Benzine

Did you make more, just to have more variety, in sizes, or have your previous models just worn out?

I do not envy those, in the Northern US, and obviously places North of that.

We get a decent amount of snow here, but nothing like that.  I got my current snow blower at the end of a record setting Winter, in terms of snowfall.  

So I did my driveway, by hand all season, then got the snow blower.  We haven't had a season like that since...

That's awesome Marcia!

In regards to the snowy walkway, just have a dedicate snowblower ready at the beginning of the path, and you can just easily clear the way, as you walk to the shed.

No need to pull a muscle, or tire yourself out, before you even start working.

Kiln collector.  I think that might be a type, that I've never seen on American Pickers...

Nice to have you back.  The forum has been a bit quiet lately, not a lot of posting going on.  Can't say I've been terribly active myself...

Congratulations!

I agree with oldlady.  I too use the Wonderbat system, and they will expand, when wet.  This is good to keep them snug, bad if you are trying to put a damp one, back in the system, because sometimes they don't fit back in, until the insert and base dry.

" Years ago I saw a jar made bey the Larson's, I believe. remembered it over the years and stole the idea. "

And then more recently, I stole the idea from Pres...

"Investigating" huh?  Not paying to replace them doesn't really seem like an option.  The vendor handed the product off to the carrier.  The carrier hands them to the customer.  While they are in the possession of the carrier, they are that group's responsibility.  It's not as if they were delivered, and somebody stole them, or they were damaged, while  sitting at your house.

If they give you too much grief, I would threaten to never use them as a carrier again, either personally, or with any company who uses them.  If that doesn't yield any results, I would put pressure on the company, who made the bags.  Tell them, that you like giving them your business, but you can't do so, if they are using FedEx.   They might not listen to an individual with a small business, but they might to a larger one, with more clients and more shipping.

I don't know if I would put too much faith in them though.  This is the same company that lost Tom Hanks for several years...

So what are they going to do, "To make it right"?  Getting them to you eventually, or paying to have them remade, doesn't help you in this instance. 

I would say, just don't use them, in the future, but I realize that sometimes the vendor uses, who they use and you don't get a say.

A very worthwhile, and rewarding, purchase.  Congrats!

I like Skutt, and they do their job.  If I had money to spare, I'd probably go for a L&L.  But then I'd also go for a Thomas Stuart wheel, a wall mounted clay extruder, a slab roller a...

My first classroom kiln was a Skutt, computer controlled.  It worked well, but it seemed to burn through elements quickly, and that was at Cone 04 max.  I was a that District for six years.  The elements had went bad twice, in that time. 

My second District, used two Skutts, with kiln sitters and a back up timer.  They worked great.

My kiln at home is a Skutt, with just the sitter.

My current classroom kiln is a L&L, computer controlled, and I can't think of anything bad to say about it.  It fires spot on every time.  The computer controlled Skutt I used previously, I would occasionally have some glazes that didn't quite mature, leaving bubbles, that didn't have time to smooth out.  I will say, the height of the kiln, with the stand, requires me to stand, on the stand, to reach the bottom.  Obviously that means, that I have plenty of space for student projects, but it also means, that I have to hang over the edge to load some projects...

Regardless of what you get, I have no doubt you will be happy with your purchase.

Wow, where have I been?  I had no idea that John was no longer participating here. 

That is unfortunate, especially if it was because of conflict/ disagreement with other posters.

I have seen too many posters leave, for such reasons. 

I have never taken anything, people have said here, personal.  If my views are questioned, I either further explain myself, or rethink my stance.   I am not the authority, that some former and current members are, so I have less to lose in a debate, but I am still always open to a health discussion.  If it turns negative, I just walk away...  That's exactly what I preach to my students, so I have to lead by example right?

Stuck relay?

Gremlins?

Poor offering/ no offering to the Kiln Gods?

I love a good under-baked cookie.  As soon as a baked cookie is cool enough, that it won't scald the inside of my mouth, I will sample one from the batch... You know, for quality control reasons..,

Do you have the urge to pull them out, halfway through, and put them in reduction?...

I got the glasses, got some filters for my camera, was all set. We had complete cloud cover...

I have a "Pottery Slam" in the back loading dock dumpster outside my school building a couple times a year... All the projects that stay unwanted or unclaimed.

I was that way in college, and I still feel that way many times. I especially like the look of the clay, at the leatherhard stage, so smooth. Many times I even like the look of the prefired glazeware with the glaze marks I like, but know won't look much like that when fired...