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Okay, now that's going to give me nightmares... I'm going to try not to expose myself to the "big heat" for now - I kind of like my hair the way it is - but thanks for the visual

Arnold, I hate to admit this, but I’m afraid to open the kiln when it’s at 1400 degrees. I don’t even like being in the same room with it when it’s that hot – that’s why I bought a baby monitor and watch it from another room. Hopefully this is a fear I will outgrow because it limits what I can do, b...

Thank you all so much for the advice. No matter how many books I read, it’s always a total surprise to me when I open the kiln. I will take notes and try not to take it personally when the glass takes a different path than I expected.
Thanks again!
Linda

Bob,
Thanks for the quick reply. I'll definitely do that in the future. So much to learn! I appreciate the help.
Linda

I'm very new to warm glass. I recently purchased an Olympic 126 Lite kiln. The elements are in the lid, which is brick, but the floor and walls are made of fiber. I've been using a kiln shelf placed directly on the fiber floor, but I've only had about a 50% success rate on figuring out my firing sch...