First Firing

My grandfather's kiln is now up and loaded and ready for the first test firing tomorrow. It was built in 1987 by Potterycrafts, and I have no idea if it still works properly. I'm excited because it could be the start of something amazing. I'm scared that I'm going to burn the garage down.

It only fires to one temperature (about 1020°C) and the temperature is controlled by a dial that reads 0-100 (percentage of power input).

First firing schedule is going to be: 

• around a minimum of 6 hours at 6%

• 2 hours increasing to 24%

• 2 hours increasing to 54%

• as long as it takes to reach peak temperature (100% cut-off)

Should hopefully be your bog-standard bisque firing with any luck. See how it goes.