F500 Lamp Working Kiln (GCBE Super Special Price)
Please read before buying:
- This kiln is available for pick-up only from the Glass Craft & Bead Expo 2025 in Las Vegas. Shipping is not available.
- The kiln will be used for classes during the event, so please note that it will be a used kiln.
- Pick-up will be on Sunday, April 6, 2025. Early pick-up is not possible as the kiln will be in use for classes. Buyers will be contacted via phone to confirm delivery at the SouthPoint Hotel Expo Hall.
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This offer is valid until March 30, 2025, or while supplies last.
- This kiln is inventory from 2024, hence its exceptional price. Buy now
The massive F-500, with its towering door counter-weights and handsome black finish, is a workhorse that will raise your production. The F-500 simplifies annealing so you can immerse yourself in creating breathtaking ware.
| Purpose | Glass Annealing |
| Electrical Info | 240V / 1 Ph / 42A |
| Max Temp | 1,200 °F |
| Fires from | Side elements |
| Firing Chamber | 24"W x 18"D x 22.5"H |
| Color | Black |
This kiln is designed for annealing large glass figurines, beads, and marbles. The interior is 24” wide, 22 1/4” high, and 18” deep. Imagine the huge glass pieces you could make with a kiln this large.
The massive F500, with its towering door counter-weights and handsome black finish, is a workhorse that will raise your production. The F500 simplifies annealing so you can immerse yourself in creating breathtaking ware.
Raise the counter-weight vertical-drop door to insert glass on a punty rod. Lower the door. The punty rod extends outside the firing chamber through a smaller punty rod door. The main door is balanced so it stays open where you stop it.
The main door includes two 4” x 10 1/2” punty rod doors. Two flexible gaskets under each door help to retain the heat. The punty rods can extend outside the kiln through the gap under the doors. This allows the doors to remain fully closed. The ceramic fiber punty rod doors are a full two inches thick to help retain heat. Rare-earth magnets hold the doors in the open and closed positions.
You can adjust the rod rest, which is positioned in front of the punty rod doors, with wing bolts. Adjust it horizontally and vertically without tools. Or remove the rod rest altogether when you don’t need it.
Durable 3” thick insulating firebricks; side elements
The insulating firebricks, wrapped in heavy-gauge steel, soak up heat for slow, efficient cooling. The firebricks are 3” thick, 20% thicker than the standard 2 1/2” bricks, throughout the top, walls, bottom, and door. The heating elements are protected in dropped, recessed wall grooves for trouble-free firing. Wires are fastened to the elements with heat-dissipating connectors refined and proven over many years in Paragon kilns. Elements are coiled from the finest high-temperature wire available. The F500 has no roof elements.
Heavy duty components
Costly heavy-gauge nickel-plated copper wiring is covered with high temperature glass-braided insulation. The thermocouple, which senses temperature inside the kiln, is protected with a high-nickel stainless steel sheath for long life. The built-in base stays cool even during extended hold times.
