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Glass Fusing and Kiln Schedule
A free printable glass fusing schedule sheet — the glass, shelf and mould, each segment of the firing as you set it, what the kiln actually did, and the result.
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One page. Choose your paper size — both versions are laid out identically, so neither one gets shrunk to fit.
Print it and write on it
Fill it in type and save
The fillable versions have real form fields — open them in any PDF reader, type into them and save. Printing help.
What this sheet is for
Repeat a firing that worked and trace one that did not, because the schedule you ran and what came out are on the same sheet.
Who it is for
Glass fusers and slumpers with a kiln at home, in a studio or in a shared workshop, and ceramicists borrowing the same discipline for glaze firings.
How to use it
- Fill in the glass, layers, shelf and mould before loading.
- Write each segment of your schedule as you enter it on the controller.
- Note anything observed during the firing — a peek, a trip, an overshoot.
- Record the result and faults when the kiln is cold, not before.
- Decide whether to repeat the schedule and say what you would change.
What is on the sheet
One page, top to bottom:
Printed under the title: One firing of a fusing or slumping kiln — the glass, the shelf, the mould, every segment of the schedule as you set it, and what came out — so a result can be repeated or a fault traced.
Your schedule, segment by segment. No schedule is printed here. Rates, targets and holds depend on your kiln, your glass, the thickness of the piece and what you want it to do, and they come from your glass supplier's guidance and your own test tiles. This is the blank schedule you fill in before pressing start, with a column for what the kiln actually did.
Write-on lines: Piece / project · Date · Kiln · Firing no. · Glass (brand, COE, colours) · Layers / thickness · Size · Fired for · Total time · Shelf & separator · Mould · Position in kiln · Controller / program no.
Schedule — one line per segment, as entered on the controller
Table, 8 rows: Seg. · Rate (yours) · Target (yours) · Hold · Purpose · Actual / observed
Write-on lines: Result when cold · Faults (devit, bubbles, needling…) · Would change next time · Repeat?
Questions
Why is there no schedule printed on a schedule sheet?
Because a schedule that suits one kiln, one glass and one thickness will fail another. Rates, targets and holds come from your glass supplier's guidance and your own test tiles; the sheet is where yours is written down and tied to a result.
Can I use it for a ceramic glaze firing?
Yes — the segments, the observed column and the result section work the same way. Swap the glass fields for clay body and glaze.
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