Sorce, would you recommend leaving the burner “fully open”.. and controlling the gas with the regulator?
I have been using the regulator more or less just to keep the pressure my burner sees at 0, or a more realistic 0.1!
I would attempt the same, as you can't fire too slow, but with it opened up, you potentially waste gas, and risk a freeze up. So starting minimal would be best recommended, especially since your kiln isn't exactly "insulated" well. Of course, it could be better insulated than a convert!?
It being small also, means that more pressure will more quickly blow heat directly out of it.
So you want to remain, and hell, this is exactly how I've been finding more and more success, with like, the lowest pressure that is getting you gain of between 60-120 degrees per hour.
By the end of my last fire, I tried to boost my reggie pressure but I was freezing up so it wouldn't work, I had to warm my gloves and rub the tank like 15 times in a row. I would rub, and my reduction flame would come back, then it would go down, rub, back up....sound familiar! loL
Oh also.... Towards the end, when I'm fine tuning to get both reduction and temp gain, I find the burner valve to go up more in steps rather than smoothly, so there comes a point where I can't go up a small enough increment with the burner valve, so I'll use the regulator only through these "steps" of the burner valve.
Get to know the "steps" of your burner valve, you may need to use the regulator more or less.
These "steps" also act different when they see different pressures, so perhaps at .5 your burner valve is choppy as shit, but at .6 it operates perfectly. Learning how they interact, and narrowing down your useful zones is paramount to control.
When are you firing? I feel like there is a lotta stuff you can perfect before you go in again. PICS!
Sorce
(Trojan Bastards)
