John Post on fri 6 jul 01
> Hi Everyone,
> I have a friend who sandblasts glass and she wants to get into glass
> slumping. Her hubby said he would build a kiln for her to do
> this...any advice?
Hi Val,
If she is planning on doing this in an electric kiln, I think the best way to go is to get a kiln
with a good computer controller to control the rate of firing and cooling...and large peep holes so
she can watch what is happening as the glass slumps.
The other day Ian Currie was wishing kiln manufacturers would be more sensitive to artists needs and
make kilns with larger spy holes (among other things) so that one could actually see what is going
on inside the kiln. I second his call for this.
Glass slumping is an endeavor where larger spy holes really are a necessity. I know that you can
barely see the cone packs in my Evenheat electric kiln, so glass slumping in it would be quite
difficult...even though the computer controller would be fine for the task.
Good luck with it,
John Post
Val on sun 8 jul 01
Hi Everyone,
I have a friend who sandblasts glass and she wants to get into glass
slumping. Her hubby said he would build a kiln for her to do
this...any advice?
Thanks so much
Val Mann w.w.
Memory Box Artist
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BARNSCHWA@AOL.COM on mon 9 jul 01
In slumping l glass in a kiln someone said to get a good kiln controller to
do this. This is really essential since in order for the glass to slump the
temperature in the kiln has to held steady for at least a half hour or so.
Without a controller one has to watch the temperature very carefully and then
sit there with the kiln and turn switches on and off in an effort to maintain
the temperature for 30 to 45 minutes.
Marion
Arnold Howard on mon 9 jul 01
Glass artists almost always use a temperature controller. The
controller is especially important if you are firing thick glass,
which must be cooled slowly. The controller is also helpful in
annealing glass sculptures.
Glass fusing and slumping are fairly easy. For most projects, you
can do both with infinite control switches. The larger and thicker
the glass, the greater the need for a temperature controller.
Square kilns seem to be the most suitable for glass work.
Arnold Howard
Paragon
--- BARNSCHWA@AOL.COM wrote:
> In slumping l glass in a kiln someone said to get a good kiln
> controller to
> do this. This is really essential since in order for the glass
> to slump the
> temperature in the kiln has to held steady for at least a half
> hour or so.
> Without a controller one has to watch the temperature very
> carefully and then
> sit there with the kiln and turn switches on and off in an effort
> to maintain
> the temperature for 30 to 45 minutes.
>
> Marion
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