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Rapidfire Pro Kiln w/Digital Programmable Controller for PMC Jewelry Making, Beadmaking
Comes complete with a digital control panel, an embedded heating element, a 6" x 5" x 6" firing chamber, 1500 Watts of power, and a wide opening door. Uses a PID temperature controller with 30 steps Ramp/Soak (has all of the features of the standard PID controller, except for the manual control mode). This is a dual display, 1/16 DIN (48 mm x 48 mm) programmable PID temperature/process controller for applications where it is desirable to have the set point automatically adjust over time. • PID controller with fuzzy logic enhancement. Perfect for precious metal clay, ceramics, enameling, glass fusing, bead making, jewelry making, and more.
Reviews
"Because of where the thermocouple is, a good half inch is lost on the width of the work area. After taking the obstacles into consideration, I measured and realized I had 4.5 inches in width for my kiln furniture. Some of that lost space could be reclaimed if the manufacturer's adjusted the shape of their shelf with a narrow back to avoid the thermocouple, but then angle out and grow wider as the shelf clears the thermocouple. The height is six inches, but common sense says not to load to the top of the kiln. Because I considered the actual measurements to be substantially less than advertised, I planned to send this back as quickly as possible. Fortunately, Cool Tools sells no flake firing foil. I follow the instructional video under the product page at Cool Tools, and the box fits my kiln perfectly, so that solved that problem. By that point, I had decided to cancel the return request because of the no flake firing foil. There was one sentence in my Tabletop Furnace instructions that said to open the kiln when it reached 1700 degrees and let the smoke escape. I was glad I asked because I really didn't want to open a burning hot kiln pouring out smelly smoke. I did the burn off procedure outside, and I'm glad I did because it would have been difficult to get the smell of that smoke out of the fabric in my work shop. They recommend keeping it six feet away from anything, including the ceiling and the floor, which calls for a pretty tall room. I fired bronze in mine using the no flake foil from Cool Tools, and that worked great. The second time I used the box, a little charcoal leaked out at the back of my kiln, but it was far enough away from my thermocouple not to harm it. I wait until it reaches ambient temperature to open it, so I haven't needed to use gloves or tongs to remove either my shelf or my no-flake foil box. The one big drawback to this, besides the small work area, is that the coils and thermocouple are exposed. I plan to stack shelves, and I've had some ceramic tiles cut to fit my kiln. I asked Dave about stacking ceramic tiles, and he said those inserts can hold a decent amount. He also said they'll have a new website up in a couple of weeks, and I'll be able to buy additional kiln furniture through the site when it's finished."
"I had to get the one with the electronic controller due to the complex heating and soaking schedule required for properly matured ceramic material. The controller is not intuitive at all, but there is a video which goes through the programming for the burn-out process (required to burn off lubricant and properly oxidize the heating elements). If anyone is interested, I converted a nice slow cone 04 bisque schedule and a cone 06 glaze schedule into the controller "language" (you can e-mail me if you would like them)."
"Wife uses this in her jewerly shop almost daily for a year now."
"Works as expected, thank you."
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Fuseworks Beginner's Microwave Kiln
Learn to fuse glass right in your microwave oven! Fuse glass in your microwave.
Reviews
"Great for small items like beads."
"The kiln works very well."
"I used up the first one over several years and much experimentation."
"Loving the kiln, it arrived really quickly BUT was quite abit smaller than I thought based on the image... but to be fair it did say how big it was only I didn't read that properly."
"Really enjoy using these."
"I thought I had ordered the kit only got the kiln am very happy with it."
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Glass Jewelry Tools Professional Microwave Kiln
Glass kiln is a new type of high temperature kiln for glass melting or softening. Fuse glass in your microwave, so easy to make your glass jewelry.
Reviews
"Having a blast with this new toy."
"They arrived on schedule and were just as advertised."
"Good tool for glass fusing, metal clay and raku."
"I love this thing!"
"Fascinating to be able to use the microwave for small kiln projects."
"and the kiln itself."
"cheap material, corners chipped off right away."
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Best Firing Accessories

WINCAN 30PCS Clay Sculpting Tools Pottery Carving Tool Set - Includes Clay Color Shapers, Modeling Tools & Wooden Sculpture Knife
-TOTAL 30 PIECES different clay tools, provide variety of carving shapes to give you more flexibility for your designs. - Perfect for carving, sculpting, shaping, modeling, cutting, scraping, brushing, smoothing, cleaning and so on in the clay crafts producing process. - This item contains functional sharp points and should not be used by young children. TOTAL 30PCS pottery and clay tools, great for carving, shaping, modeling, cutting, scraping, brushing, smoothing and so on.
Reviews
"Good quality tools."
"The tools are for the most part nicely made with the metal tool bits embedded/glued in the wooden handles."
"My peers are always asking to borrow my tools since they opted for the solely wood set which doesnt offer as much as these with the metal tips."
"Great set of tools!"
"These tools have held up to a semester of pottery classes without any faults."
"Arrived in Prime time."
"These tools have held up to a semester of pottery classes without any faults."
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