Cross section is an important factor in avoiding cracks


Monday 26th January 2015

The cross section of a bowl. For the best success in drying and firing, it is advantageous to have as even of a thickness as possible. But it is also important not to have sharp concave angles. It would have been possible to make the section outside the insight-live.com/glossary/195">foot ring thinner by creating a more abrupt concave contour, but that contour, if too sharp, could offer a point of weakness where a crack could start.

Pages that reference this post in the Digitalfire Reference Library:

Drying Ceramics Without Cracks, Dunting and Cracking of Clay Bodies During Firing, Cracking of Clays During Drying


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