Randall Moody on thu 25 jun 98
I am having trouble interpreting conepacks. More to the point is it cone 10
when the tip of the cone starts to fall or when the cone bends halfway or
flat? Or does it matter at all if you see that the cone is going soft,
considering that there is only about a 30-50 degree difference between the
times.
Randall Moody
wmoody@siu.edu
Linhares on fri 26 jun 98
Hi Randall,
If you called Orton they would tell you that a cone is a cone when it
touches it's toes, as soon as the tip is level with the base of the
cone. Mostly people fire to whatever stage they think their glazes
look the best, flat, tipping or half bent. If you don't put your
cones in the pack consistantly it will bend differently from firing to
firing. Orton says that the proper angle is achieved if you take the
cone and stand it up on a flat surface and then put into the cone pack
at the same angle, of course, I usually lean mine a little more to
make sure it doesn't fall the wrong way. I hope that helps.
Paul, formerly from SIUC now at WVU
Paul Lewing on fri 26 jun 98
Randall Moody wrote:
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> I am having trouble interpreting conepacks. More to the point is it cone 10 wh
Randall,
A cone's "end point", the point at which you can be said to have
reached that cone, is when the tip touches down onto the shelf. And
it does matter, because 30-50 degrees at cone 10 is a HUGE difference
in the way your glazes will look. In fact, 50 degrees above cone 10
is cone 12 1/2. Fifty degrees below cone 10 is not quite cone 9.
Paul Lewing, Seattle
Kenneth D. Westfall on fri 26 jun 98
Check out http://digitalfire.com/magic/cones.htm . I think it will answer
all your questions.
At 12:12 PM 6/25/98 EDT, you wrote:
>----------------------------Original message----------------------------
>I am having trouble interpreting conepacks. More to the point is it cone 10
>when the tip of the cone starts to fall or when the cone bends halfway or
>flat? Or does it matter at all if you see that the cone is going soft,
>considering that there is only about a 30-50 degree difference between the
>times.
>
>Randall Moody
>wmoody@siu.edu
>
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