mel jacobson on thu 26 jul 01
this is how i have done it for years.
grams x .0022 = pounds
in most glazes that i use all the time,
like rhodes 32 etc. i convert my recipe
to pounds.
use a rather good grocery scale.
makes things very easy. set tar, weigh out 15.5 lbs.
a grams scale is too small and takes to
much messin to make a big 30 gallon batch.
one cannot dip big pots into a 5 gallon pail.
bob fritz uses those new plastic storage
bins...about 18X30 inches rectangle for glazes.
stack them up...when not in use. why use a round opening?
pots fit better in the rectangle. big plates just fit great.
mel
when you make 30 gallons, well 10 grams short of anything
sure does not matter.
(use the gram scale for copper etc. in my red.)
it is such a big stretch to think of a crack in an electric kiln.
who cares?
i have fired electric kilns at school that had more cracks than
the `grand canyon`. top, bottom, sides. chips as big as pick
up trucks. drooping coils.
they just fired fine.
it is like the auto garage. look at the mechanics tools...spotless,
wiped down, best you can buy. look at the shop tools, dirty, bent,
thrown in the corner.
what you own, you fuss over, other stuff..who cares?
human nature.
we did not have the time, or the money to repair every crack and
ding in electric kilns. fire, replace coils, throw them out.
the american way of life. use it up.
my 1966 skutt 181 at home is spotless, not a crack.
one set of coils in 40 years. now itc sprayed, new coils with
213, sure it will last a life time. hard wired. shiny connections,
and a clean connection.
just as it should be.
mel
From:
Minnetonka, Minnesota, U.S.A.
web site: http://www.pclink.com/melpots
Arnold Howard on thu 26 jul 01
Kilns are so fragile, yet so durable.
Teachers have told me about the abuse kilns receive at school. One
time one of them saw a maintenance man standing on the lid of an
electric kiln to reach something.
"We have a ladder," the teacher told him.
Another time a student tore out the lock-in lid support by trying
to lower the lid without unlocking the support.
On the other hand, I have seen 25 year old kilns in mint condition
come through the Paragon factory. Other than small cracks, the
bricks are still in excellent shape.
Arnold Howard
Paragon
> it is such a big stretch to think of a crack in an electric kiln.
> who cares?
> i have fired electric kilns at school that had more cracks than
> the `grand canyon`. top, bottom, sides. chips as big as pick
> up trucks. drooping coils.
> they just fired fine.
> it is like the auto garage. look at the mechanics
> tools...spotless,
> wiped down, best you can buy. look at the shop tools, dirty,
> bent,
> thrown in the corner.
>
> what you own, you fuss over, other stuff..who cares?
> human nature.
> we did not have the time, or the money to repair every crack and
> ding in electric kilns. fire, replace coils, throw them out.
> the american way of life. use it up.
> my 1966 skutt 181 at home is spotless, not a crack.
> one set of coils in 40 years. now itc sprayed, new coils with
> 213, sure it will last a life time. hard wired. shiny
> connections,
> and a clean connection.
> just as it should be.
> mel
>
>
> From:
> Minnetonka, Minnesota, U.S.A.
> web site: http://www.pclink.com/melpots
>
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