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- Birthday 10/19/1955
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traditional folk pottery, crystalline glazes, pottery instruction
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Moving a Duncan DK 1029-1 and bringing it back to life
Piedmont Pottery replied to Bubba's topic in Equipment Use and Repair
If the controls are corroded you may want to look at an external computer controller. That is what I did on my old Duncan 1029. It will cost more up front but will really help with more consistent firings. You will have to drill a small hole for a thermocouple to go through. all the infinite switches are set to Hi, or bypassed altogether. I did leave the kiln sitter inline to have a failsafe option. -
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Peter Pugger works only sporadically
Piedmont Pottery replied to Diane Gwilliam's topic in Equipment Use and Repair
I haven't had that problem with mine, but I've found Peter Pugger technical support to be very friendly and helpful when I've called about other issues. They should be able to offer suggestions. -
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jay_klay_studio reacted to a post in a topic: Building a Genesis Log File Grapher website for me and community - need feedback!
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Will your program accept multiple log files for long firing time programs? I often have two, sometimes three log files per firing, depending on the program. Also, I'm hoping that your program will be compatible with first generation Genesis log files. I'm really looking forward to your finished product.
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Heating /cooling source in pottery studio
Piedmont Pottery replied to Martinja's topic in Studio Operations and Making Work
I installed 2 mini splits in my kiln room and they work well. -
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Crawling of clear glaze over underglaze
Piedmont Pottery replied to GestaltArtworks's topic in Clay and Glaze Chemistry
Are you bisque firing after the underglaze and before the transparent, or are you single firing? If you are bisque firing first, how well adhered does the underglaze appear to be before applying the transparent glaze? -
Clear glaze that does not craze on MB
Piedmont Pottery replied to Christy Ann's topic in Clay and Glaze Chemistry
This is interesting, in that the calculated COE is low enough that I wouldn't expect it to craze on any of the clays I use. Regardless, my usual fix for glazes with too high an expansion coefficient is to add a bit of talc. I'd begin with maybe 250 g talc added to the amounts you listed as a starting point and go up from there. -
But it only takes a little bit to fix a batch of short clay, so not too bad overall.
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Veegum T is the magic additive I use when a batch is too short. I keep a container of hydrated Veegum T next to the pugmill so I can just add a small scoop to the pugmill if I need too. I am also very diligent in recovering as much of the fines as possible when reclaiming.