Denice

Nice looking teapot,   does it pore well?   I have trouble with pouring,  they look good but are nonfunctional     Denice

If you want to fire to cone 6, you may find that this kiln has trouble getting to cone 6, and you would be better getting a kiln rated for 8 or higher.

Hi Joesph  I was wandering how your test firing came out.   I did a test firing a couple of weeks ago and it was a real bummer.   I turned on my heater today to get my studio warm  enough to get some work done.  Our dog is on the mend,  but I am the one with a problem now.   My doctor found a aggressive skin cancer on my face,  I am trying to fight my way through the doctors.   I want the best treatment for me,  right now I am still on the tread mill to surgery.  Denice

Congrats on the new kiln,  I bought the slightly shorter model like your about 9 months ago with a Genisis controller.   I was also hesitant to jump into controlled firings,   I had been using a dual Skutt digital thermocouple set up for 15 years.  The L&L  had a larger diameter than my old Skutt so my husband put commercial casters on it.  I keep it in a corner and then roll it out to load, fire and unload.   With it deep in the corner I have room to work with my other kilns.  I will be checking out John Blicks firing schedules.  Have fun!    Denice

I also use my reclaim clay for extrusions and hand building,  my throwing clay is also good for hand building.   One of my college professors showed us how he threw with very little water.   Everyone in the class loved throwing that way,  you and the wheel were easy to clean up.   The pot on the wheel was tighter  and easier to move than a sloppy wet pot.  Denice

Welcome to the forum,  I hope you learn a lot I know I do.  I especially enjoy helping people on the forum,  I have been a potter for 50 years.    The most important thing is to enjoy the time you spend on the forum.     Denice

Bummer,  they probably took it to sell it on ebay.   Haven't had anything stolen out of my yard yet,  it will happen eventually.  We have fives houses on our street and every house has someone that works from home.  We are retired but our neighborhood is busy,  I think it keeps crime down.     Denice

Bummer,  they probably took it to sell it on ebay.   Haven't had anything stolen out of my yard yet,  it will happen eventually.  We have fives houses on our street and every house has someone that works from home.  We are retired but our neighborhood is busy,  I think it keeps crime down.     Denice

Ow that sounds like that could cause a lot of problems,  our friend carried a heavy mailbag for 35 years.   When I was 20 I worked in a dental lab and had to stand on a ladder and  lift a 25 lb bag of plaster over my head and dump it in the plaster bin.   They finally gave the job to a man,  it was causing to much commotion with the other workers.  The other women didn't think I should do that job and the men  would look up my skirt (uniform).   I don't think that type of work did long term damage to me,  I am 70 and have MS and can still pick up a 25lb  bag of clay off the floor with one hand.   I laid out my mural yesterday,  I have to remake quite a few tiles.   It is three dimensional and is a landscape of Arizona so getting a good fit has been quite challenging.     Denice

Glad to hear that you have a new focus on your throwing.   I am still wondering what my next focus will be when I am finished with the mural I have been working on.   I am unloading the last of the bisque today,  I going to lay it out and make sure all of the pieces fit before I glaze.  Be careful with that shoulder  my husband's best friend just had major shoulder surgery,  he is a retired mailman.    Denice

Congratulations on your new house and studio,  you will love having a real studio.   I have had areas in homes that I worked  in and even a tiny building  but they were never a real studio.    We built our new house and  a studio  plumbed  and wired for a potter (me).   I love it,  I could live in it,  when you get settled you will love your studio.    Denice

What is the difference between cone offset and thermocouple offsets,  I have never heard of offsets before.   You live in a area that is closer to the manufacturer,  the closest company who sold it was Brackers in Kansas City.   You had to order it online and they didn't have the upgraded elements or Genisis  controller on the order form.  Their price was much higher than Neil's I wondered if they had given me the sale price.  He recommended that I try to order it from them and pick it ourselves to save on freight.   Kansas City is about 200 miles from us my husband said he wanted it shipped.   Neil made it easy!

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

Congratulations you have us beat by 10 months,  did you do anything special?  Denice

I have never used one but from what I have read the controller has several preset firing programs.   The controller will increase  the temperature  at the right time until the firing is finished.  Some of them have customized programs you can make for down firing or holding.  It depends on the controller on the kiln.  My kiln was delivered today,  I haven't unpacked it yet,  the packing slip said the interior space was 7.5x7.5x8.0.   Slightly larger than my old AIM test kiln.  I need to straighten up my kiln room and pack up the AIM kiln  before I unpack the Paragon.    Denice

My husband's eye doctor is the person who told us that it expires in five years.   We were planning to take a trip to Wyoming in Sept.  keeping my fingers crossed that he is over the shingles by then.   I think Shingrix should give a lot more info on the different types of shingles  I am sure a lot more people would get the shot if they knew they could lose their sight in one eye,  hearing in one ear for have half their face paralyzed.    Denice

I am happy that you finally got a diagnosis.   I went through the same thing with doctors,  they would imply that I was a hypochondriac.    I was finally diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis when I was 55,  my MRI showed that I had it for a long time.   I first started having symptoms in my early 20's,  my husband and I are 70 years old.   We are trying to live as much life that we can everyday.   We drove to Kansas City today and bought a new Challenger with all the bells and whistles.  I have a mural project that I am starting to work on in my studio.   Live a full life.  Denice

My new doctor ( woman) asks me why I don't like coming to see her.  It is hard to explain how horribly doctors have treated me even as a child.   My son was treated badly by our family doctor.    My son is brilliant but was having a hard time in school.  I watched a program on ADD,  it answered all of the questions about my son.   I called a specialist and he said my son had to have a full physical before he would see him.   Our family doctor asked what the physical was for,  when we told him he said there was no such thing as ADD that our son was spoiled.   We went to the specialist,   he tested our son and said it was the worse case he had ever seen.  His mind was working so fast he couldn't focus on anything.  Once my son started on Ritalin his grades went from D's and F's to A's and B's in one semester.   The next year our family doctor was named Doctor of the Year in Kansas,  disgusting turn of events.  The company my husband worked for had a off brand insurance  and he was the only doctor we could find that would accept it.  Would have changed doctors in a heartbeat.   Denice
 
 
 
 

I am happy that you finally got a diagnosis.   I went through the same thing with doctors,  they would imply that I was a hypochondriac.    I was finally diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis when I was 55,  my MRI showed that I had it for a long time.   I first started having symptoms in my early 20's,  my husband and I are 70 years old.   We are trying to live as much life that we can everyday.   We drove to Kansas City today and bought a new Challenger with all the bells and whistles.  I have a mural project that I am starting to work on in my studio.   Live a full life.  Denice

I am happy that you finally got a diagnosis.   I went through the same thing with doctors,  they would imply that I was a hypochondriac.    I was finally diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis when I was 55,  my MRI showed that I had it for a long time.   I first started having symptoms in my early 20's,  my husband and I are 70 years old.   We are trying to live as much life that we can everyday.   We drove to Kansas City today and bought a new Challenger with all the bells and whistles.  I have a mural project that I am starting to work on in my studio.   Live a full life.  Denice

You definitely win,  my sister in California told me gas had gone up to  $4.89 yesterday.   Kansas doesn't have as many taxes  so our gas was $3.49 yesterday.  It seems to go up everyday.   Denice

I bet your having a great Christmas with your little one running around the tree!  Denice

You can keep it in storage as long as you want or until you break it by accident.   Denice

The smoke it moving out of our area this week,  I finally got to see the sun setting in the smoky sky last night.  Pink sun with grey skies made me feel like I was in a Star Wars Movie.     Denice

The smoke it moving out of our area this week,  I finally got to see the sun setting in the smoky sky last night.  Pink sun with grey skies made me feel like I was in a Star Wars Movie.     Denice