IT'S ARRIVED!!!!!!!!!!
She's here!!!!!! Isn't she beautiful?!! Brick lining, quartz-encased heating elements, large mesh mandrel rack, two large doors and two bead doors, and programmable controller. *SQUEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!*
Now, the challenge is learning to use it. It came with a two page feature sheet which is for their very basic model, and a "manual" for the digital controller that consists of three one-sided pages stapled together in the upper left corner. heh. Honestly though, the programming part doesn't look too tricky. I can see where a non-tech person would be intimidated, lots of "SEG" and "F1" and "Err1" kinds of notation, but it seems pretty straight-forward. But apparantly I need to do a lot of research on kiln use, maintenance and heat cylces for annealing beads and such.
The feature sheet gives examples of how to use the kiln for burnout (lost wax) molds and enameling!!! I hadn't even considered those possibilities!
So much to learn! So many glorious possibilities!!!!
