Ok quick kiln garaging help needed!!

[princess pink]

Ok so shedio was completed yesterday and I'm about to go and finish tidying up my glass but need to fire up kiln. Never used kiln for garaging before as kiln was in kitchen and torch at mums house.

What the hell do I do?!? Don't wanna get it wrong and lose beads! There is a programme for garaging on there that was there from the person I bought it off but I never needed it before.

Oh it's a paragon sc2 with bead door.

Oh and how do I stack the beads on the mandrels?!? Do they need to fit through that tiny bead door?!?

[hollergrafik]

Use the one on there Shahlaa, that's what I used before. If you go through the programme it is set to 8 hours I think, can't remember, just reduce the time to what you want and away you go.
I used to put them in through the bead door to the right, when the next bead goes in move the last bead to the left and stack them.

[princess pink]

Kay how to I skip past the hold when I'm done torching?

[awrylemming]

Press up once, then start twice. 

[hollergrafik]

Yep, what Sue said

[awrylemming]

Hurrah, right at last 

[princess pink]

Thanks so much! Actually haven't started touching yet as spent the last few hours sorting out shedio and labelling glass! Going to upload photos shortly.

[princess pink]

Ok how quick is the kiln meant to ramp up?

[princess pink]

Is my kiln meant to glow red inside?!?

[Trudi]

Is my kiln meant to glow red inside?!?

yes

Ok how quick is the kiln meant to ramp up?

depends on the ramp speed, mine takes about 30 mins

Press up once, then start twice. 

depends on the controller - just double check your instructions

there should be a schedule on the frit wiki 

[princess pink]

Ok just skipped segment to annealing and it's not sticking at 520! It's ramping down I think. Currently on 513. Help!

[Madam Steph]

Kiln ramps up and then once it reaches the temperature to anneal the beads it HOLDS (Garages?) the temperature for however long you want it to (depending on how long you think you may be torching).

If you want to end the time before the 8 hours kaye programmed in for you, you press Up once and START twice.

(I leave may last bead in for at least 1/2 an hour before I skip out of this segment

This will take you to your ramp down and this is why your temperature is falling

If this isn't correct, will someone correct it please

[princess pink]

It's ok I worked out what was wrong! I somehow managed to adjust my hold for garaging to 3 mins so when I went to skip a section it was on ramp down as I'd been putting my beads in during the annealing schedule. Doesn't matter now as I restarted the whole thing and they got a full hour at annealing schedule before ramping down.

Going to see if the kiln fairies were kind shortly!