We also fired our stoking plugs yesterday. We managed to blow up two of the plugs in the firing, luckily I had made six of them so we should be alright. They did warp slightly around the handle so the fit is not quite as tight as I would like. They should be fine for the first firing.
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
Loading starts
Well we haven't actually started loading yet... a little lunch first. We spent the morning cutting shelves, since we designed the kiln for 14"x28", we had to cut shelves to make it all fit. Kind of a pain, but I can't really complain about free kiln shelves. I also cut a hand full of bricks to use as posts. Here's the layout for the first chamber:
We'll stack larger pots in front of the shelves.
We also fired our stoking plugs yesterday. We managed to blow up two of the plugs in the firing, luckily I had made six of them so we should be alright. They did warp slightly around the handle so the fit is not quite as tight as I would like. They should be fine for the first firing.
Joe
We also fired our stoking plugs yesterday. We managed to blow up two of the plugs in the firing, luckily I had made six of them so we should be alright. They did warp slightly around the handle so the fit is not quite as tight as I would like. They should be fine for the first firing.
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Free shelves!
Please tell me how I could (not that I could afford to ship them to Germany!)but...
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