Firing schedule for small pieces
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- August 8, 2012 at 7:25 pm #9840
artsyannie
ParticipantI purchased a small Paragon digital Firefly kiln this week. I’ve been working with stained glass for several years and wanted to get into warm glass. I’m confused with firing schedules – found some that the total time is 2 hours all the way up to 15 hours or more. I want to contour fuse (soft fuse/tack fuse) not sure of proper technical term – a small piece (COE90) 2″x2″ with 2nd layer being just small pieces. I don’t want a full fuse. Can anyone share a firing schedule that works for you? Thanks!
August 9, 2012 at 2:15 am #12625Anonymous
InactiveHi Annie,
I would start with the firing schedule tutorial on this site (under Learn / Technical Tutorials).
The short answer to your question is that small pieces can be fired faster than large pieces because there is much lower risk of breaking (both up and down), and they require less annealing time. The process temperature – where the glass is contour fused or full fused (or something else) doesn’t change for small glass.
We contour fuse at 1415F with a 4 minute hold.
Paul
FusedGlass.Org
Helios Kiln Glass Studio
PaulTarlow.comAugust 9, 2012 at 3:51 pm #12626artsyannie
ParticipantThank you for your response. My kiln is in the process of firing now, we’ll see how this first test project turns out.
Annie
August 13, 2012 at 3:03 am #12627wordana
ParticipantYou might want to check out Petra Kaiser’s Intro to Fused Glass book. It has good scheduled for smaller pieces:
http://www.amazon.com/Introduction-Glass-Fusing-Petra-Kaiser/dp/0919985386
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August 13, 2012 at 1:57 pm #12628bookie13
ParticipantWe specialize in fusing small glass. On our web site we have a tutorial dedicated to schedules and explaination of fusing pendant sized glass. Go to:
http://www.kaiserglass.com/tutorials.html
Barry Kaiser
Web Site http://www.kaiserglass.com
Glass Classes: http://www.Kaiserglass.com/classes.html
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