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loading mid-front of the wood kiln part 6a & 6b

updated fri 1 jan 10

 

gary navarre on thu 31 dec 09


Hay Folks,=3D0A=3D0A Well if anyone is around I hope you are having a safe =
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day time and don't get too hungover. I didn't go anywhere cause I'm learnin=
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g to stay at home but Mom liked her stuffed Christmas Bears and the kids li=
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ked the money I sent so I guess it's been good enough. I'm still making pie=
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ces to fill the front part of the Hobagama so we probably won't be firing o=
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n New Years but I did manage to edit some footage about practicing lighting=
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the pignose to warm the chamber and keep things from freezing last month..=
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.=3D0A=3D0Ahttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3D3DAW8tqQ0dzQ0 (6a)=3D0A=3D0Aht=
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outube.com/watch?v=3D3DkO53RnqQqB0 (6b)=3D0A=3D0A Each time I practice mak=
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is fire I get a little quicker so when I'm ready keeping the fire going up =
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to temperature should naturally flow into the process. I'll probably show t=
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his part of using a low heat fire to dry things a couple more times to main=
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tain continuity so bear with me cause I want to get a good feel for how thi=
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s thing works before taking it for a long ride. I think I have about half a=
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n hour more footage about this part of the setting and then we get closer t=
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o real time as in the stills at the bottom of this page...=3D0A=3D0Ahttp://=
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ic.fotki.com/GindaUP/ca/kpap/lc/page3.html=3D0A=3D0Aand the next...=3D0A=3D=
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/public.fotki.com/GindaUP/ca/kpap/lc/page4.html=3D0A=3D0A Since it's stayin=
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ld out there using the Pentax Optio W30 or JVC GZ MG-130 is gonna get stres=
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sful on them so I took a look at what progress Pentax is making with their =
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Optio W series underwater compact cameras and found the W80 on sale so I or=
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dered one with an extra battery. This model is not only waterproof to 15' d=
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eep, shock proof to 3', and 12mp, it is cold proof and good to go down to 1=
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4=3DBAF so I can keep filming the kiln even if it is cold out. The HD video=
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an be in 16x9 format too so it will blend together better with the JVC. I c=
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an still insert a 4x3 screen in screen from the W30 with AVS4you so it will=
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be cool to have two cameras on the same beam and a third camera angle. And=
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that 12mp stills is gonna make for some huge shots of trout holes in Pine =
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Creek. Just stick the camera on a mono-pod, set it for interval, and stick =
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it in a hole for a couple hours. If I scare a fish out it will be back if t=
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he water sets for a while, unless I eat it. =3D0A=3D0A Well thanks for watc=
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this kiln get built folks, have a couple few three or four holiday brews f=
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or me, smoke it if ya grew it, and stay in there till next year eh!=3D0A=3D=
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ry Navarre=3D0ANavarre Pottery=3D0ANavarre Enterprises=3D0ANorway, Michigan=
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