9/21/2020 0 Comments Cress Kilns Models
I did the same thing as you and searched and searched and searched with no answers Hopefully your firing will turn out awesome.You see, it was a rainy Sunday afternoon, which should have been the perfect time for me to spend happily in my studio elbow high in clay.
I had loaded my kiln with greenware and it was all set to be turned on that afternoon when I finished working, allowing an all night firing. I turned it on, set the timer for 7 hours, since I expected it to finish in 6, set the speed control to B and turned the thumb wheel to 1. Please note this post may contain affiliate links and I may earn a commission if you click them and make a purchase. This is, of course, at no cost to you, and I only share products that I use and love myself. I have a Cress FX 23 kiln and the speed control works in tandem with the thumb wheel. The thumb wheel turns at a certain speed and that is what controls the temperature. After 3 hours I go to check on the kiln and the thumb wheel is still sitting on 1, the kiln is warm but not as hot as it is supposed to be by now. I borrowed this photo from because I was too lazy to shoot my own pic Arghhhhh, something is wrong with my thumb wheel. So now I have to manually manage the kiln, and the next 6 hours I find myself babysitting my kiln. About every half hour I turn the thumb wheel just a bit, about a half number, until I get to 8 12 which is where the thumb wheel generally ends up on a bisque firing. The kiln sitter, which has been set up with an 06 cone, does its job and turns off the kiln. This is my Cress operating panel showing my Thumb wheel When I unloaded the kiln this morning it looks like it all turned out well. But I sure dont want to have to do that with a glaze firing so I had better fix my kiln. I called Cress and spoke with a guy who knows everything about these kilns. The first thing he says to try is the move the speed control knob all they way around. If that doesnt work I should call him back with the model and serial number. So last night I did what he said, turned the empty kiln on and let it fire. I am giddy with delight, which brings my spirits up since I had a particularly crappy day at my real job. So the next few hours I got to clean and prep greenware for glazing while I belted out song after song with Adele 8 Comments Loretta on March 21, 2013 at 8:46 am Yeah So happy you were able to talk to someone knowledgeable and that youre working with a company with great customer service Reply Christina on June 30, 2015 at 11:14 am Thank you so much for this post. Im firing my Cress kiln for the first time today and I was completely lost, having only ever worked the computerized kilns at the studioset it to 04 and forget about it until tomorrow. I was thinking, OKsowhere do I set the temp on this thing Your post cleared it right up for meit heats until the cone in the sitter melts and turns it off. I know, I should have figured that out on my own, right StillThanks Reply Dani Montoya on June 30, 2015 at 11:42 am I am so thrilled that I could help.
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