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I moved out my old Alpine vertical pug mill yesterday-it weighed over 700#s-I'm giving it to a friend fro stoneware work

I dissembled it and man was that thing a bear-mostly cast iron parts-the motor and gear box alone was over 150#.

With the new space I moved all my overstock glaze materials (over 2,000#) and am rebuilding new storage.

I have my annual clay material order in right now so the clock is ticking on when more stuff will show up. My order was 23,500#s out of that 10 tons is clay so I need space for bags soon.

I'll take some photos when its done

Now it concrete mixing time for foundation supports-I plan on using 2x10s and 3/4 plywood for shelves to handle the wieght.This job is a back breaker.I need to get it done while I can still move this sort of thing.

Mark

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OK I admit it I have been hoarding materials for about a life time.

Today was reckoning day for my material addiction

Today was move them  doggies (bags) back to the new shelves I built over the weekend.

1st let me say the shelve unit has a serious concrete footing /slab and one end walls are plywood covered shear walls along with plywood gussets added after photo in rear. This is all screwed together NO nails bolted to concrete pony wall where pug mill was bolted to since 82.

The shelves are 1-1/2 inch x 10 inch scaffold plants which are 14 ply plywood . The shelves are solid across then covered with 3/4 plywood the span is 9.5 feet supported in center .

The upper shelve( top) is 4x9  for my show paper rolls which are 2 feet long so they are double stacked up top now.

The next lever has 1400#s of materials in 50# bags-2 bags deep

the lower shelve has 2400#s of 50# 3 sacks-2 bags deep

The bottom shelve (near ground has some 100#ers)-another 1/2 or 3/4 ton at least.

space for a bit more on bottom.This unit holds over 6 tons when I fill it-yes there is more room down on bottom.

I threw out about 500#s of stuff I will never use as well.

I found 120#s of true albany slip clay 

120#s of old kona F-4 feldspar

a few bags of old cornish stonewall

100#s of original Kingman in bag

and a bunch of other old world stuff like sands of time Canadian silica flour in 100# sack.

I will add that this all is overflow back stock -not the material in studio I use every week-this is the bank which I draw from when needed. I just had placed my material order for the year two days before deciding to tackle this once in lifetime reorganization of materials

I will stop ordering materials next year as I'm set until dead with most things in at least 3 bags or more. Custar is 7 bags and its all old old stock.

I also have 800#s of kingman  feldspar stashed in another area-its my go to feldspar 98% of the time.

I am fulling admitting to hoarding beyond any reasonable amount for one person-I think I may have most schools beat -any school

This addiction has paid off in spades as I have had access to all old world materials to make glazes I know so well. I also bought a lot of this decades ago for a song.

This rack is rated for a 7.0 earthquake at least I believe maybe more. we shall see as we have had a few over the past 40 years. 

Its rain proof and completely out of the weather under a 40x30 corrugated metal roof. Its also next to my load in 8 foot gate next to road.

My back hurts as I loaded 1000#s of clay also today into studio-seems I'm not very smart as this was better done another day.

Mark

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Great looking shelves,Mark. You must feel very satisfied, as winter is coming.

I am pulling all my tomatoes today, as Jack Frost is coming soon.

Question; What do you do with those buckets of old glaze that never worked out? Can you dump them down the drain?

TJR.

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