Mark C.

(Nebraska sucks for everything.)-I thought corn grows well there?

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One point that is not covered above is that Frost scraps and slurry, trimmings do not play well with other clays. Many art centers do not want it in thier slurry due to that fact.For single users this is not an issue but a thought to consider

I would call Baily and ask them

soak the shaft and hole with a penatrating fluid (not wd)-like deep creep or Kroil. let that sit for a few days adding more ,then slight heat with portable hand torch on wheel head not shaft to expand it. Then pull or thread off

To much presure maybe call Olympic and ask them

That looks like an old dryer plug to me. . That wiring interior (really fuzzy photo ) looks to be in bad shape as well. The label does not have a max temp that I can see. Cone 6 maybe if the wiring is in good shape and the elements are in good shape. Rusty means more resistance not what cone 6 needs

I have tried to keep my wife out of my line of work but that said she still has done my local shows with me. I have another assistant that helps set up and down but she has helped sell. Also we have set up my Christmas s booth and knocked it down on xmas eve for many many decades (now retired for that) I only have one local show now and she will help sell-the two days . She can play in studio all she wants but I do all the studio work myself or with my assistant-priceing packing. She will ocassionall drop an order off locally. Right now she has a herniated disk so all thats ioff the table and I am doing all the heavy lifting. The garden I rototill and plant and until she heals I'm doing the whole bit. She had her own carreer (now retired ) so I have done my best to keep clay my own career . She used to do a few traveling shows but its been a decade or more on those as well now that she had done. She did do 2 my last NV show two years ago ona road trip that we saw my Nephews one year old twins. But it was the twins not the show that she came.

They made many types and sizes what is yours? I do not have a west coast but other may want this info

Glue is for broken molds (two pieces ) not repairing cracks. I do not think its possible to fix cracks. Spend your time make a new mold If you fine a miracle cure let us know.

The glue that is a step above Elmers is Titebond wood glue. Its like Elmers in all reguards except its waterproff when dry

Either change the body or the glaze lots of white glazes out there

Let us know if you ever find this please,as many have asked before

If say you break a mold in 1/2 you can use waterproof wood glue to glue it back together . I do that with throwing plaster bats. In terms of repairing a cracked (not broken mold) I know of no fix that will work well so try anything but expect it to fail. Molds should not be overheated but you now know that. Ceramics is hard lessons learned and you are on the right path.

No big deal for a short exposure as noted by Pres. Breathe easy now

If you use pure lube made for this it does not hinder the plaster at all- https://shop.clay-planet.com/pure-lube-mold-soap---ip-240.aspx

scumming for me needs more explanation ? its not a word I use in relation to glazes. Bubbles ,pitting.crawling. overfired ,underfired,cracked. shivering,dunted,rough surface smooth surface . shinny surface matt surface??Dull.bright?? scumming is what happens on a bucket of funky water or a pond surface what is scumming?? and what are we looking for in the photos- as both are very close looking as as Babs said one looks to be cooler fired

On. plus note you can toss the rejects off into space unless the HOA is uptight on flying ceramics

I own two Peter puggers. They are easy to clean out. The smaller 20SS has 4 bolts on the nose cone (thats all you have to undo) that you can take off then the chamber is cleaned from above and the nose cone is easy to wipe outthe hole now leads to the main chamber,the shaft runts down the center and is self supporting . You only need to do this to change clay bodies say different temp bodies or say stoneware to Porcelain. The clay stays soft when it seals up. I thing the Peter pugger is by far the easiest to clean time wise.

Kiln shed out back may work ??

Tom thats an understatement (It does get hot here in the Summer.) its gets cooking-I was in Sac a few weeks ago and it was 91 and that was before summer .Seen Redding hit 115 before and its getting worse these days

Russ I have a spare blower excatly like that on on your stack if you need a spare. I'm downsizing it this summer

Lets face it the whole patio is a summer pots shop-may as well just put that patio stuff away and build the shelves now and a nice 4x8 glazing table. Patio potshop season May-Ocober 15th . Don't fight it emprace the chaos

That location looks fine to me except the wheeling the pots back and forth that is a huge drawback. The valley weather and that overhang look fine.

Wood kilns take time but if they are made right you can fast fire them-Olsen has a fast fire wood kiln in one of his books it had two fireboxes if I recall . An local earthquake took it down the next year at my place.-we built it in the 70s and took about 24 hours. The wood type and dryness will make or break this speed. Wood firing is a young persons deal as far as I'm concerned -just a bunch of long back breaking work-hey it ceramics right.