Skutt KILNMASTER AUTOMATIC KILNS, Operating Manual

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Page 3: ...Hold Enter Cone Fire Cone number Enter Slow Medium Fast Enter Enter plugging in Enter degrees F C Enter 9999 00 00 00 00 ...

Page 4: ...hold time Enter Repeat ALAr Enter Start USEr Ramp Hold USEr Number 1 Enter number of segments Enter heating rate Enter first temperature to reach Enter ...

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Page 24: ...CPLt ON deLA ALAr Cone Fire 0 6 Enter Med Enter 5 Enter Review Delay Alarm Review Start ...

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Page 27: ...View Enter Enter Enter Ramp Hold 1 Enter 2 Enter 5 7 0 Enter 1 6 9 4 Enter 0 Enter 1 0 8 Enter 1 9 4 4 Enter 0 Enter 9999 Enter Delay Alarm Review Start Ramp Hold 1 to 6 Enter Stop Review Start ...

Page 28: ...26 Temperature 1500 F 11000 F 21000 F 23450 F Rate 500 hr 1500 hr 5700 hr 1080 hr 0 Hold 6 00 2 00 0 ...

Page 29: ...te 1500 hr 2500 hr 1800 hr 3000 hr 1080 hr PorcelainFire This Cone 5 firing of appproximately10 hours is just one example of a porcelain fire with rates calculated to produce a desirable temperature profile Hold 0 0 0 0 3 00 Temperature 8000 F 12500 F 21000 F 23300 F 20500 F ...

Page 30: ...0 F or0 C Enter Delay 0 9 9 9 9 Enter Alarm 0 9 9 9 9 Enter Enter ...

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Page 32: ... begin a firing The controller will display On while it does a self check The amount of time in a delay start is then displayed and is counted down until zero delay is remaining at which time the firing starts During firing the kiln temperature is displayed ...

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Page 54: ...52 7 8 5 6 4 2 3 Hold Temperature Rate Segment 7 8 5 6 4 1 2 3 7 8 5 6 4 1 2 3 1 Segment Rate Temperature Hold ...

Page 55: ... wash Apply a thin coating of kiln wash in one direction allow to dry and apply an other thin coating in the opposite direction leaving a 1 2 margin from the outside edge of the shelf A new coat is seldom needed just spot patch and sand off the surface evenly with coarse sandpaper wrapped around a wooden block A fresh coat may be needed before a porcelain fir ing if glaze has dripped onto the shel...

Page 56: ... peephole plug It should bend to the top of the base 5 o clock position and the kiln should turn off about the same time Watch your kiln throughout the firing Don t rush through the first firing Make notes of things that you want to remember and make visual observations of the kiln while it is firing Likely everything will work as it should and you re ready to go on to production firings If things...