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drying the load with charcoal...

updated sat 5 dec 09

 

gary navarre on fri 4 dec 09


Hay Folks,=3D0A=3D0A We left off with loading the mid-rear on film so to co=
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ue... Now that it is supposed to get cold I started a couple cans of charco=
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al inside the chamber to finish drying the shelf wadding and any residual m=
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oisture in the pots, though I don't think there is much because they dry in=
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my rafters to at least 20% (that's as low as the tester goes)...=3D0A=3D0A=
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://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3D3De9MG8firGpw=3D0A=3D0A The next bit should be=
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tart of loading the Mid-front part 1 but youtube must have been doing maint=
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enance and it got hung up in processing for 2 days so I deleted it and will=
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try that one again later. That really doesn't matter because part 2 first =
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gets it out of the way and 1,3,4,.... will be in continuity. Wanting to be =
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a potter like I saw in the books I carried my pots to the kiln on a board a=
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s many at a time as I could and caused myself pointless anxiety so I change=
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d the way I do that and have risk less in transport damage...=3D0A=3D0Ahtt=
p://=3D
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3D3DlDOK__6xehg=3D0A=3D0A... and when it was dribbl=
ing ra=3D
in out I could still load a few with the lid on and nothing gets wet.=3D0A=
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In real time I think I have made enough to finish the mid-front...=3D0A=3D=
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tp://public.fotki.com/GindaUP/ca/kpap/lc/bottles.html =3D0A=3D0Ahttp://publ=
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otki.com/GindaUP/ca/kpap/lc/bottles-5.html=3D0A=3D0Ahttp://public.fotki.com=
/Gin=3D
daUP/ca/kpap/lc/2lb-6in-pots.html=3D0A=3D0A... and I found a spot to try a =
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le in a bowl with those spirial sea shells...=3D0A=3D0Ahttp://public.fotki.=
com/=3D
GindaUP/ca/kpap/lc/sea-shell-setting.html=3D0A=3D0A=3D0A Looks like the nig=
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ll finally stay below freezing so when this small batch is glazed I'll pre-=
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heat chamber with a fire in the pignose to 150=3DBA or so, load them, brick=
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he door back, and leave it till I get the last couple front shelves done. T=
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here is no point breaking my neck to fire before Christmas but it would be =
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kinda neat to fire on New Years Eve. We'll see what we will see so stay in =
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there eh! =3D0A =3D0AGary Navarre=3D0ANavarre Pottery=3D0ANavarre Enterpris=
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way, Michigan, USA=3D0Ahttp://www.youtube.com/GindaUP=3D0Ahttp://public.fot=
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om/GindaUP/=3D0A=3D0A=3D0A