Cone 5 Glaze Firing: Amaco EX1099sf
Today is the first time I'm firing a glaze firing in the Amaco. Again, I have no idea what's going to happen with this firing.
Here's what to do:
Always hit enter first.
Hit "Cone Fire" button (prfi) - Enter (erase previous program)
Then hit "Cone Fire" button and the cone number you want. (I did cone 5) -Enter
Then the computer asked me "how fast" and I hit "Medium" - Enter
Then computer said "HLD" I input 15 (minutes) - Enter (The Amaco engineer explained that this secret would allow my glazes to fully mature - more lustre???)
Then the computer goes to the idle temperature and hit "Start"
The kiln is rising about 200 degrees every hour. I think it should hit 2185 degrees F. It's at 1700 degrees right now. I'm soooo excited. The computerized kiln is amazing. It is incredible to be able to program a firing and then be able to walk away and check in on my own time schedule. With the little Paragon, I had to be around every hour to manually turn it up. And I had to commit to 4 hours to do a firing. Things are going to be different around here : )
Here's what to do:
Always hit enter first.
Hit "Cone Fire" button (prfi) - Enter (erase previous program)
Then hit "Cone Fire" button and the cone number you want. (I did cone 5) -Enter
Then the computer asked me "how fast" and I hit "Medium" - Enter
Then computer said "HLD" I input 15 (minutes) - Enter (The Amaco engineer explained that this secret would allow my glazes to fully mature - more lustre???)
Then the computer goes to the idle temperature and hit "Start"
The kiln is rising about 200 degrees every hour. I think it should hit 2185 degrees F. It's at 1700 degrees right now. I'm soooo excited. The computerized kiln is amazing. It is incredible to be able to program a firing and then be able to walk away and check in on my own time schedule. With the little Paragon, I had to be around every hour to manually turn it up. And I had to commit to 4 hours to do a firing. Things are going to be different around here : )
posted by neoteric girl at Tuesday, November 01, 2005
2 Comments:
Tara can actually conjure fire from stones. She only uses the kiln to help out the electric compnay.
Just so everyone knows - I Tara, did not leave that comment. Jim did but he did not log in under his own name. But hey, I like the comment : )
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