Paragon kiln help

[Justin Schmidt]

Can get this kiln for dang near free. He says it's got brand new coils. Havent actually talked to him to see if it works.
How can I hook a controller up to this for accuracy? Thank you

 

[Stacy E. Apelt - Bladesmith]

It is a small burnout/pottery kiln. It will work for small blades. Just hook up a PID or a low cost programmable controller and plug the cord into a socket controlled by the controller/PID. A TC connected to controller will read the temps and run the control. The HT sticky has all that type info. It is basically the same as the toaster oven conversion sticky.

 

[Justin Schmidt]

It is a small burnout/pottery kiln. It will work for small blades. Just hook up a PID or a low cost programmable controller and plug the cord into a socket controlled by the controller/PID. A TC connected to controller will read the temps and run the control. The HT sticky has all that type info. It is basically the same as the toaster oven conversion sticky.

Couldn't seem to find the conversion sticky you were talking about. I read through the pid controlled forge build and I think it j6st confused me more.
If I'm wanting to forge and use cruforge V, 52100 and 80crv2 should I even mess with this or just hook the pid to the Forge?

 

[scott.livesey]

grab the kiln and run, not walk, home. use a basic controller to turn the kiln on and off. although it may take a while to heat up, this kiln would be fine for HT of most stainless and CPM steels. your only constraint is internal size.

 

[Justin Schmidt]

grab the kiln and run, not walk, home. use a basic controller to turn the kiln on and off. although it may take a while to heat up, this kiln would be fine for HT of most stainless and CPM steels. your only constraint is internal size.

Ok grea,t thanks Scott. Im thinking of do8ng the forging and what not in a venturi burner forge them the actual HT in this.