mel jacobson on mon 25 sep 06
i don't think that itc is that strong.
i would find out first, what is causing the crumble.
perhaps a towel over the edge as you load the kiln would help..
itc would make it new again, however.
that is what i did for pat, our aid at the high school,
full breasted and full of kiln dust and crumbs all
over her blouse...we fixed that.
she draped a piece of canvas, then a towel,
and, it protected the top of the kiln and pat.
itc just brushed on the exposed elements sticking
into the kiln is fine. i also have brushed some itc
on the connection of wiring to element of the kiln...to
keep that connection from oxidizing and burning out.
that is one of the major causes of elements dying.
i did that about 15 years ago with about six thermocouples,
and not one has needed to be replaced...even the salt kiln
at the farm...and that says something. that pyrometer has
sat on that kiln, outside, since we built it.
and it is almost dead on.
bill burgert mounted a coffee can on his kiln, and place the
pyrometer inside of it. looks neat, and is out of the weather.
wayne you dip...do you, in your wildest moment
think i would let my stihl or husgavarna chain saws
drip with grease/oil...be dangerous.????
running well includes being dry, neat and clean.
but wax? that would just be too dopey for
a wisconsin chain saw guy. maybe you maine guys
wax your tools...not us. ( you have to get out of
the florida island world, and get back to your roots.)
tools must be natural.
my neighbor lyle would kick my butt down the driveway.
i sometimes oil the handles of shovels and axes..but now
with fibre glass handles...that need is gone.
anyone that would abuse tools and song birds or children, should
be horse whipped.
mel
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