Michael Mattei
05-14-2012, 02:34 PM
OK Pete, got my crucible breaking in on your firing schedule and it feels like waiting for Christmas when I was a little boy. Hard to believe I'll actually be rolling my own sheets in less than 2 days. One question about your advice was when I charge the crucible, is the cullet room temp? Or heated up?
Which leads me to my next fork in the road.
So, I've pretty much emptied the crucible, it's been at my working temp of around 2175. Now what do I do to prepare for the next go around?
IOW do I lower the temp to...what? to recharge? Or does this crucible stay in this temp range-around 2000-until I'm ready to stop...which brings me to my last question...
Let's say I want to stop and bring the crucible down to room temp, what should my ramp down firing schedule be?
Thanks again for your help.
Which leads me to my next fork in the road.
So, I've pretty much emptied the crucible, it's been at my working temp of around 2175. Now what do I do to prepare for the next go around?
IOW do I lower the temp to...what? to recharge? Or does this crucible stay in this temp range-around 2000-until I'm ready to stop...which brings me to my last question...
Let's say I want to stop and bring the crucible down to room temp, what should my ramp down firing schedule be?
Thanks again for your help.