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In my normal firing schedule, we load the kiln during the day, go home and collapse, then I rouse myself to come back and light the kiln at 8:30 pm. With the right adjustment of gas, it'll fire on its own until I return around six the next morning. With luck, I'll find the kiln orange hot and nearly ready for body reduction. This firing was different.
We had tickets to see Alton Brown at the Hult Center last night (if you were there, I was the one who shouted Temperature control! during the mixed drink bit), so had the choice of starting the kiln early, before the the show, or waiting until after. I didn't want to fire super slow and waste fuel, so opted for the latter.
Finally got things started at 11 pm, did my best to gauge flame speed to give me enough heat, but not too much. And of course slept terribly all night, worrying that I'd got it wrong.
Arrived at 5:54 am to find orange heat, cone 08 down on top but not bottom, so went straight into body reduction. Thirty minutes later, 08 has dropped on the bottom, 04 top, and I'm well into the firing, still dark outside.
Yay, timing!
We had tickets to see Alton Brown at the Hult Center last night (if you were there, I was the one who shouted Temperature control! during the mixed drink bit), so had the choice of starting the kiln early, before the the show, or waiting until after. I didn't want to fire super slow and waste fuel, so opted for the latter.
Finally got things started at 11 pm, did my best to gauge flame speed to give me enough heat, but not too much. And of course slept terribly all night, worrying that I'd got it wrong.
Arrived at 5:54 am to find orange heat, cone 08 down on top but not bottom, so went straight into body reduction. Thirty minutes later, 08 has dropped on the bottom, 04 top, and I'm well into the firing, still dark outside.
Yay, timing!