Here's a view of the kiln loaded with glaze fired pottery and pendants. In the past I had used Nichrome wire to make the small "s" hooks to hang the pendants on the larger rods, but I noticed that some of the larger, heavier pendants would sag enough to almost touch the shelf (which is covered in clay flats to protect the shelf). So with some internet research, I found and ordered some A-1 annealed 16 gauge Kanthal wire. I am not sure of the high-end of its temperature tolerances but, according to some forums, it is at least to cone 7. No sagging was evident in this cone 5/6 firing. So far so good.
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