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Date |
Kiln Pointer Topic |
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11/13/2008 |
Basic Glass Cutting |
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10/30/2008 |
Drying Greenware |
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10/23/2008 |
Peephole Plugs and the Downdraft Vent |
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10/10/2008 |
Firing The Microwave Kiln |
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10/02/2008 |
How to Measure Voltage Under Load |
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09/25/2008 |
The Relays Inside a Kiln |
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09/17/2008 |
The Importance of Labeling Clay and Glass |
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08/28/2008 |
Firing Painted Glass |
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08/22/2008 |
Designing with Dichroic Glass |
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08/13/2008 |
Reworking Fused Glass |
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07/29/2008 |
A Potter’s Magnifying Glass |
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07/15/2008 |
The Basics of a Temperature Controller |
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07/11/2008 |
Making a Simple Glass Fused Pendant |
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07/02/2008 |
Spacing Inside the Ceramic Kiln |
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06/18/2008 |
An Update on Viewing Witness Cones |
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06/11/2008 |
A Pre-Firing Checklist |
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06/04/2008 |
Organizing the Kiln Area to Save Time |
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05/21/2008 |
How to Fire Glazed Ceramic Beads |
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05/09/2008 |
How to Handle Kiln Shelves |
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04/25/2008 |
A Simple Thermocouple Error |
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04/09/2008 |
Getting to Know Your Kiln |
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04/02/2008 |
The Downdraft Vent Intake Holes |
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03/27/2008 |
How to Store Kiln Furniture |
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03/17/2008 |
Monitoring a Kiln |
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03/11/2008 |
Kiln Gloves |
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02/26/2008 |
Teaching Science with a Kiln |
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02/12/2008 |
Economical Ways to Fire a Kiln, Part Two |
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02/01/2008 |
Economical Ways to Fire a Kiln, Part One |
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01/22/2008 |
Difficult Problems, Simple Answers |
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01/10/2008 |
The Problems with Firing Ceramics Too Fast |
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12/21/2007 |
Firing the Kiln at Night |
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12/14/2007 |
How to Avoid Kiln Shelf Breakage |
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12/05/2007 |
The Signature on Your Fired Art |
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11/30/2007 |
Adhesives for Silver or Glass Jewelry |
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11/21/2007 |
Testing a Thermocouple with a Paperclip |
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11/15/2007 |
Replacing Electrical Parts |
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11/09/2007 |
Checking an Electrical Outlet |
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11/01/2007 |
The Mirror as an Aid in Firing a Kiln |
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10/26/2007 |
Firing Copper Enameling |
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10/12/2007 |
Using Silica Sand in Ceramic Firings, Part Two |
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10/05/2007 |
Using Silica Sand in Ceramic Firings, Part One |
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09/21/2007 |
How to Salvage Damaged Kiln Shelves |
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08/29/2007 |
Adding Silver to Fused Glass, Part 2 |
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08/23/2007 |
How to Dry Clay Sculpture |
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07/31/2007 |
Firing a Kiln in the Summertime Heat |
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07/11/2007 |
Removing Pressure on the SC Kiln Door Latch |
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07/03/2007 |
How the Kiln Sitter Works |
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06/22/2007 |
Adding Silver to Fused Glass |
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06/14/2007 |
Holding Temperature with an Infinite Switch |
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05/23/2007 |
Cosmetically Challenged Kilns |
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05/15/2007 |
A Firing Schedule for Clay Sculpture |
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05/10/2007 |
Making Glass Streamers with the Vitrigraph Kiln |
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05/04/2007 |
How to Make Powdered Glass (Frit) |
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04/27/2007 |
Do Kilns Fire Cooler on the Bottom? |
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04/19/2007 |
Speed-Drying Firebrick Cement |
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04/05/2007 |
How a Digital Kiln Turns on the Elements |
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03/29/2007 |
The Kiln’s Electrical Data Plate |
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03/09/2007 |
Firing Glass on Multiple Shelves |
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02/23/2007 |
Applying Ceramic Techniques to Metal Clay |
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02/16/2007 |
Protecting a New Element |
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02/08/2007 |
Receiving a Kiln from a Trucking Line |
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01/12/2007 |
Cracks in Firebricks |
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12/21/2006 |
Merry Christmas from Paragon Industries |
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12/15/2006 |
More on the Digital Alarm |
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12/06/2006 |
The Digital Temperature Alarm |
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11/21/2006 |
Temperature Overshoot |
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11/17/2006 |
Preventing Glass Bubbles, Part 2 |
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11/09/2006 |
The Infinite Control Switch |
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11/03/2006 |
Glass Separator Texture as a Design Element |
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10/27/2006 |
The Shut-Off Temperature in Cone-Fire Mode |
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10/17/2006 |
Troubleshooting a Blank Digital Kiln Display |
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10/12/2006 |
How to Fire Silver Clay for Maximum Strength |
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10/06/2006 |
The Key to Understanding Digital Controllers |
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09/28/2006 |
Kiln Sitter Repairs |
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09/14/2006 |
How to Use an Ohmmeter |
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09/06/2006 |
Choosing a Propane Torch for Element Repair |
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08/31/2006 |
Firing Moist Greenware Is Expensive |
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08/24/2006 |
Testing Glass for Fusing Compatibility |
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08/18/2006 |
When a Firing Takes Too Long |
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08/11/2006 |
Coloring Silver Clay |
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08/04/2006 |
Repairing Cracks in a Firebrick Lid |
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07/28/2006 |
Firing Glazed Ceramic Beads |
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07/19/2006 |
Kiln Shelves |
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07/14/2006 |
Firing Ceramic and Glass Decals |
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07/07/2006 |
Coating the Kiln Lid |
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06/29/2006 |
Loading Ceramics |
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06/21/2006 |
Making a Clay Handprint Key Chain |
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06/12/2006 |
Making Useful Objects from Glaze Tests |
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06/06/2006 |
When the Breaker Trips During a Firing |
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06/01/2006 |
Supporting Silver Clay with a Firebrick Piece |
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05/24/2006 |
Keeping a Firing Logbook |
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05/19/2006 |
Patching Firebricks |
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05/12/2006 |
Kiln Worries |
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05/05/2006 |
The Kiln Stand |
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04/28/2006 |
Cementing Flat Sections of Firebrick |
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04/21/2006 |
Opening a Kiln at Higher Temperatures |
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04/12/2006 |
Memories of a Kiln Repairman “Down Under” |
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04/07/2006 |
Glass Embossing and Raking |
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03/31/2006 |
An Ancient Lesson in Ceramics |
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03/23/2006 |
Silver Clay |
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03/17/2006 |
Making Gifts with Your Kiln |
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03/06/2006 |
Important Details |
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02/28/2006 |
How to Make Firebricks Last |
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02/07/2006 |
How to Estimate Firing Cost |
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02/02/2006 |
An Experiment with Kiln Wash on Firebricks |
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01/25/2006 |
Making Clay Tiles |
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01/18/2006 |
Glass Slumping |
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01/10/2006 |
Working with Silver Clay |
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01/03/2006 |
Reducing Damage to Top Wall Firebricks |
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12/21/2005 |
The Three Stages of Learning in Glass Fusing |
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12/16/2005 |
Electrical “Noise” and Digital Kilns |
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11/30/2005 |
A Thermocouple "Short" |
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11/17/2005 |
The Downdraft Vent, Kiln Sitter, and a Safety Tips |
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11/08/2005 |
Lessons from a Kiln Repairman |
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11/03/2005 |
Carbon on the Walls of the Kiln |
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10/27/2005 |
Cone-Fire or Ramp-Hold? |
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10/20/2005 |
Basic Glass Fusing with a Digital Controller |
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10/11/2005 |
Preventing Glass from Cracking |
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10/06/2005 |
Type-K and Type-S Thermocouples |
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09/29/2005 |
Basic Kiln Switch Box Maintenance |
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09/20/2005 |
Reasons That a Wall Outlet Gets Hot |
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09/14/2005 |
How to Use Accent Gold on Silver |
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09/08/2005 |
Fear of Kilns |
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09/01/2005 |
When the Circuit Breaker Trips |
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08/22/2005 |
Reminding Yourself That the Kiln is Firing |
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08/18/2005 |
A Basic Guide to Firing Ceramics |
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08/10/2005 |
The Downdraft Kiln Vent |
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08/10/2005 |
Firing Kilns in Schools and Institutions |
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08/02/2005 |
Silver Clay |
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07/25/2005 |
Firing to a Pyrometric Cone in a Jewelry or Glass Kiln |
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07/21/2005 |
Installing APM Elements |
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07/12/2005 |
How to Position Witness Cones on the Kiln Shelf |
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07/12/2005 |
Monitoring the Dawson Kiln Sitter |
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06/30/2005 |
More on Glass Separator |
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06/23/2005 |
Loading a Kiln That Has a Down-Draft Vent |
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06/15/2005 |
A Simple Heating Element Repair |
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06/07/2005 |
Preventing New Sidewall Elements from Bulging Out |
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06/02/2005 |
The Bending of a Pyrometric Witness Cone |
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05/23/2005 |
Making the Glass Separator Smooth |
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05/16/2005 |
How to Prevent Glass Separator from Sticking to the Glass |
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05/13/2005 |
How to Apply Glass Separator |
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05/12/2005 |
New Frequently Asked Questions Document from Paragon |
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05/10/2005 |
Using Posts in the Ceramic Kiln |
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05/10/2005 |
Loading the SC-series kilns |
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04/28/2005 |
Repairing a Bulging Sidewall Element |
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04/18/2005 |
Installing a Kiln Vent |
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04/11/2005 |
Selecting a Location for Your Kiln |
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04/05/2005 |
Kiln Safety |
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04/04/2005 |
Collapsing Element Coils |
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02/24/2005 |
How to Improve Heat Distribution in a Ceramic Kiln |
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02/17/2005 |
Odors Detected with the Orton KilnVent |
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02/02/2005 |
Preventing Glass Bubbles |
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01/25/2005 |
Replacing Elements |
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01/03/2005 |
Quick Repair of a Top-Loading Kiln's Rusted Steel Base |
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12/29/2004 |
Using the Hold Feature of a Digital Kiln |
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12/09/2004 |
Increasing the life of Firebricks |
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11/29/2004 |
Electrical Installation of a Studio Kiln |
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11/23/2004 |
The Plug and Wall Receptacle of a Studio Kiln |
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11/18/2004 |
Digital Kilns Firing to Completion |
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11/15/2004 |
Leaving a Time Capsule |
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11/09/2004 |
Kiln Sitter Maintenance Ideas |
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11/03/2004 |
Preventing the Kiln Sitter from Over-Firing |
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11/02/2004 |
Understanding Digital Firing Rate |
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11/01/2004 |
The Kiln Sitter Firing Gauge |
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10/28/2004 |
Monthly Firebrick Kiln Maintenance |
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10/14/2004 |
The Inner Workings of a Digital Kiln |
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10/07/2004 |
How to Alter a Digital Firing in Progress |
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09/21/2004 |
Inspecting the Thermocouple of a Digital Kiln |
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09/02/2004 |
Repairing Lid/Roof Element Pins |
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08/30/2004 |
15 Kiln Safety Pointers from Paragon |
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08/30/2004 |
Top/Bottom and Center Section Elements |
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08/23/2004 |
A Vibrating Down-Draft Kiln Vent |
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08/19/2004 |
How to Estimate the Kiln’s Natural Cooling Rate |
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08/10/2004 |
How to Program a Digital Kiln for Slow Cooling |
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07/19/2004 |
Holding the Temperature on a Switch-Operated Kiln |
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06/29/2004 |
Kiln Wash |
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06/24/2004 |
Decorating Copper with Enameling |
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06/08/2004 |
How to Replace the Steel Base in a Top Loading Kiln |
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06/04/2004 |
How to Move a Kiln |
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06/01/2004 |
How to Get a Perfect Mirror Finish on Silver |
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05/26/2004 |
Cracks in the Kiln’s Firebrick Bottom |
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05/26/2004 |
Using Kiln Wash with the Kiln Sitter |
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05/25/2004 |
The Kiln Sitter Firing Gauge |
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05/24/2004 |
The Importance of Vacuuming the Kiln |
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05/24/2004 |
Correcting Reversed Thermocouple Wires on a Digital Kiln |
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05/19/2004 |
Slumping Glass Bottles |
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05/19/2004 |
Good Kiln Sitter Habits |
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05/19/2004 |
Loading the Top Shelf |
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03/31/2004 |
Corrosion on the Kiln Sitter Rod |
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03/25/2004 |
A Simple Way to Test Elements |
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03/03/2004 |
The Sentry Controller FTL Error Message |
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02/04/2004 |
When a Kiln Relay Makes a Chattering Noise |
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01/22/2004 |
How to Estimate Firing Time in the Sentry’s Cone Fire Mode |
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12/29/2003 |
Lost Wax Burnout in an Electric Jewelry Kiln |
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11/05/2003 |
Detecting a Broken Element |
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10/08/2003 |
The Switch-Timer on the SnF Kiln |
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09/25/2003 |
The 12-Key Sentry 2.0 Deviation Alarms |
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09/02/2003 |
The Wall Outlet for Studio Kilns |
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07/09/2003 |
When the Kiln Sitter Plunger Overheats |
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07/01/2003 |
The wall outlet |
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07/01/2003 |
15 Kiln Safety Pointers from Paragon |
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07/01/2003 |
Firing Speed and Pyrometric Cones |
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04/30/2003 |
The Wall Outlet |
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04/25/2003 |
Firing Corrosive Clays |
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04/25/2003 |
Loose Thermocouple Connections |
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12/26/2002 |
The Down Draft Vent |
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12/19/2002 |
Peephole Plugs in Ceramic Firings |
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12/17/2002 |
Buying a Used Kiln |
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12/11/2002 |
The Dawson Kiln Sitter |
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11/14/2002 |
Loading the Top Shelf |
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10/30/2002 |
The Dawson Kiln Sitter |
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10/30/2002 |
Repair Cement |
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10/24/2002 |
How the Downdraft Vent Affects Glazes |
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10/23/2002 |
Free kiln firing wall poster, kiln installation guidelines |
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10/09/2002 |
Firing Low-Fire Glaze |
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10/02/2002 |
Kiln Sitter Cones |
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09/30/2002 |
Loading and Firing Low-Fire Greenware |
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09/25/2002 |
The Basics of Loading a Kiln with Ceramic Ware |
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09/17/2002 |
15 Kiln Safety Pointers from Paragon |
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09/11/2002 |
Taking the Confusion Out of Pyrometric Cones |
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09/11/2002 |
The Dawson Kiln Sitter |
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09/11/2002 |
The Kiln's Wiring Diagram |
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06/13/2002 |
Glass Fusing Preparation |
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05/31/2002 |
The Importance of a Tight Element Connector |
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05/09/2002 |
The Kiln Sitter Tube |
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05/06/2002 |
The Dawson Kiln Sitter |
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04/24/2002 |
Viewing Witness Cones |
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04/22/2002 |
Thermocouples |
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04/04/2002 |
Loading the Kiln |
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03/28/2002 |
A kiln's voltage |
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02/26/2002 |
Problems to Avoid When Ordering Kilns |
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02/14/2002 |
Viewing Witness Cones During Firing |
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02/14/2002 |
The Orton KilnVent |
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02/13/2002 |
Electricians |
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02/13/2002 |
Testing glass for compatibility |
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02/12/2002 |
Loading the SC-series kilns |
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02/08/2002 |
The differences between 2 1/2 and 3" thick firebricks |
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02/07/2002 |
Why heating elements hum |
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02/02/2002 |
Installing a thermocouple |
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01/31/2002 |
The wall outlet |
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01/30/2002 |
Repairing a bulging kiln element |
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Kiln Pointer from Paragon: How to Use an Ammeter |
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Kiln Pointer from Paragon: How to Use an Ammeter |
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Kiln Pointer from Paragon: How to Use an Ammeter |
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Kiln Pointer from Paragon: How to Use an Ammeter |
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Merry Christmas from Paragon |
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Kiln Pointer from Paragon: Firing by the Numbers |
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Avoiding an Over-Fire |
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