A Series of Unfortunate Events: Clay Fail #3
There are those times when no matter how good your skill level has become, failure still happens. A day making porcelain slabs, many more days building my thin walled spherical orbs and several more days creating coral reef environments. Everything appears to be going as planned, so off to bed and dream those good dreams while you think of all that wonderful […]
A Series of Unfortunate Events: Kiln Repair #2
No!!! Say it is not soooo!!!! Two out of three coils had to be changed. Brand-new coils can be challenging especially when you have to remove all the pins and carefully snake out the metal coil and free it from a soft brick without too much damage. Then, carefully, inch by inch snake those coils back into place […]
A Series of Unfortunate Events: Kiln Repair #1
It was time! Time to change out coils and check to see if all the relays are still working properly. My kiln is ten years old and I have lots of dead areas in the coils. The last firing to ∆ 9 took over 24 hours and barely made it to 2300ºF. Ugggg! Nobody likes […]