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Orton: calculation spreadsheet

attached is a :cone calculation Excell spreadsheet that I got from a guy at Orton, but is not on their website.. It is pretty slick and I t…

Started by Lawrence Weathers

1 Mar 27, 2014
Reply by Norm Stuart

Glazing after Pit Firing

I am interest in knowing if anybody has done this. I'm thinking of pit firing some 06 bisqued pots, glazing with cone 6 clear and then firi…

Started by Scott Shaffer

5 Feb 21, 2014
Reply by LORRAINE ADAMSON

Fused Ornaments

Happy New Year! I wanted to ask if anyone has a good way to fire glazed ornaments?  I hung mine from high temp wire on a bead bar.  The bea…

Started by Tracy Cloutier

4 Jan 5, 2014
Reply by Jeff Poulter

Issues firing Duncan Teacher Plus Kiln to Cone 6

I had not fired my kiln for a few years. When I turn on all of the coils heated up. I cleaned and vacuumed before use. I Put cone 7 in kiln…

Started by Kathy Singleton

4 Dec 1, 2013
Reply by Brent Farler

hold cycle

Is it that important to add a hold to your firing cycle?  Does it make that much different to the end result?  Any feedback would be much a…

Started by Bonnie Hornsby

11 Nov 13, 2013
Reply by Norm Stuart

Firing Schedule - Fine tuning your electric kiln controller

 I am working with an Orten controller on my electric kiln.  In spite of low use (<30 firings) my thermocouple doesn't appear to read ve…

Started by Brent Farler

45 Aug 27, 2013
Reply by Norm Stuart

Something Exploded in the Kiln - Was It Clay fatigue?

In a recent glaze firing at our community studio, something exploded and we wonder whether it might have been one or more of the bisqued "c…

Started by Meredith Walker

13 Aug 26, 2013
Reply by Meredith Walker

Kiln Cement - High Temperature

This PDF file has all the information you'd ever want to know about mixing Alumina Hydrate with Phosphoric Acid to make liquid Aluminum Pho…

Started by Norm Stuart

0 Aug 20, 2013

venting for color and even firings

I am debating putting a downdraft vent on my Skutt 1027.  I don't need it for health reasons, my kiln is under an outdoor shed roof.  I am…

Started by martha peddicord

3 May 27, 2013
Reply by Norm Stuart

cone 6 clay

LONGHORN RED LONGHORN WHITE and a BALCONES dark.http://ning.it/122mVz8B-MIX : Cone 5 (2167 F)  Ok glaze cone 6?Well all of the above. I was…

Started by scott kelly

2 May 24, 2013
Reply by scott kelly

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