Carole Fox on mon 19 sep 05
Thanks, Arnold. You are right. There are no grooves in the center. But are
you saying that it is possible to load the kiln with the center shelf
straddling only one element (at the bottom or top of the loaded shelf)? Or
even a shelf that straddles no elements?
Carole Fox
Silver Fox Pottery
Elkton, MD
silverfoxpottery@comcast.net
>
> I am assuming that the kiln has no element grooves in the center section.
> Since the kiln is small, it will probably fire evenly without a center
> element.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Arnold Howard
Arnold Howard on tue 20 sep 05
From: "Carole Fox"
But are
> you saying that it is possible to load the kiln with the center shelf
> straddling only one element (at the bottom or top of the loaded shelf)? Or
> even a shelf that straddles no elements?
I'm not sure what you mean by a shelf straddling an element. There should be
at least one element groove between any two shelves.
For the first few firings, place several witness cones on each shelf. You
will quickly learn exactly where the cold spots are. Load less thermal mass
in the cooler areas of the kiln.
I hope you share your firing results with Clayart. Your friend's little
Cress kiln sounds like an interesting learning opportunity.
Sincerely,
Arnold Howard
Paragon Industries, L.P., Mesquite, Texas USA
ahoward@paragonweb.com / www.paragonweb.com
Carole Fox on tue 20 sep 05
Arnold-
Thanks so much and I will share the results with clayart. I must say
though...I'm not feeling entirely optimistic. It doesn't look like this kiln
was taken to a high temperature before, judging by the drops of brightly
colored glaze on the shelves. Well, we will use cone packs and give it a
try.
Now another thing that was unusual to me was the small size of the elements,
but I assumed that was because of the small size of the kiln.
I really appreciate the help. This friend of mine is a woman who LOVES
pottery and has a house full of it. She took some classes with me at the rec
center and went on to get a wheel and then this small kiln. I hope it works
out for her. She is a really wonderful lady!
Carole Fox
Silver Fox Pottery
Elkton, MD
silverfoxpottery@comcast.net
----- Original Message -----
From: "Arnold Howard"
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Sent: Tuesday, September 20, 2005 9:04 AM
Subject: Re: Kiln loading question/ Arnold
> From: "Carole Fox"
> But are
>> you saying that it is possible to load the kiln with the center shelf
>> straddling only one element (at the bottom or top of the loaded shelf)?
>> Or
>> even a shelf that straddles no elements?
>
> I'm not sure what you mean by a shelf straddling an element. There should
> be
> at least one element groove between any two shelves.
>
> For the first few firings, place several witness cones on each shelf. You
> will quickly learn exactly where the cold spots are. Load less thermal
> mass
> in the cooler areas of the kiln.
>
> I hope you share your firing results with Clayart. Your friend's little
> Cress kiln sounds like an interesting learning opportunity.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Arnold Howard
> Paragon Industries, L.P., Mesquite, Texas USA
> ahoward@paragonweb.com / www.paragonweb.com
>
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Arnold Howard on tue 20 sep 05
From: "Carole Fox"
It doesn't look like this kiln
> was taken to a high temperature before, judging by the drops of brightly
> colored glaze on the shelves.
> Now another thing that was unusual to me was the small size of the
> elements,
> but I assumed that was because of the small size of the kiln.
Carole, the kiln's maximum temperature is probably listed on the electrical
data plate. You should find that riveted to the side of the switch box.
Sincerely,
Arnold Howard
Paragon Industries, L.P., Mesquite, Texas USA
ahoward@paragonweb.com / www.paragonweb.com
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