How do I fuse glass in a kiln by controlling the temperature myself?

I don't have a temperature controller for my kiln, so I have decided to control its temperature by turning the kiln on and off at the mains.


This will work, but I was wondering if anybody had any guidline times for fusing?


And I am using glass from bottles, to recycle, will this fuse successfully?


I'm sure it will.


thanks in advance for your answers.How do I fuse glass in a kiln by controlling the temperature myself?
does your kiln have a cone system? if so buy the cone that will get you to the appropriate temp. I don't think I've ever seen a kiln that doesn't shut off. it would be very dangerous to just leave any kiln on indefinitely