Kilns and Firing Accessories

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This Week's Featured Products in Kilns and Firing Accessories

	Skutt GlassMaster Kiln Easy to use for beginners, while offering the most sophisticated features on the market for the professional, this kiln features the famed GlassMaster controller designed specifically for glass fusing. It is easier to use than controllers originally designed for ceramic work. The top and side firing elements fire evenly and allow for glass projects to heat at a uniform rate. A 13½" chamber height allows for tall slumping and drop mold projects to heat at a uniform rate. The oval unit comes on an 8" stand and has an encapsulated Type K thermocouple. The lid lifter feature lets you lift the lid with just a finger. The redesigned two-position lid brace adds strength. It comes with your choice of electrical configuration.
	EZ-Lift Kit This kit includes a spring-assisted hinge, to facilitate fingertip-lifting of the kiln lid.
	Orton Pyrometric Mini Bars The uniform shape of these bars makes consistent placement easy without affecting the firing. Easy to use, just position one bar flat side down in your kiln sitter. It should be deformed to a 90W? angle after firing. Box of 50 bars.

Types of Pottery Kilns
Creating beautiful pottery is a craft that is practiced by many individuals. Clay requires firing in a kiln in order cure. Pottery kilns are devices that are used to heat pieces of pottery until hard. Kilns can be placed at different temperatures for varying types of clays. Some clay needs lower temperatures while others must have higher temperatures to complete curing. Classification of kilns is done by their construction. Most are downdraft or updraft and catenary or sprung arched. These types of kilns are briefly discussed in the following.

• Updraft kilns are domed. Fire is concentrated at the center of the kiln floor. This allows the fire to radiate throughout the entire kiln. This causes heat to adequately reach the pottery piece in the chamber.
• Downdraft kilns fire at the right side of the kiln’s bottom. Heat from firing goes through main chamber and out exhaust at the left of kiln bottom then through top left of kiln.
• Sprung arch kilns are constructed much like an inverted U shape. They have a dome roof atop walls that are straight.
• Catenary arch support kilns are shaped like an inverted V. They feature a gradually sloping roof. Any of these kiln types can be used with exhausts that are updraft or downdraft. Potters must consider the type of pottery to be fired and kiln location before choosing one.