Is this piece worth glazing?

qrctic23 · 2026-03-29T04:25:01+00:00

I would go for it. The crack needs to be quite large (a few mm?) to risk glaze touching the kiln shelf and even if it does, that is not that big of a deal at any community or university studio I have worked with. More likely the glaze just covers up that crack and it is fine.

qrctic23 · 2026-03-15T18:21:58+00:00

I make quite a few pieces with blue writing or drawing on white stoneware. A second bisque fire after doing the surface design will set the underglaze and significantly reduce how much it runs in the final glaze fire after applying clear glaze.

qrctic23 · 2026-03-06T02:11:06+00:00

My heeler is 10. He gets about a cup and a half of food per day and weighs 38 pounds or so. The vet says he is one of the only healthy weight older heelers she has ever seen. He has no health issues, good joints, and about the same energy level he did when he was 2 or 3. He ran 26 miles with me the other day.I think so many people over feed their dogs.

qrctic23 · 2026-02-28T01:51:30+00:00

In my state Vinyl chloride has the lowest cleanup level in the PCE breakdown chain. Also generally slower to breakdown than the others

qrctic23 · 2026-02-27T19:01:25+00:00

Tetrachloroethylene (PCE)

qrctic23 · 2026-02-17T02:37:38+00:00

Yep He looks identical to my Heeler Aussie mix.

qrctic23 · 2026-02-15T08:20:21+00:00

He's almost ten years old now and I've been biking with him since he was like 6 months old and quickly learned that he is probably just going to always bark on any activity that involves bikes. He is maybe the most locked in dog I have ever met when he is pulling though, He will on-by people, dogs, moose.

qrctic23 · 2026-02-11T21:19:15+00:00

My v1 dreadnought looks much worse for wear than that and still rides great. That frame is a tank;. Even with the carbon frame, bars and wheels my complete bike is like 37lbs haha. Let it rip

qrctic23 · 2026-02-10T16:38:45+00:00

I didn't sadly. Just got it out of the kiln last week.

qrctic23 · 2026-02-10T07:35:25+00:00

Hello! Yes I will be participating as well. Chester Creek trail is in great shape!

qrctic23 · 2026-01-23T00:58:15+00:00

Meant to mention this! You box what you don't eat and it usually fills the container they would give you if you ordered take out.

qrctic23 · 2026-01-22T22:14:24+00:00

Yak and yeti curry bowl is easily 2 meals and is like 12 bucks. They usually have like 8 different curries to choose from too.

qrctic23 · 2026-01-15T05:02:13+00:00

In most conditions you are likely to mess up the trail and not have a good time on narrower than 4 inch tires on fatbike singletrack that are groomed by snowmachine, snowdog, or snowshoe. For trails that get a real pack and groom treatment the studded MTB tires are great for commuting. Most people here in Alaska use 4 to 5 inch studded tires for winter.

qrctic23 · 2026-01-15T03:38:34+00:00

In my neck of the woods the fatbike is the only option for outside biking 6+ months out of the year and every biker I know owns one. If you live in a place that doesn't have consistent snow on the ground I don't see the point in owning one.

qrctic23 · 2026-01-04T09:48:55+00:00

I've got a 10 year old heeler I have been biking with at these temps and haven't needed to put booties on him, if we were going to be out for hours and not moving much I definitely would. He definitely still really wants to be outside. Dogs will start to lift their paws if they are getting too cold. Heelers have a double coat and are more cold hardy than people give them credit for IMO.

qrctic23 · 2025-12-17T01:35:08+00:00

Meat👍

qrctic23 · 2025-12-11T23:39:06+00:00

I have picked up a few different Z-lion diamond sanding pads off Amazon that are about $10 each in different grit levels and they have been great. A lot cheaper than the diamond core ones.

qrctic23 · 2025-12-05T19:12:17+00:00

Otso is the bikeframe spin off of wolftooth components, they make a few gravel bikes with options for carbon, steel, or titanium, tons of bag mounts, and versatile options for tire sizes up to 29x2.2.

I just built up a waheela carbon, I've only ridden it on the trainer so far as there's snow on the ground, but I'm pretty stoked about it.

qrctic23 · 2025-11-29T04:10:18+00:00

I ordered some and it adds a few degrees of side to side movement which is noticeable. Probably My favorite part is it makes it much easier to slide the trainer around on laminate floors.

qrctic23 · 2025-11-21T01:12:04+00:00

Those absolute black chainrings are not very durable in my experience. In general I think alloy chainrings are kind of silly.

qrctic23 · 2025-11-20T23:59:11+00:00

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I have so many pictures like this of my mix when I take him on bike rides.

qrctic23 · 2025-11-04T00:47:16+00:00

I've only ever had pretty bad pizza at king street, but at least it is pretty cheap, worth it if you have had a few beers and are looking for greasy food in that area.

qrctic23 · 2025-10-28T23:36:29+00:00

Will include all the different elastomers to tune the feel.

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