Firing schedule for small pieces

[artsyannie]

I 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!

[Anonymous]

Hi 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.

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Paul
FusedGlass.Org
Helios Kiln Glass Studio
PaulTarlow.com

 

[artsyannie]

Thank you for your response. My kiln is in the process of firing now, we’ll see how this first test project turns out.

Annie

[wordana]

You 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

Dana W.

Jester’s Baubles Fused Glass Designs

http://www.jestersbaubles.com

[bookie13]

We 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

Tutorials      http://www.kaiserglass.com/tutorials.html

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