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u.p. woodfired kiln 4th.firing finishing the front setting

updated sun 5 feb 12

 

gary navarre on sat 4 feb 12


It look likes the weather is cooperating for a firing so=3D

Hey Folks,=3D0A=3D0A=3DA0It look likes the weather is cooperating for a fir=
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I'm glad I did all this work earlier even though it was well below freezin=
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g the last few weeks. In real time I lit the Pignose yesterday and I'm lett=
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ing the charge of mixed hard and soft wood cook down to nothing in 6-8 hour=
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s just to do some drying of the wadding and any moisture in the greenware w=
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hich was at or below 20% from house drying. Zach is going to help me pick u=
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p some Elm sticks from a standing dead Peter cut down and I might cut some =
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more Hemlock limbs just to add a little extra to the fuel pile. I'm not in =
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any real hurry so I'll probably keep a small fire going and get useta worki=
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ng hard again because I got a little soft staying in the house all winter. =
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