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3 or 4 point posts under shelves

updated sat 7 aug 99

 

Linda Arbuckle on tue 3 aug 99

One of the rationales for posting with 3 posts is for rectangular
shelves. You can switch the side with the post in the middle from firing
to firing, so that any sag across the longest span from last time is the
point with the post next time, keeping your shelves from warping over
time.

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Linda Arbuckle
Graduate Coordinator, Assoc. Prof.
Univ of FL
School of Art and Art History
P.O. Box 115801, Gainesville, FL 32611-5801
(352) 392-0201 x 219
e-mail: arbuck@ufl.edu

Dwiggins, Sandra (NCI) on fri 6 aug 99

What about kiln shelves for oxidation i.e. 4-sided?
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or 1/2 circles?
Sandy

Sandra Dwiggins
Sandra Dwiggins
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Office of Cancer Information, Communication and Education
National Cancer Institute
National Institutes of Health
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-----Original Message-----
From: Linda Arbuckle [SMTP:arbuck@ufl.edu]
Sent: Tuesday, August 03, 1999 1:39 PM
To: CLAYART@LSV.UKY.EDU
Subject: 3 or 4 point posts under shelves

----------------------------Original message----------------------------
One of the rationales for posting with 3 posts is for rectangular
shelves. You can switch the side with the post in the middle from firing
to firing, so that any sag across the longest span from last time is the
point with the post next time, keeping your shelves from warping over
time.

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x 0 0 x
x x
x 0 x
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

--
Linda Arbuckle
Graduate Coordinator, Assoc. Prof.
Univ of FL
School of Art and Art History
P.O. Box 115801, Gainesville, FL 32611-5801
(352) 392-0201 x 219
e-mail: arbuck@ufl.edu