Pres

Sorry to hear it-glad that it sounds like there is hope for a light at the end of the tunnel--best wishes!

I used to work in a physio clinic. No one ever likes the foam roller, but the evil thing works!

Hammer massager worked quite well, and not that I have one I use it on my shoulders and legs a bit after a hot shower. Loosens things up well. Just have to be careful not to over do.

I hope you have a good time.  One summer I took a three day tile course at a junior college.  We slept in a dorm at night and found our own meals during the day.   I had been making tile for several years and thought maybe I  could increase my knowledge on the subject.   At the beginning of the first day I realized that I was mistaken.  Most of the people there had never worked with clay.  The class was doubled book and one of the teachers was sick. A overwhelmed teacher asked me if I would help with the class.  I really enjoyed helping the students,  I think I would have been bored out of my mind  with the elementary presentations.  Denice

I taught in this position for 36 yrs, started the adult class. The new teacher 2nd after my retirement, treats me like a king. Great guy, and has kids coming in for the class along with adults. Lots of fun, and the interaction that I miss is marvelous. Teaching can be so rewarding, and often you learn something by teaching others.

best,

Pres

Congratulations to you both!

Just as long as I have been married to clay -no ring to show for it

Congrats! Thats fantastic!

FLOODING?  What happened?

Don't really know, Walked into the shop after the snow and ice we had, it was thawing outside. The shop had 4" of ice on the floor covering the foot pedal, the extension socket on the floor, and some of the bisqueware on the floor along with many other items. All thawed out, but the damage to the foot pedal and the extension socket. Easy enough to fix, As to where the water came from 3 possibilities: drain in the floor that leads to an underground river, brick walls that are worn after the last century, and the garage door that does not have a lip, just a rubber seal on the door itself. Who knows!! First time it ever happened in over 20 years.

OMG well maybe set the foot pedal and extension thingy up on the wheel when not in use?  Of course I'm an abnormally clean potter and I always leave my station shiny.  Wouldn't work for someone who cleans Simon Leach style.  I mean I love the guy but his work space makes me shudder ...

Glad the damage wasn't worse.

so sorry to hear this!

Hope you are managing to get dried out

Shop electric heat has been on for 3 days, ice melted, and has been vacuumed up. Glaze mixing started yesterday, Glazing this week on clear days. However the forecast looks bleak for much more than base glazing. 

Yeah, my wife fell while getting into the car. .alone. Laid under the car for 30 minutes before my daughter found her. Broke her hip, could have been worse as it was winter cold, icy, and I would not be home for hours. Didn't have her phone.

That must have been awful for your wife to lay in pain like that not knowing when someone would find her.  I was amazed how many people that drove by and waved as I laying on the sidewalk like a fish out of water.   I  at least had a nice warm day to lay around.   I have a new phone and ordered a tough case with a lanyard for it.  I am thinking about getting a hiking stick when I walk  in the yard and flower beds.  It wouldn't have helped with this accident but may prevent future ones.  I was taking photos of our 4'x5' Century Plant that has huge thorns,  I am glad I missed it when I tripped.  Denice

Things happen, as we get older we need to make adjustments. We were told getting old were the "Golden Years". nobody mentioned that they were tarnished!

sounds absolutely awful--best wishes

Last of heavy meds only at night now. Nothing during the day. She is doing pretty well.

That sounds brutal Pres!  Send her my best thoughts for healing!

Roberta

Have a safe weekend. Don't need something like that happening twice in a lifetime. My husband worked in a mill years ago where a lot of fine sawdust was generated. There was a fire by one of the machines and the operator shut the big fans off. This caused the fuel to oxygen ratio to increase which resulted in an explosion. Running a fan while firing the kiln might be an idea so any remaining gas doesn't accumulate. 

As my thinking follows never assume, I went to mayor's office on Wednesday, asking about firing the kiln. Mayor told me to go down to the guys working on the street from the gas company, and ask. Top guy there told me that there was no problem with the gas now at my side of the block evidenced by the road being opened and that their testing showed that the soil was no longer saturated. I explained that I was in a garage in back of the house with the firing and the garage was over the river tunnel. He said all of that had been cleared. Fired the kiln that day. The cone adjustment of -35 is not quite right. Next firing will be with cone adjustment of -30. Getting there.

Assembled, now I am waiting on electrician.

When the old J236 broke down, it was in the middle of a firing. The cones had turned white, and the pots were all glaze fired, but lacked depth and appropriate hardness. I believe the kiln reached about 2150F. Therefore, I have enough of a load to fire in the new kiln. The old kiln would hold 2 patens(plates) at a layer with overlap of rims at different heights. The new kiln will handle 3 to a layer, and will handle quite a load of chalices at the top levels.  The first firing will not be packed, but will get me used to what is going on.

Congrats, Pres! 

great news! hee hee exciting....x

congrats on entering the 20th century!

Congrats-I still am in the Stone Age with a Manuel kiln. Enjoy all the time off after the learning curve.

Received a call today from shipper.  Kiln will be delivered tomorrow morning. Asked for it early as I have appointments (bowling) in the afternoon.

Have to have it dropped at the driveway. Luckily tomorrow is a no rain day.

It is going to be in the mid 50's this week but cold is moving our way this weekend.   The weatherman said it could get down to 10 degrees,   my husband will have to finish my Century plant cover before that happens.   I would rather have snow  and not so cold.    Denice

temps are running mid 20's during the day. Snow was about 10" still lightly snowing, but am dug out.

Hope that gave you some ideas Min. The grooves in the molding actually help me get pretty straight cuts as one groove is wide and I use the outside edge for cutting the end, and the inside edge for cutting the sides.

I like your molding idea to create the step in the base. In Canada butter mostly comes in 1 lb blocks so I'm thinking more of a box shape rather than a rectangle to fit part of a block of butter.

Sounds like it would work, pick your molding carefully. Mine was a window/doorway molding.

best,

Pres

I have never heard of using popcorn for packing material.   We just save the packing material we receive in the mail.   We just ran out of boxes and my husband needed to send a car part he had sold on E-bay.   To solve our problem decided to order some groceries from Walmart,  if you spend over $35 you get free freight.   So far we have received only a fourth of our order but it was in a nice sturdy box.   As  our order trickles in we will be getting more boxes,  I got a e-mail notifying me of a back order.  I am glad I didn't order anything I was in desperate need of.   Denice

We go out once in a while, I had to go to State College on Monday afternoon as I was running out of popcorn and bubble wrap. Groceries once every 10 days or so, masks, etc. Staying in otherwise.

I have been using popcorn for years. Haven't lost a pot as long as I compress the box and wrap pieces individually in bubble wrap. 

I was wondering if you also wrapped them in bubble wrap.

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I would think they can be shipped up there. However, with you being on the West coast, it really isn't a good idea with the shipping.

I could have fired it without, but it will reach temp quicker this way. Gotta love L&L for the element holders.

I think I'm just going to have to covet your L&L from afar, can't really justify buying another kiln. 

I understand that, have been considering a new kiln, but the old on is 30 and doing well. I keep replacing whatever needs replacing.

I am  glad you listen to your gut,  I get  gut feeling also.   I almost lost a lot of money not listening to my gut.   It was a big decorating job  of a well know local celebrity.   They had fired the decorator and wanted me to take over the job.  I didn't want to do it  but friends and relatives talked me into it.  Before I had any time or money invested in it they decided to give the last decorator another chance.  I was so relieved,  later in the year I found out that they didn't pay any of their subcontractors.  I could have lost $50,000 on a job like that.   I don't let anyone talk me in to something I have a bad gut feeling about anymore.    Happy birthday,  I will be 67 October 15.   Denice

70 here folks, thanks for the best wishes!

best,

Pres

8 pm, Kiln dropping ^5 right now, 

best,

Pres

there are 2 kilns advertised on craigslist for long island.  one has only one sentence about a paragon Dragon.  no phone number, posted awhile ago.   the other is for a paragon Viking and is current per a phone call this morning.   PRESTON, PLEASE CONTACT THEM.   SEE MY PM TO YOU.

Really will hold out for an L&L, mine is nearly 30 now and still runs great.. . . not sure of others out there. Thanks for thinking of me.

Pres

OK, i will stop looking.   it is just that kilns with controllers and all the shelves and other goodies do not come up very often so i jumped on it.   hope something L&L comes up soon.

Have a wonderful trip!

One other off then radar thing is the early morning fish wholesale market-its opens at dark 30 and is worth going to to see them auction off all the days giant tuna and all restaurant fish for all of the islands-I did it 20 years ago and it was a highlite.Check it out

Bishop Museum today was great. New building, and some additions I had hot seen. In ten years this town has really built up. We are at the Ohana about one block from the International Market place. Nice room. I could only do a few days at Aulani, price and boredom.

Rain...? What's that? We haven't seen rain here in the Sacramento, CA area since early May and probably won't be seeing it for another 2 months. Something to look forward to along with the shorter days...more time to spend in the studio when the sun goes down 

Living the dream Pres... Minus the grinding I would imagine.

Oh yeah, but grinding is even easier now. Got a diamond disc a few conferences ago, glued it onto a bat, attached to wheel with sponge of water, grinding is actually fine!

Then indeed, living the dream.

Congrats, and I’m looking forward to reading it! I’m working on one too, to be published in a few months. 

Mine is really so simple, posted it here a while back.

Congrats to both of you.