mel jacobson on wed 21 feb 01
i have to agree with the martell opinion about old scales...do not throw
them away. i use a wonderful old kitchen scale and have always
used pounds. i convert to pounds for all of my standard glazes.
if i am making a nice big barrel full, i am not messin with 50 dumps
of a balance beam scoop. for everyday use...pounds for me. and i
have never been able to see any difference in the final batch when it
comes from the kiln. when testing, i still use my ohaus, and it is
older than craigs. works a charm. have never had to replace the
batteries. HEY, I LOVE HIGH TECH, THIS IS NOT A RETRACTION.
just some things still work very well, simple. i fired a reduction
kiln for 30 years before i had an oxyprobe, rarely missed getting
the reduction i wanted. but, for analysis, give me the probe.
grams X.0022=pounds
the other point: pilot lights.
man, they work well.
i just went to the farm, checked my daughters four year old home...
with its four year old `modern` furnace. it was out, and the entire
house was frozen solid. that brand new, modern electronic sensor
pilot system was dead as a door nail. had to replace the entire unit.
dead. (we hope the damage is minimal, but that is hard to tell
for at least a week..then the water system will be turned back on.)
has anyone else ever experience this kind of outage? maybe this was
just an act of god, and it will never happen again. but, i am a bit
skeptical. sort of like a two year old hard drive...zap. dead. also wonder
about these systems on kilns...they are now almost always mandatory.
perhaps marc ward would be willing to tell us about them, or one of
the other engineers on the list. (not whining here folks. we will take
care of the house, and we have wonderful insurance.) just want more
information about these devices. this old potter just loves pilot lights.
things i can see and maintain....sorta like carburetors on cars, we can
no longer mess with them. AND I LOVE HIGH TECH, THIS IS NOT A
RETRACTION. just that some things are simple, easy to use, always
seem to work. oh well, old and new, we must all adjust....but, after
the furnace guy left, the bill comes, and the cost of the replacement
part.phew...a pilot light is 5 bucks, and i can fix that.
\mel
the furnace guy just shakes his head. he likes pilots too.
he reminded me of toilets with low gallon flush...takes three flushes to
get rid of things....water saving? not.
From:
Minnetonka, Minnesota, U.S.A.
web site: http://www.pclink.com/melpots
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