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Re: ClayCraft Re: Digital Pyrometers

rickmahaf...@comcast.net — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 20:19:53 UT

I have a really good expensive analog pyrometer that I bought in Japan and it moves quite easily, no need for tapping, it really is an instrument. It is also abo ut 3" 5 x 6.5" X 10" with a nice leather handle.

Rick
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Re: ClayCraft Re: Digital Pyrometers

rickmahaf...@comcast.net — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 20:17:56 UT

I do, sometimes that helps when the pyrormeter is cold.

Rick
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Does anyone else have to flick the screen of their pyrometers to get the needle to move, sort of like in movies of WWII pilots tapping the guages?

Re: ClayCraft Re: Digital Pyrometers

jbowe...@prairienetworks.com (Sherron & Jim Bowen) — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 17:41:30 UT

Yes, and that's why I got rid of the old analog type thermometer. You can buy Omega and Fluke digital thermometers on eBay for less than an analog one. Then you just need to get a plug for the digital and hook up your old thermocouple and be good to go.
JB
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Re: ClayCraft Re: Digital Pyrometers

irak...@yahoo.com (Irakusa) — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 17:32:38 UT

Does anyone else have to flick the screen of their pyrometers to get the needle to move, sort of like in movies of WWII pilots tapping the guages?

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Gary,

Why not position the pyrometer where the JVC can see it so it is all on the video?

Re: ClayCraft Re: Digital Pyrometers

rickmahaf...@comcast.net — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 17:03:35 UT

Gary,

Why not position the pyrometer where the JVC can see it so it is all on the video?

I know that would be cumbersome when it came to getting the data but it would be the low tech situation.
All pyrometers are actually voltmeters with a face that reads in degrees (or lcd screen that reads in degrees) you need to look up how to take voltmeter readings in micro-volts and have them recorded by your computer. That said it is important to pull maintenance on your thermocouple connections if you want any consistency over time. The contacts become dirty or corroded and the reading suffers (on the low side).

Re: Digital Pyrometers

hmur...@efn.org (Hank Murrow) — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 14:42:46 UT

Gary, the type K is a chrome/alumel alloy, while the type S is
platinum/rhodium. this explains the difference in cost, the first
going for $15_$20, the type S around $200. The chrome/alumel ones are
not useful(accurate) past cone 5, while the type S are good to well
above cone 13.

Re: ClayCraft Re: Books and DVDs for potters with ADD?

thelemuriancandid...@gmail.com (Sincultura26) — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 22:55:59 UT

Thanks for the information... I will ask the computer owner if she's
ok with it...

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randall.mo...@gmail.com (Randall Moody) — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 20:36:01 UT

I wonder what was to be learned in that. I reviewed the comments and
according to the teacher who was doing the throwing, apparently nothing.
Personally I find most "performance art" is usually just bad acting. :)

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Randall in Atlanta

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navarreenterpri...@yahoo.com (gary navarre) — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 20:00:20 UT

Hay Folks,
No I don't mean what some folks call "13th. stepping" but what would you do in this event...
[link]
... and is it Performance Art?
Gary Navarre
Navarre Pottery
Navarre Enterprises
Norway, Michigan, USA
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potterp...@frontiernet.net (Paul Herman) — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 04:14:26 UT

Hey Lee and Craig,
That sounds good, I never regretted all the trouble we went through to
insulate our floor. It helps.
We had terrible cold N winds for the firing, but the weather has been
beautiful otherwise, with a lot of good fall leaf colors. Last of the
birch leaves are just now falling. The winds made the draft act funny

Re: ClayCraft Re: Books and DVDs for potters with ADD?

toge...@gmail.com (Lee) — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 03:55:02 UT

I forgot, between the levels, where the side stoke holes are, Craig
put down hardbrick. I am not sure if their is softbrick under it.

Re: ClayCraft Re: Books and DVDs for potters with ADD?

toge...@gmail.com (Lee) — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 03:53:01 UT

In the middle (not the front or back), he moved the sand and then put
soft brick down. He put on a layer of sand, and then put these large
(I think Kholer) shelves down, two wide, that just fit on the floor.
If I remember correctly, there were three pairs of shelves put on the
floor. It was dirt beneath the sand before he made these changes.

Re: ClayCraft Re: Books and DVDs for potters with ADD?

potterp...@frontiernet.net (Paul Herman) — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 03:44:31 UT

Hi Lee,
Can you or Craig describe the new floor please? What did you do?
best,
Paul Herman
Great Basin Pottery
Doyle, California US
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Re: ClayCraft Re: Books and DVDs for potters with ADD?

toge...@gmail.com (Lee) — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 03:41:38 UT

Craig's anagam fired nicey. He thinks the new floor helped the firing.

Re: ClayCraft Re: Books and DVDs for potters with ADD?

djhow...@hwy.com.au (Des & Jan Howard) — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 02:32:13 UT

Gary
You too mate, keep packing that kiln.
I don't think I'm the only one hanging
out for the results.
No pressure :)
Des

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