Firing - Kiln

The Jewelry and Metal Craft Shop currently has two small kilns. One is owned by TinkerMill (gray) and one is personally owned and used for specific classes (while). Both are programmable. To use or for questions about the white one, please contact Sarajane Helm (sarajane.helm@tinkermill.org)

The gray kiln is a Satellite Manufacturing Co. J-100 and Tinkermill modified it to add a programmable controller called the Advanced Temperature Controller, Ramp and Soak Controller User Manual What follows are instructions for setting the gray kiln to run pre-programmed heat profiles.

Profile 1: Burn Out - used for burning out a wax model from an invested flask. This is part of the process of Lost Wax Casting.

Step 1: Plug in the kiln directly to a wall outlet that can handle The profile runs as follows: Starts at room temperature