My studio's furnace went out right before a big custom order

Last Thursday, the main furnace in my Portland shop dropped to 900 degrees while I was prepping a set of six custom goblets. I had to scramble to move everything to my smaller glory hole to finish the work, which totally threw off my timing. Has anyone else had a major equipment failure during a deadline, and what's your backup plan?

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paige16621d ago

Ugh that's the worst feeling, isn't it? My old kiln's controller fried right as a bisque load was finishing once. I had to babysit it with a pyrometer for hours, manually turning it up like every ten minutes. Total nightmare. Makes you want to cry a little lol.

jessem5921d ago

I used to think backup plans were overkill, but a blown kiln element during a holiday rush changed my mind. What's your worst equipment fail story?

oliver85521d ago

That "babysit it with a pyrometer" story from @paige166 is why I keep a spare motor for my wheel now.