Eleanor on wed 29 jun 11
Every now and then a large bowl or plate warped in the firing, so I
have learned to dry my pieces slowly and completely and the problem so
far has been dealt with.
Now I have bought two Hydrobats for a huge shallow bowl and a really
big platter.
I made a bowl, adding a low pedestal foot and it is in the process of
drying upside-down on the bat. After shrinkage, the bone-dry bowl
will measure about 18 inches in diameter, much larger than anything I
made in the past.
How to bisque fire this monster? My kiln is a Skutt 1047 and I bisque
fire to cone 04. I use half-shelves; if I fire the bowl upside down it
will span two shelves.
To avoid possible warping, bisque fire right-side up or upside-down?
Eleanor Kohler
(sweltering) Centerport, NY
"What is an intellectual? An intellectual is somebody who thinks ideas
are more important than people."
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KATHI LESUEUR on wed 29 jun 11
On Jun 29, 2011, at 2:42 PM, Eleanor wrote:
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> drying upside-down on the bat. After shrinkage, the bone-dry bowl
> will measure about 18 inches in diameter, much larger than anything I
> made in the past.
>=3D20
> How to bisque fire this monster? My kiln is a Skutt 1047 and I bisque
> fire to cone 04. I use half-shelves; if I fire the bowl upside down it
> will span two shelves.>>
>=3D20
> To avoid possible warping, bisque fire right-side up or upside-down?
>=3D20
Make a chuck wide enough and high enough to hold the bowl upside down. =3D
Use that to span the two shelves and place the bowl on top of it.
KATHI LESUEUR
http://www.lesueurclaywork.com
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