Trinket Kiln For Enameling Jewelry

The Trinket Kiln works very well for enameling and cloisonne jewelry  projects. You can purchase a thermostat that reads 800, 1300 and 1550 degrees F. With this temperature controller you can set the your desired temperature as for enameling on most metals at 1400 – 1500 degrees. With this set up you do not need a digital controller.

I have enjoyed mine when it is just too hot in the summers and I am working on a small project. It can be handy  to do test plates when I am in the development of a enamel or cloisonne jewel.

Here I have a piece of mica to use as a plate to sit my jewel on. And the flat nose pliers make it easy to place the jewel in the kiln and take the hot enamel jewel out. If you use a new sheet of mica you need heat it alone in the kiln a couple of times to break it in. If not it pops and your unfired enamels will not be in the place you originally placed them.

Here is another trivet you can use and still have enough clearance to close the top and not touch the enamel jewel. With my flat nose pliers I can retrieve the trivet without touching the enamel jewel.Here is the size of the little trivet.

The kiln is available at  Rio Grande Tools www.riogrande.com/Product/Ultralite-Kiln-for-Granulation-or-PMC/703016?pos=1

Here are a couple of trivets I have made when nothing else worked.

High Temperature Wire Clay King in Resources.

Stainless Steel

Patsy Croft