Cost of Paragon SC2?

[GlassOcean]

Hi Everyone,

I was bidding on a lvoely second hand one of these on ebay but it went over my budget - boo!

I have found a website that sells one of these new and including the bead door and postage it is £467.23.  Is this about the right price for a new one? 

Does anyone know of anywhere that I could get one 2nd hand or cheaper than that?

Must sound like a right old cheapskate! 

Take care,
KJ

[Carol]

£467.23 does sound very cheap KJ, check that there's no VAT to add on to the final price 
They do pop up on Ebay very occasionally but don't normally go for much under the new price when you add the carriage - and there's no warranty if anything goes wrong. There's a few suppliers of new ones, they're usually around £550-£600 though. Good luck! 

[Sulis (Hazel)]

Sounds like an excellent price to me too!! I do hope it doesn't have the VAT to add. The best price I could find was £485+vat. http://www.hobbyceramicraft.co.uk/sc2kiln.html 

[GlassOcean]

Thanks loves, I will check about the VAT.  It was on warmglass.co.uk.

[Carrie-Jane]

At the bottom in small print it says

Note:
Prices are excluding VAT. Quantities and sizes can be altered at any time from the order summary page.



Still might be a good deal though compared to other places.

I am also thinking about getting a kiln and was thinking of the bluebird due to its wide size for getting loads of beads in, but lots of people seem to have the SC2 so I am not sure how.

[GlassOcean]

 
I hadn't noticed that, I got sooooo excited, my mum is going to buy me the kiln as long as I 'mortgage' the next few Christmases.  Perfect plan!

The other place I have seen is on ebay.

Do you know if anyone offers extra warrentees on top of the manufacturers year one?

KJ

[Lush!]

Kerensa.

My kiln arrived from Quinton yesterday.  I urge you to talk to him before you make a decision 

[GlassOcean]

will do lovely thanks for that. 

[Carrie-Jane]

What a lovely Mum! 

[GlassOcean]

I know, she looked after me for a week when I had an absess under a broken tooth too, she is fab!

[Carrie-Jane]

As my 2 year old daughter says.....

"ahhh Mummy Cuddles"......

[turnedlight]

I bought an SC2 from these guys, I just had a look, and they seem to have got a couple of tiny kilns now. They sound very basic, and I might be being an idiot, but if they can manage glass fusing (which they claim to do) which involves glass softening temps and cooling down slowly enough not to break, then surely they could do small batch annealling? 
http://www.electrickilns.co.uk/

[Zeldazog]

Hi

I looked at the mini-kiln, and it does say somewhere in it, that although its not fully programmable (like the Paragon SC2), you can control the ramp speed with a series of key presses- but I *think* you have to manually hold the temperature once its there, so you would have to pretty much baby sit the kiln for fusing or bead annealing (I know nothing about the latter).

To be honest, I wouldn't want to go far with a programmed kiln anyway, especially in the kitchen, but I think it would mean that you watch your kiln ALL the time, timer in hand - which might not be a problem.

[Sulis (Hazel)]

I bitterly regret not getting a programmable kiln. I have a Paragon Caldera with a bead door, so that I can do lots of different things with glass. But it does take some intensive babysitting. I'm now looking at buying an external controller, but they cost loads, so I'll need to save up.

I'd urge anyone considering a kiln to save up hard for a programmable one rather than regret it later!

Definately talk to Quinton - not only does he know loads about them, he also has some very good deals. If I'd known Q before I biught my kiln, I'd be much happier!!!

Hazel

[Shirley]

I love my SC2. I fill it up early evening, set it going and then by morning everything is done. Got mine from Paragon in Corfe. They had the best price I could find at the time, and delivery was really next day too.