I ordered a soft shelf with my new Jen-Ken. There's absolutely no mention of it in the materials that came with the kiln. Do I need to pre fire it before I use it?
In one of my previous corporate incarnations I wrote owners manuals. I'm really amazed by what's omitted from kiln manuals and how many times I have to read what is there to understand it. Or is it just me?
Alecia
Pre-Fire Soft Shelf fron Jen-Ken?
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Pre-Fire Soft Shelf fron Jen-Ken?
Alecia Helton
Wear Original Wonders!
Carrollton TX
Wear Original Wonders!
Carrollton TX
Re: Pre-Fire Soft Shelf fron Jen-Ken?
LOL having been thru the taurus 3 user manual and had a discussion with their engr who wrote the manual about what was missing - one of my previous lives involved being a tech writer and doing the odd sw manual here and there - the kiln manuals are about average - but then any time i've tried to look up something in a microgreedy manual i get entirely frustrated also ;PAlecia Helton wrote:I ordered a soft shelf with my new Jen-Ken. There's absolutely no mention of it in the materials that came with the kiln. Do I need to pre fire it before I use it?
In one of my previous corporate incarnations I wrote owners manuals. I'm really amazed by what's omitted from kiln manuals and how many times I have to read what is there to understand it. Or is it just me?
Alecia
i have 2 jen kens - what do you mean by a soft shelf? all the shelves i've gotten from jen ken are mullite shelves... those don't need to be prefired and i didn't prefire the kilns either, just kilnwashed my first shelf, put some glass on it and started working out my firing schedule for that particular item.....
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Dee,
I bought and Oval 13 with 2 half shelves of mullite, each 20" long. Because of weight, if you want a full shelf, they sell you a shelf made of a softer material. It was not labeled as to what it was made of. It has more substance than fiber paper I've seen and is more porous than fiber board.
I guess I need to check with the factory.
Alecia
I bought and Oval 13 with 2 half shelves of mullite, each 20" long. Because of weight, if you want a full shelf, they sell you a shelf made of a softer material. It was not labeled as to what it was made of. It has more substance than fiber paper I've seen and is more porous than fiber board.
I guess I need to check with the factory.
Alecia
Alecia Helton
Wear Original Wonders!
Carrollton TX
Wear Original Wonders!
Carrollton TX
yup, check with jen ken and see what that shelf is made out of and what they recommend as far as prefiring....Alecia Helton wrote:Dee,
I bought and Oval 13 with 2 half shelves of mullite, each 20" long. Because of weight, if you want a full shelf, they sell you a shelf made of a softer material. It was not labeled as to what it was made of. It has more substance than fiber paper I've seen and is more porous than fiber board.
I guess I need to check with the factory.
Alecia
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