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stilts - firing ladles at cone 6

updated sat 5 dec 98

 

Cheryl L Litman on fri 4 dec 98

There are stilts meant for the low fire business - the majority sold from
what I see and some for mid fire - harder to find. I inherited a bunch
and lost 3 bowls at cone fire which permanently fused to the stilt when
the prongs melted.

Cheryl Litman
Somerset, NJ
email: cheryllitman@juno.com

On Thu, 3 Dec 1998 16:21:03 EST john a gibson
writes:
>----------------------------Original
>message----------------------------
>Veena, I know everyone says you can't use stilts to fire to ^6
>because
>they melt but I have done it more times than I can count and have
>maybe 1
>post of a triangular stilt bend on me that I can remember. Doesn't
>make
>it right but I have to experiment with the rules. If you want to do
>the
>same , then maybe do a test yourself 1st . I have used this for
>ladles.
>Good luck, JOHN.
>
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