi,
>It looks to me like you are turning your switches up after the kiln has
>reached temperature.
>Try 1-2hrs on 2-3 * then 1-2hrs on 4-5 * then up to high until the kiln
>shuts off. Feel free to give me a call.
>Chris @ Euclid's Kilns and Elements
> 1-800-296-5456
>Web Site: http://www.euclids.com
>E-Mail: mail@euclids.com
>
>
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