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gathering more fuel and still firing the kiln videos

updated fri 7 jan 11

 

gary navarre on thu 6 jan 11


Hey Folks,=3D0A=3D0A My grand kids got me some Cabela long johns and heavie=
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irts for my birthday and Christmas and they are just enough to take the edg=
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e off the cold so I probably won't take them off until May. The great bless=
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ing though is I can now take advantage of the days getting longer and work =
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outside in the woods making kiln fuel without getting cold ...=3D0A=3D0Ahtt=
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www.youtube.com/watch?v=3D3DnIDxb_MKIq0=3DA0 time 7:31=3D0A=3D0Aand for som=
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in Fotki of the new wood pile developing ...=3D0A=3D0Ahttp://public.fotki.c=
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indaUP/ca/gf/mmkf/ =3D0A=3D0A We had a bit of a thaw last week so I found m=
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f dry setting bricks over the expanded Bourry firebox and ended up making a=
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pretty good solution to how much I could corbel in by using one 12"x24" si=
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licon carbide kiln shelf and covering it with IFB pieces ...=3D0A=3D0Ahttp:=
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blic.fotki.com/GindaUP/ca/kpap/uphwfkl3/bourry-rebuilding-jpg.html=3D0A=3D0=
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=3D0A=3D0A For those out there still interested in my second firing there a=
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hree new video segments making up parts 4 & 5 ...=3D0A=3D0Ahttp://www.youtu=
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om/watch?v=3D3DAsNd6Vky5x8 time 12:23 We see more Pignose stoking taking u=
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slightly past 500F.=3D0A=3D0Ahttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3D3D6j6R00QTo_A=
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28:21 This clip has been shortened from over 1.5 hours to something I hope=
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will hold your attention. Right away I get you to watch the pyrometer whil=
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e I climb the stack to see if I want to start a chimney cap. It seems I lef=
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t the JVC recording one complete Pignose stoke burn while I went inside the=
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house and farted around for an hour. When I return we add more fuel and ch=
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eck the rise to 575F.=3D0A=3D0Ahttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3D3DloOv4bPeP=
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e 13:37 This is kind of neat because it is dark out and I'm wearing the xx=
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large hooded shirt my pal Dave Dombrowski gave me when I last visited down=
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below. Makes me look like a sorcerer. I'm stoking a bunch of little stuff =
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I want to get rid of so it is not underfoot and we see an amazing 200 degre=
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e rise in under 15 minutes. Lots more fire in this one if you like that sor=
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t of thing.=3D0A=3D0A Well that's it for now folks. I have the flood lights=
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out there and some good bundles of Spruce and Balsam sticks to sort into st=
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oking lumber so thanks for watching and stay in there eh.=3D0A=3D0AGary Nav=
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=3D0ANavarre Pottery=3D0ANavarre Enterprises=3D0ANorway, Michigan, USA=3D0A=
http://w=3D
ww.NavarrePottery.etsy.com=3D0Ahttp://www.youtube.com/GindaUP=3D0Ahttp://pu=
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.fotki.com/GindaUP/=3D0A=3D0A=3D0A=3D0A