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Pyrometric Cones: How to Use Witness Cones in a Pottery Kiln

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If you own a pottery kiln, pyrometric cones are one of the simplest tools you can use to find out what actually happened during a firing. Your kiln controller can tell you the temperature it measured. A thermocouple can tell the controller when to change the firing program. But neither one directly tells you the total heatwork […]