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Happy Festivus!

Hi Hivvie!
You might get more responses by posting to the forum topic for equipment.
If you can also post a picture of the kiln and thermocouple, that might help.

Ditto what Pres said!

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.

I am so far behind on making pots.... of course sales were great at the store so I have no spoon rests, sponge holders  or mugs left, and have not started my 50 mug order.
I couldn't take it and went out last night to at least get it up and running temporarily so I can make greenware, will get the kiln going next week.

"moving sucks!"
That's the understatement of the year! 

Hi @claycomfort and welcome to the forum.
This section (status updates) is more for general comments about what people have going on at the moment. You are likely to get more replies if you post your question in the Studio Operations and Making Work section, link here if you need it. Just click the "Start new Topic" orange box in the upper right corner of the page and follow the prompts.
 
 

Something seems wrong here, in the US earthenware is under around cone 1 or 2 at the most. Is the clay labelled? Any chance it’s cone 06? Doesn’t really make sense that there would be low fire glazes and midfire clay left by the former teacher.

What type of things are your students making? Decorative pieces or cups etc. 
You will probably get more replies if you post your question in the Studio Operations and Making Work section of the forum, link here. Hit the orange "start new topic" box and follow the prompts.
Welcome to the forum.

What type of things are your students making? Decorative pieces or cups etc. 
You will probably get more replies if you post your question in the Studio Operations and Making Work section of the forum, link here. Hit the orange "start new topic" box and follow the prompts.
Welcome to the forum.

So I got very lucky and this firing was pretty much perfect. 

Have to admit I've made that mistake more than once. 

Hi BGregoire and welcome to the forum! You've posted your question in the Status Updates section, this section is more for just general comments about what people have going on at the moment. A better place to post your question would be in the Studio Operations and Making Work section here. Just click on the orange "Start new topic" tab and follow the prompts. Posts make in the forum sections like that are searchable and you'll likely get more replies than here.
Quick answer to your question, dried clay slakes down easier than wet clay but just use a heavy duty drill with a paint mixing attachment and you should be able to get it mixed up. I'ld sieve the slip before using it.

Hi Will, it would be better to post your burners in the Community Marketplace rather than here in Status Updates. Link to it here.

I have made several and depending upon the familiarity of the end user have created several for studios that plan to teach or schools. Our policy has been to provide assistance in the build and the software already written  with minor customization as long as it advances the ceramic arts. In other words, no charge license for single use forever, open architecture so the end user can learn to modify on their own if they wish.
How comfortable are you with the build part?

Hi and  welcome to the forum! 
Studio Operations and Making Work would be a better place to ask for advice than here in the Status Updates. Link to it here, just follow the prompts and if you have any problems just pm any of the moderators for help. 

Amen sistah.  
 

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

Denice,
Little to no damage to our home or garage to speak of.  We lost half of our front tree, which is our only tree, and it kind of fell on our front porch.  However, it just managed to dent part of the gutter. 
We also lost a single shingle.
This definitely gave us confidence in the strength and durability of our Century old home!

I guess the bright side is it's summer and you didn't have to deal with freezing temperatures plus a power outage plus a pandemic. 

Good!!!   I do that all the time, contact the glaze people, the clay people, the kiln people.  

Hi Michael, I sent you a PM with the information.

I bought a new Cone Art kiln a couple years ago, looked great until I changed the elements the first time. Even with being super careful I still managed to chip out some bits along the upper edges of the channels. Maybe one day L&L will be available in Canada. 

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

You might want to post your question in the Studio Operations and Making Work section, link to it here. Click on the orange tab that says "Start new topic". This Status Update section is more for just general comments on what people have going on at the moment. 
There is always something new to ceramics, more than a lifetime of learning.