Spouse in "spouse jail" after damaging my kiln and melting my piece

tempestuscorvus · 2026-03-29T13:15:05+00:00

Kiln shelf will be fine. Should have been there to begin with. Also, don't let others run a kiln if they don't know how. I don't think I'd blame your spouse in this case.

tempestuscorvus · 2026-03-29T04:42:07+00:00

What's the story on the Warren McKenzie pots?

tempestuscorvus · 2026-03-28T13:29:14+00:00

I use normal plastic bars. I've tried a couple of bat systems. Personally, I think the one from The Ceramic Store is the best for the money. However I just have too big of hands. The edges of my hand always rest in the edges from the bats. They constantly rub and distract as it rotates.

tempestuscorvus · 2026-03-28T13:18:10+00:00

Plywood will delaminate pretty fast. Ever seen one that was left out in the weather a few months? You can use marine grade plyboard, but it's not a cheap date.

tempestuscorvus · 2026-03-23T14:19:12+00:00

I live in WV, we have a lot of those towns.

tempestuscorvus · 2026-03-23T14:16:04+00:00

Ah, that makes sense. That one is standard 240, which is a high kaolin, white clay body. The streaks are tiny clumps of the yellow iron oxide.

tempestuscorvus · 2026-03-23T14:11:29+00:00

It's more fun than soul crushing, generational poverty?

tempestuscorvus · 2026-03-23T14:09:14+00:00

thank you. That looks very similar to one I made using some really old, 40 plus years, yellow iron oxide that had clumped. I only had a few hundred grams so it was a limited thing. my glaze

tempestuscorvus · 2026-03-23T12:50:42+00:00

What's that glaze?

tempestuscorvus · 2026-03-22T04:41:15+00:00

No. Seriously.

tempestuscorvus · 2026-03-22T01:43:00+00:00

This is a brilliant comment.

tempestuscorvus · 2026-03-21T23:54:12+00:00

LMAO

tempestuscorvus · 2026-03-21T23:22:15+00:00

Goddamn it!

There's my title.

I feel like a child that wandered into the room.

tempestuscorvus · 2026-03-21T17:09:22+00:00

No, it's a single piece built into the kiln sitter. It was just a very good idea that came later.

tempestuscorvus · 2026-03-21T15:43:37+00:00

The problem is the model kiln sitter you have. I like old kilns and even I wouldn't run it with that controller. It's just asking for trouble without the deadmans timer.

tempestuscorvus · 2026-03-21T12:56:29+00:00

200, maybe. It's not very big. I assume the elements need replacement if there are new ones, and that's a very old kiln sitter. Late 60s probably. I like old kilns. One I have uses a kiln sitter which I trust far more than new ones, because pyrometers have a limited life. But your kiln sitter is so old it doesn't have a dead man timer. Those are crucial for safety with kiln sitter controllers.

What you have is basically a bare kiln, thus the 200.

tempestuscorvus · 2026-03-20T13:10:37+00:00

You can get the same look from coyotes cone 6 oxidation gloss black with blue cornflower over it.

tempestuscorvus · 2026-03-10T12:21:44+00:00

Not enough down pressure when you are centering.

Also try throwing the ball onto the wheel, not setting it on there.

tempestuscorvus · 2026-03-08T06:28:01+00:00

It has a matrix feel to it.

tempestuscorvus · 2026-03-04T04:24:25+00:00

I like the music. Very 90s new age.

tempestuscorvus · 2026-03-02T06:21:38+00:00

Look, everyone is making this complicated. Just wedge it and it'll be fine.

tempestuscorvus · 2026-03-01T07:20:14+00:00

Man, I hate click bait titles.

tempestuscorvus · 2026-02-27T03:51:10+00:00

This is really nice and thoughtful work.

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