gary navarre on thu 9 feb 12
Gary Navarre
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Sorry Folks, I forgot the subject line.=3D0A=3D0A=3DA0=3D0AGary Navarre=3D0=
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ottery=3D0ANavarre Enterprises=3D0ANorway, Michigan, USA=3D0Ahttp://www.Nav=
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ttery.etsy.com=3D0Ahttp://www.youtube.com/GindaUP=3D0Ahttp://public.fotki.c=
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indaUP/=3D0A=3D0A=3D0A=3D0A________________________________=3D0A From: gary=
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navarreenterprises@yahoo.com>=3D0ATo: ClayArt =
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ent: Thursday, February 9, 2012 2:14 AM=3D0ASubject: *WoodKiln* =3D0A =3D0A=
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Folks,=3D0A=3D0A=3DA0So I was just about done loading the front setting in=
the l=3D
ast video. Now comes the challenge of getting the last shelf of pots on top=
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so I can brick up the door. This firing I bricked the door =3D0Awith one t=
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ckness of 4.5" hard brick like most of the chamber wall and =3D0Afilled in =
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th 4.5" of IFB scraps ...=3D0A=3D0A=3D0Ahttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3D3D=
d1UJD-7b=3D
sTg=3DA0=3DA0=3DA0=3DA0=3DA0=3DA0=3DA0 =3D0A=3D0A=3D0A=3DA0 As before I use=
d the Pignose to warm =3D
the chamber to about 1000F before starting to switch the fire to the hobs .=
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..=3D0A=3D0Ahttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3D3DqpczIgGogoY=3DA0=3DA0=3DA0=
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=3DA0I noticed something about using the knee high active damper in the sta=
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I thought was holding heat in when in fact having the damper in kept the s=
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tack cool and slowed the draft.so, in addition to adding leftover door bric=
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k to take the stack to about 17', I closed off the damper slot and set the =
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chimney cap to about 1/2 open. and concentrated on stoking. Some time after=
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the kiln got to 2000 I slid the cap to about 1/3 open and didn't mess with=
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it=3D0A until I slid it closed to shut her down ...=3D0A=3D0Ahttp://www.yo=
utube.=3D
com/watch?v=3D3DhwgpcIJDlmw=3DA0=3DA0=3DA0=3DA0=3DA0 =3D0A=3D0A=3DA0The tot=
al firing time was=3D
about 64 hours and peeking revealed some runny glazes up front and what se=
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ems to be no cracking in the Continental ^12 porcelain I put right in the m=
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ain blast of flame. (I don't get paid to say that.)=3DA0 The results we wil=
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see soon so stay tuned and keep potting eh.=3D0A=3D0A=3D0AGary Navarre=3D0A=
Navarre =3D
Pottery=3D0ANavarre Enterprises=3D0ANorway, Michigan, USA=3D0Ahttp://www.Na=
varreP=3D
ottery.etsy.com=3D0Ahttp://www.youtube.com/GindaUP=3D0Ahttp://public.fotki.=
com/=3D
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