I am so grateful to find this video. I never had a kiln in my life. But, few days ago, I got duncan kiln from my friend on Christmas. Thank you so so much for your generosity. There are very few videos about these specific kilns out there. This one is the best. Merry Christmas and happy new year.
This is great; thank you so much! Like many others, I've inherited a very old Duncan Kiln and have a while now trying to learn how to use it. It has definitely been frustrating, but as I keep troubleshooting things, it is forcing me to do the research, read the manuals and better understand how it works.
This is the best video I’ve ever seen on kilns! You freakin blew my mind with info in the first 5 minutes! I’m suppose to get a used kiln Friday. So grateful to have this video to refer back to! Thank you
Thank you so much. I am picking my kiln up on Thursday and I'm less freaked out now I will say my kiln sitter doesnt have a timer. So ive ordered self supporting cones, an analog pyrometer and am gonna be checking all this regularly
Hey there, thank you for such an informative video-it’s a bit difficult finding such detailed videos on this kiln. Looking at buying a similar model (DK 716-1) off a friend of a friend, but doing my due diligence first. What cone does this happen to fire to? 6, 8? Couldn’t quite catch it in the video. About how long are your bisque fires? I’ve been reading about 10 hours is expected for the Dover White (^5) clay I’m using. Thanks again for sharing your knowledge!
Sorry for the delayed response. This particular kiln is rated for cone 6 and it will reach it but struggles. It is much better for low fire. A cone 05 bisque firing on this kiln runs about 6-8 hours depending on how tightly I packed the kiln. It can also knock it out in 4 hours for when I'm doing an underglaze firing. What will determine the time a kiln takes to reach a temperature is size, power supply, age of the elements, thickness of the bricks and how tightly packed is the kiln.
With a kiln that has no peephole in order to watch the cones bend I would place my guide, target and guard cones near the sitter and run the kiln with a cone hotter than my target in the sitter and nothing in the kiln but kiln furniture. Set the time for 6 hours and check it every half hour, if the sitter has not dropped add 2 more hours to the timer and keep checking. Do this until the sitter triggers the shut off or 10 hours has elapsed. Let the kiln cool and check the cones, you are looking for the guide cone to be melted low, the target cone to be bent with the tip just at the base on a self supporting cone and the guard cone to have minimal to no bend.
Hi, I am a beginner and purchased an Evenheat 4320LT. To my luck,it had never been used so I’m enjoying the experience so far. I fired a bisque and plan to run a glaze fire to ^6 I’m glad you said to run it with a pyrometric bar of one cone higher. I would have just ran it with a ^6 pyrometric bar instead of the ^7. If I want to fire to a ^6, about how long should I set my kiln sitter timer for? I don’t want it to turn my kiln off prematurely. Thank you.
If this is the first time firing to cone 6 I would put self supporting cones of 5 and 6 in the kiln where you can see them through the peephole. Then set the timer for 8 hours and check the cones every half hour from hour 6 on until you see cone 6 bending then check every 15 minutes. If the timer is getting close to shutting off and the cone is not bent add another two hours to the timer and keep checking. You can always add more time to the timer while the kiln is running. If you have a hand held pyrometer place the thermocouple in a peephole and keep watch on the temperature. Use the cones inside to verify. Hope this helps.
I was so intimidated by the idea of running a kiln but this video has eased so much of my anxiety. This was the video I needed, thank you.
You are welcome. I'm happy to answer any questions you may have about your kiln.
I am so grateful to find this video. I never had a kiln in my life. But, few days ago, I got duncan kiln from my friend on Christmas. Thank you so so much for your generosity. There are very few videos about these specific kilns out there. This one is the best.
Merry Christmas and happy new year.
I'm glad you found the video helpful. You are welcome. Good luck with your new to you kiln.
This is great; thank you so much! Like many others, I've inherited a very old Duncan Kiln and have a while now trying to learn how to use it. It has definitely been frustrating, but as I keep troubleshooting things, it is forcing me to do the research, read the manuals and better understand how it works.
It can be a frustrating experience learning to use an old kiln, if you have any questions don't hesitate to ask.
thank you for the helpful video. 🤗
You are welcome. Happy firing.
This is the best video I’ve ever seen on kilns! You freakin blew my mind with info in the first 5 minutes! I’m suppose to get a used kiln Friday. So grateful to have this video to refer back to! Thank you
Glad it helped!
Glad you found it helpful.
This is tremendously helpful.Thank you.
Glad it was helpful!
Huge help! Thankyou!!!!
glad to hear it. Happy firing.
I am about to buy this model and being new to pottery felt intimidated, this video and your clear instructions have helped. Thank you
You are welcome and if you have any questions please do not hesitate to ask.
Thank you so much. I am picking my kiln up on Thursday and I'm less freaked out now
I will say my kiln sitter doesnt have a timer. So ive ordered self supporting cones, an analog pyrometer and am gonna be checking all this regularly
You can do it!
Hey there, thank you for such an informative video-it’s a bit difficult finding such detailed videos on this kiln. Looking at buying a similar model (DK 716-1) off a friend of a friend, but doing my due diligence first. What cone does this happen to fire to? 6, 8? Couldn’t quite catch it in the video. About how long are your bisque fires? I’ve been reading about 10 hours is expected for the Dover White (^5) clay I’m using. Thanks again for sharing your knowledge!
Sorry for the delayed response. This particular kiln is rated for cone 6 and it will reach it but struggles. It is much better for low fire. A cone 05 bisque firing on this kiln runs about 6-8 hours depending on how tightly I packed the kiln. It can also knock it out in 4 hours for when I'm doing an underglaze firing.
What will determine the time a kiln takes to reach a temperature is size, power supply, age of the elements, thickness of the bricks and how tightly packed is the kiln.
I have an old Duncan kiln, it has the sitter and the timer but it doesn't have any peep holes to watch a cone. What do I do in this case?
With a kiln that has no peephole in order to watch the cones bend I would place my guide, target and guard cones near the sitter and run the kiln with a cone hotter than my target in the sitter and nothing in the kiln but kiln furniture.
Set the time for 6 hours and check it every half hour, if the sitter has not dropped add 2 more hours to the timer and keep checking. Do this until the sitter triggers the shut off or 10 hours has elapsed.
Let the kiln cool and check the cones, you are looking for the guide cone to be melted low, the target cone to be bent with the tip just at the base on a self supporting cone and the guard cone to have minimal to no bend.
I will try this, thank you!!
Hi, I am a beginner and purchased an Evenheat 4320LT. To my luck,it had never been used so I’m enjoying the experience so far. I fired a bisque and plan to run a glaze fire to ^6 I’m glad you said to run it with a pyrometric bar of one cone higher. I would have just ran it with a ^6 pyrometric bar instead of the ^7.
If I want to fire to a ^6, about how long should I set my kiln sitter timer for? I don’t want it to turn my kiln off prematurely. Thank you.
If this is the first time firing to cone 6 I would put self supporting cones of 5 and 6 in the kiln where you can see them through the peephole. Then set the timer for 8 hours and check the cones every half hour from hour 6 on until you see cone 6 bending then check every 15 minutes. If the timer is getting close to shutting off and the cone is not bent add another two hours to the timer and keep checking. You can always add more time to the timer while the kiln is running.
If you have a hand held pyrometer place the thermocouple in a peephole and keep watch on the temperature. Use the cones inside to verify.
Hope this helps.
@@Christianbaileyartist thank you for your advice. I plan to try this out in a few days.