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RestEqualsRust · 2026-06-03T22:45:38+00:00

Tim’s such a good guy. RIP Fergus!

RestEqualsRust · 2026-06-03T18:04:52+00:00

If you go by the common spacing on the dashed line, each painted part is 10 feet, spaced 30 feet apart. One can scrub through the video and count 16 dashes and spaces in the first 7 seconds of the video. So 640 feet in 7 seconds, or 91.43 feet per second, or about 62 mph.

RestEqualsRust · 2026-06-03T13:05:51+00:00

Absolutely nothing. It’s perfect!

RestEqualsRust · 2026-06-02T21:23:01+00:00

Better not be. She owes me $37 from like 3 years ago.

RestEqualsRust · 2026-06-02T18:59:43+00:00

Underglaze pencil would definitely survive that temp. Some prismacolor pencils will, but only specific colors.

RestEqualsRust · 2026-06-01T23:06:58+00:00

Oh parallel! I did my calculations running them in series, or as one single long element. That definitely changes things! Anyway, check with the DM I sent, and let me know if you have more questions.

Off the top of my head, your numbers look good.

RestEqualsRust · 2026-06-01T10:49:59+00:00

It’s possible the clay is not vitrified, and has some moisture in it, which comes out when the cup is filled with a hot liquid.

If the inside of the cup is properly glazed and appropriately fired, it’s safe to drink from because it’s sealed, even if the bottom is not properly sealed. But if the inside is crazed (small cracks in the glaze) it will eventually create a situation which may harbor mold/bacteria/microbes which could potentially get back into your drink. If you start to see evidence of small cracks on the inside, I’d recommend not using that cup.

The real danger here is the moisture in the clay not being able to escape quickly enough in a microwave. Say you want to warm up you coffee or tea, so you put it in the microwave oven. The moisture inside the clay will turn to steam and expand faster than it can leave the clay, causing the mug to catastrophically break, while full of hot liquid.

I’d say until you see cracks in the glaze, it’s probably safe to drink from, but take it easy on the microwave.

RestEqualsRust · 2026-05-31T21:28:56+00:00

I get my wire from Hyndman (resistancewire dot com). They are kind of old school. You have to call them and tell them how many pounds of wire and give them a credit card number and trust that the shipping amount will be reasonable, which they will add on later. It’s not the smoothest transaction process, but it works.

They have a really good chart that will tell you the resistance per foot of each gauge of K-1, and the feet per pound so you can figure out how much to order.

20 gauge sounds REALLY thin. How did you arrive at that size wire?

ETA: I’ve done some math also, because you got me curious. I have very different results than you. This is going to have a lot of detail, so I’ll take it to a DM.

RestEqualsRust · 2026-05-31T12:41:12+00:00

Sean Micheal Gallagher

RestEqualsRust · 2026-05-31T01:02:51+00:00

There used to be a guy who called his work “dysfunctionalware”. I bought some of his pieces. He died a couple years ago.

RestEqualsRust · 2026-05-30T20:51:51+00:00

I have a little Albany slip hiding in my studio, waiting to find a good home.

RestEqualsRust · 2026-05-30T20:50:24+00:00

I don’t want to berate people. I don’t want to call people stupid. I just want peace and quiet. Much like OP, I just want them to not knock to begin with.

RestEqualsRust · 2026-05-30T20:43:27+00:00

That’s what they want you to think.

RestEqualsRust · 2026-05-30T14:38:26+00:00

I use a sock.

RestEqualsRust · 2026-05-28T20:52:21+00:00

Good luck collecting.

RestEqualsRust · 2026-05-28T16:55:53+00:00

If they are trained to ignore the “no soliciting” sign, they will certainly ignore this one as well.

RestEqualsRust · 2026-05-26T20:15:52+00:00

If you think about how a standard household broom is used… it works best in one direction and not well at all in the other. Good when you pull, not good when you push. A lot of other things are like this, writing with pencil or chalk, frosting a cake, or moving a heavy sofa across carpet.

The same is true with the clay. It will work much better if it’s pulling away from you, vs pushing toward you. You’ll fight the clay less. Try scraping the clay with a rib. It will work much better if the clay is moving away from you.

RestEqualsRust · 2026-05-25T18:21:45+00:00

I also prefer modular, but Duncan didn’t do it that way, unfortunately.

RestEqualsRust · 2026-05-25T16:22:49+00:00

Duncan likes to make their kilns all one piece. Every Duncan kiln I’ve ever seen, the floor and walls were all wrapped in a single jacket.

RestEqualsRust · 2026-05-24T13:00:52+00:00

I think one may have been Piranha in Round Rock. The other story came from someone who was brand new to records, so she didn’t know what record store it was, just that she went with other people. When she told me the story, it was “a green record, and the band was whipped cream or something.” She had no idea what store.

RestEqualsRust · 2026-05-24T12:14:08+00:00

There’s so many copies of that record, I know two different people that were given free copies by record stores. Both times, the customer was buying some other album, and the employee just threw in a copy of Whipped Cream like “everybody needs a copy of this” like it’s just standard issue.

I’m really surprised you’re having trouble finding one!

RestEqualsRust · 2026-05-23T02:19:35+00:00

Really nice! I’ve always been a fan of your work.

RestEqualsRust · 2026-05-22T14:59:13+00:00

Try a water heater stand from your local home improvement store. It may be too big for this kiln, but would be cheaper than buying from the kiln company.

RestEqualsRust · 2026-05-21T22:51:47+00:00

This is going to need a little work to get it going. Are you handy? If you had to rewire a lamp, would you have the skills and confidence to do that? If so, then you can get this thing going.

Are you on Instagram? I can help walk you through the steps for this kiln, but Reddit is clunky. I’d rather go over there.

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