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third secondary stoke hole & bourry firebox top bricking videos

updated thu 5 may 11

 

gary navarre on tue 3 may 11


Hey Folks,

So we had the previews in pictures, now for those looking for 20 minutes o=
f non-awful-event-news here is some video showing what I did to make the 3r=
d. secondary stoke hole. I hope you aren't afraid of heights because at the=
end we take a climb up to the top side on the stack without a net ...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DSIjNauFRH3U (21:02)

This time I used the castable pretty much full strength and I think it wil=
l hold up to stoking once it gets fired in by the time I'll be needing it o=
n the 3rd. or 4th. day of firing.

Just about the last thing I needed to do is close over the top of the Bour=
ry box with 2 layers of corbeled fire bricks and a couple of pieces of kiln=
shelf covered with fiber blanket pieces and IFB ...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DFW7Km0DlhV0 (11:55)

If you can't take the time for videos the top bricking is in Fotki startin=
g with ...

http://public.fotki.com/GindaUP/ca/kpap/upwdfk011-3/topping-off-the-6.html

It looks like most of the fine tuning changes I've made are done so I can s=
tart setting pots in the tail. Thanks for watching and stay in there eh.

Gary Navarre
Navarre Pottery
Navarre Enterprises
Norway, Michigan, USA
http://www.NavarrePottery.etsy.com
http://www.youtube.com/GindaUP
http://public.fotki.com/GindaUP/