Cindy Strnad on sun 24 sep 00
Rick,
>From what you're saying, it's only the thermocouple that's affected. If
that's the case, I would detach it, swear under my breath, and buy a new
one. The best (for my kiln, at least) are less that $20. Call Euclids--their
ad is in Ceramics Monthly.
Cindy Strnad
Earthen Vessels Pottery
RR 1, Box 51
Custer, SD 57730
USA
earthenv@gwtc.net
www.earthenvesselssd.com
Rick Hugel on sun 24 sep 00
Opps! Had a little untoward incident. After firing the other day, I tried
to extract the pyrometers from the kiln before opening it. Guess what?
They wouldn't extract! Gingerly opening the kiln door enough to get a
glimpse of the why of the situation, all was revealed! Horrors! A large
vase had taken it upon itself to shed its glaze. Interesting, but not all
that shocking. S______ happens! However, the jumping glaze had adhered
itself to the tips of the pyrometers, which can now not be extracted from
the little holes into which they fit. Using a diamond grinder/cutter to
trim the unsightly globs seems a bit dangerous in that it could harm/break
the probe and its innards. The other alternative would be to leave the
little darlins where they are and upon the next firing extract the probes
when the glaze reaches meltdown temperature. But, again this strikes me as
a somewhat radical action which may also cause harm through the
abrupt(violent) temperature change. Still another alternative occurred to
me; take a blow torch to the globs of glaze, but, again, it seems harm
could be done to the pyrometers. Of course, in any of the scenarios
disconnecting the probes from the meters before acting is a given. Has
this sort of thing happened to any of you and how did you solve it?
Rick@ dilemma(ed)
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