Les Haworth on fri 4 oct 02
Those Duncan kilns are great and you can and should attempt to fire it to at
least ^5. (Note I said Attempt!) Also since the kiln saw a lot of ^04 thru
^06 use, it would probably be wise to take it up to ^5 to allow the elements
to reoxidize. You should do this aprox. once a month. Make sure you leave
the peep holes open so that the kiln has plenty of O2 available when you do
this. The only other thing I'd recommend is to put plenty of witness cones
(on a circular shelf, front, back, left, right and or middle.) on each
shelf. It will show you all the hot & cold spots in your kiln. This will
give you a graphic picture of how your kiln is firing. Let me know how it
works out. Les H.
Lester R. Haworth III
Sales and Technical Support
Laguna Clay Co.
14400 Lomitas ave
City of Industry, CA 91746
1(800) 4-LAGUNA ext. 229
(626)330-0631 ext. 229
les@lagunaclay.com
www.lagunaclay.com
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From: Ceramic Arts Discussion List [mailto:CLAYART@LSV.CERAMICS.ORG]On
Behalf Of Mary White
Sent: Friday, October 04, 2002 10:48 AM
To: CLAYART@LSV.CERAMICS.ORG
Subject: Duncan kiln
Last night my husband came home with a Duncan electric kiln he bought
secondhand. I just looked on the web and found out that they haven't
been made since 1996 and Paragon sells the parts, so that's good. It
looks about the same size as my gas kiln, about 7 cu. ft. The woman
he bought it from was making ceramic angels, very low-fire. It has a
kiln sitter and there are several boxes of tiny little white cones
for it labelled Pyro Mini Bar as well as some small Orton cones, all
below zero.
I'm thrilled to have an electric kiln, but can I fire stoneware in it?
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Mary
on the wet west coast of British Columbia
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