gary navarre on mon 21 feb 11
Hey Folks,=3D0A=3D0A If some of you are Jonzing for some firebox and stack =
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e watching this should be a half hour well spent. This was originally about=
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an hour and a half long so I could study the flame later but I managed to =
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edit out an hour and still preserve some of the tedium of watching for the =
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stack flame from a substantial stoke to slide back down the stack for the o=
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xidizing flame and time to stoke again ...=3D0A=3D0Ahttp://www.youtube.com/=
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h?v=3D3DnpbP4jQoyic=3D0A=3D0A Near the end is informative in that we can se=
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ball of white heat between the front and mid-front settings all bunched up =
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on the floor. I'm moving the secondary door and new side stoke holes up clo=
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ser to the chamber spine so the heat will be released near the top instead =
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of being sucked along the floor to the exit flue. I'm also setting the bott=
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om front either as tight as I can or with extra post brick to bag wall the =
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flame up toward the crown and protect those bottom floor pieces from so mu=
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ch ash...=3D0A=3D0Ahttp://public.fotki.com/GindaUP/ca/kpap/uphwfkl3/front-s=
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ng-jpg.html=3D0A=3D0A I better make something cause ya can't sell the glaze=
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er brick as art, it's already been done. So, the goal will be to produce us=
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eful aesthetic pots and less "anything goes" conceptual art, unless someone=
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else happened to have an interesting piece I wouldn't mind firing for a no=
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minal fee. There should be plenty of spots for gnarley ash baked pots...=3D=
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=3D0Ahttp://public.fotki.com/GindaUP/ca/np10/new-pots-2010-154.html=3D0A=3D=
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along with smoother glazed pieces and maybe some brighter mid-range colors =
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that work in a wood kiln. We will know more when I fire next, maybe in Marc=
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h when it starts staying above freezing over a few nights, so stay tuned an=
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d stay in there eh.=3D0A=3DA0 =3D0AGary Navarre=3D0ANavarre Pottery=3D0ANav=
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