New kiln, first firing.

[choptliver]

Results from the first firing in my new kiln. It's a Northern Kilns Chieftain TL95.

Comments

[choptliver]

Thanks! And you can look at them all day!

[gerald_duck]

Oooh!

Is it my imagination, or have those fired more evenly than things done in the old kiln?

[choptliver]

In theory, it should be more even because it's a brand-spankin'-new kiln which hasn't had any wear to give it hot spots or cold spots. In practice, I can't tell because I used my super-stable clear, nearly foolproof clear glaze on almost everything. Variations would be less noticeable.

[kaberett]

LOVE the mugs, and the blue crackpot is v. much my kind of thing too...

[strangeglitter]

I adore the mugs and cups.

[mybonnykate]

Me too!

[slysidonia]

I think it was a perfect firing! your Work is fabulous as usual! I absolutely love the blue and the pink one in the middle back of picture #7.

[choptliver]

This kiln has a programmer, which I have never had before. I set the final ramp rate to FULL because that's what I did manually with the old kiln, but the old kiln took 8 hours to get from 900 to 1300C. The new kiln is peppy, and did that in 3-4 hours (I don't know exactly, it was in the wee hours and I was sleeping). I was worried that there wouldn't be enough heat work to make cone 10 out of the 1300. But it looks like all is well. Still, I'll slow it down next firing.