mel jacobson on sun 6 feb 11
this is an old post, but needs to be a constant
reminder to all.
never work on your kilns, pug mills, wheels or any
tools that you have without your digital camera in hand.
take that cover off, snap. pix.
you do a photo essay of how you take things apart.
then you have that history pictorially so you can put it
back together.
it takes all the mystery out of the project.
novice repair/ potters get a big leg up in confidence when
you use your camera.
in most cases, you don't even have to download the pix, or
print them. yet, i often do, and file the 8x10's with my
kiln repair tools.
in many cases, there will be some sort of wiring diagram
included someplace in your manual, or under a cover plate.
but, many have no idea how to read those schematic
drawings.
the other helpful hint is colored tape. get one of those
tubes of plastic tape, with six colors. (dollar store.)
you wrap the tape, white, on the wire, mark it 1.
do the same on the place you have removed the wire.
mark it 1.
do the same on the next wire, red, 2
and so on. in most cases, you can just leave the tape
on the wires for next time.
i have been known to take things semi/apart when they are new.
like, scheme the lawn tractor and mower. when it is six years
old, dirty, full of trash, you cannot see a thing. digital camera
time. esp for belt location and rotation. pulley one, to pulley two,
...hard to remember when the belt is broken and in pieces on your
lawn.
and for sure...remember utube. many things that spook you can
be found on utube. in imovie image. like paragon...they have a video
library of all kiln repair. in movie form.
our new book has 30 pages by arnold howard, total electric kiln repair.
pix. it is not just a gas kiln book.
so, think ahead. don't ever just rip things apart.
make a visual history.
mel
from: minnetonka, mn
website: http://www.visi.com/~melpots/
clayart link: http://www.visi.com/~melpots/clayart.html
new book: http://www.21stcenturykilns.com
alternate: melpots7575@gmail.com
William & Susan Schran User on sun 6 feb 11
On 2/6/11 8:38 AM, "mel jacobson" wrote:
> the other helpful hint is colored tape. get one of those
> tubes of plastic tape, with six colors. (dollar store.)
> you wrap the tape, white, on the wire, mark it 1.
> do the same on the place you have removed the wire.
> mark it 1.
> do the same on the next wire, red, 2
> and so on. in most cases, you can just leave the tape
> on the wires for next time.
Don't know if other kiln makers do this, but some years back L&L began
labeling all lead wires and all connection points with small pieces of
numbered tape. Makes reassembly a snap.
They must have read Mel's original post.
Bill
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Joseph Herbert on mon 7 feb 11
Mel wrote about photographing your dis-assembly progress to enhance you
re-assembly prospects...
I have been training outage workers at a power plant lately and I overheard
one explain how he was assigned a troubleshooting task, found the component
(some instrument) and identified the problem.. He photographed the problem
part of the component (incorrectly wired) on his phone and sent the picture
to his supervisor (who was somewhere else) and got confirmation of the fix
he proposed. That story was not from a nuclear plant, rather a refinery
where processes are less restrictive than nuclear, but should not be. I
think this indicates a future where the revision of work packages will be
accomplished over the airwaves, documented with digital photos and recorded
conversations/phone emails. The time (cost) savings would be so great; the
technology is already in place; it seems impossible that it will not occur
soon.
Be on the cutting edge.
Joe
Joseph Herbert
Training Developer
May Luk on tue 8 feb 11
The digital camera phone is also great for your grocery-shopping
spouse who does not know the difference between cilantro and parsley.
We also use Skype video phone for that purpose.
May
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