Gary Navarre on sun 14 oct 07
Hay Crew,
Managed to get some more bricks up after a bout with a cold but I skipped
a day at Wally World to stay in bed and it didn't last long. The weather
wasn't great anyway so when I did get a window I stayed on till 4AM and
grabbed some bricking in time. I'm starting to panic a bit cause it's 26
out and I don't have off till Monday, but I'm four off in a row now so I
think I should be able get the chamber capped over and the front lagged in
enough to hold everything in place with its own weight, if I start givin
'er. I hope the greenhouse don't call cause I really don't feel like
cutting brush yet, I might not even do it this year except for enough for
my own wreaths. Sounds like the price went up a couple pennies too but
brushin is a lot of hard work. If the chamber is built I could start a
fire to dry it out enough to not expand much from frost. As you can see a
bunch was accomplished starting with this...
http://public.fotki.com/GindaUP/ca/kpap/uphea07/workingthestackconn.html
I think the interval was 6 minutes for a bit and toward the end of page 2
http://public.fotki.com/GindaUP/ca/kpap/uphea07/page2.html
set it at 8. Kinda of a fun problem solve with using the wide strips of
thin Pine slab cuttings to hold the walls. I think I might have started
with too much pitch on the first courses and might need to cut some out
and beat the arch more open an inch or so to bring the curve back to my
parabola. If not, then, oh well, it will be a little shorter. Enjoy the
show and I hope ya learn something new the way I did, stay in there eh!
G in da UP
Navarre Pottery
Navarre Enterprises
Norway, Michigan, USA
http://public.fotki.com/GindaUP/
http://www.youtube.com/user/GindaUP
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