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speaking of cones...

updated sun 29 apr 01

 

Snail Scott on fri 27 apr 01


At 09:46 AM 4/27/01 -0400, you wrote:

>I recently did some horsehair raku and used large cones... I was amaze=
d
to see them slump over entirely in a mere second right before my eyes...A=
m
I wrong to believe that the cones should have bent slowly?...
>Carole Fox


Cones bend slowly in a slow firing, and quickly
in a fast firing. A raku kiln can fire very fast.

-Snail