I picked up an old 18" smoker (freecycle rocks!) and need to add some kao-wool to it, with a hole in the center about twice the diameter as the crucible I picked up (1 qt size). I figure a double layer (2" or so) with some kind of rigedizer should do.
I want to be able to cast jewelry so won't need to be smelting large amounts of bronze.
I'll post some links to my raku pics this evening.
Yeah, it is pretty easy to get a reduction atmosphere in my kiln. I was thinking of making one with a larger exhaust (currently 4" round opening), with chimney to see if that would get things a bit hotter. I've seen these small (20lb propane bottle size) forges, with multiple burners that black smiths and metal workers use and they're hitting 2500F on up. Course, they're having the flame directly on the work piece so that could be part of it.
Will have to try combustible material in there. I've only been messing with Raku for a year or so, ever since I showed wife burner I put together from internet plans. Was planning on getting in to bronze casting but she showed me some books on kilns and away we went.
I wonder how hot platters have to be to melt? I have a small raku kiln that's hitting 2000Â F, with one propane burner. I'd have to get some high temp ceramic fiber blanket to do a multi-burner one but should be able to get 2500Â F.
Or, I could just pack the platters in a crucible with a bunch of glass and aluminum around the and see what kind of blob I get.
As a past aero-medevac tech (Fighting Unicorns!), anything to help with all the lugging stuff about would be a great help. Add in the fact that we were anywhere from 5-10 miles back from the front line, wouldn't be a lot of issues with another machine running.
Wasn't the Red Cross and organized trauma care developed in response to the Civil War (during the war, actually)? Same thing for precision manufacturing (canon/gun barrels), transportation enhancements, etc.
Starship Troopers was one of the reasons I joined the military. Really imprinted that civic duty thing. Books are dangerous. Especially on young minds. They should all be banned and replaced with video games.
When I was going to UCF, I had the shit scared out of my by a shuttle landing. Had just moved in to new apartment and bedroom had sliding glass door out to patio. When the shuttle passed overhead, the sonic boom rattled the hell out of it, like someone was trying to come. Being woken up so early (10:30 am) sucks!
NOBODY expects the Spanish Inquisition!...Amongst our weaponry are such diverse elements as: fear, surprise, ruthless efficiency, an almost fanatical devotion to the Pope, and nice red uniforms - Oh damn!
I don't mind most refurb hardware but with displays, they can be passed as good but then there's screen issues (plain white screen will show dim areas or some weird pixel stuff) that manufacturers say are ok but I wouldn't buy, if I saw screen in use beforehand. Still, Tiger Direct does offer some good deals on refurb LCD tv's. I have a floor model 27" I got 3 years ago (CostCo) and would like to upgrade without breaking bank. Maybe one day.
I've made some ceramic legs, to put 1-1/2" between my Apple TV, Mini-stack, Mac Mini, and Airport Express. Works pretty well and I left the clay the plain white it gets from initial firing. Looks ok.
Worst Macs to work on were the original egg shaped iMacs. So many sharp edges in there. The older PowerMac towers (PPC 604 machines) were pretty nasty, too, if you were doing anything beyond upgrading RAM/HD.
Back in the 90's, I'd buy trailing edge audio gear at CC, when it was on clearance and no longer being stocked. Sometimes, could find a decent floor model and really get some discount. Got my first DVD player (Sony 300 model?) for $125 when the new 301 model was still over $250.00. But now that more and more online places are selling refurb stuff (got all my nail guns from Amazon Porter-Cable refurb store). Doing the same thing with Apple gear; refurb store cut's price $100 or more on computers).
Not sure I'd want to purchase a refurb TV/monitor but other than that, sure.
Ya' notice you don't see Credit Unions in the news for failures or credit card rate gouging. Being non-profit organizations, they really are there for the customer. Never gonna' use another bank again.
Yup, come with a remote and the Frontstage softeware for flicking through iTunes/iPhoto content. I have a previous generation Mac Mini, with a couple 1TB drives hanging off it. One drive holds my ripped DVD's (around 750GB) and the other drive is my time machine backup drive. This machine feeds an Apple TV for movie playback and is family web server as well.
Looks like these new mini's will be able to do it all without an apple tv.
Yup, the old Quadra 700 box size, with 2 or 3 pcie slots and room for three hard drives would be about perfect for me.
I have a Mac Pro tower and it's just too large physically, for my house. I also have an iMac20" and the limited number of ports means I have external USB hub and Firewire hub cluttering the desk. I wouldn't mind so much if it was a Godzilla Firewire Hub but it's not. Sigh.
No way man! John Entwhistle was the monster man in The Who. His bass work is unreal. Totally changed how folks looked at the bass and how it could be used with other instruments.
The advantage was that I had it built and so if there were problems, I could get things sorted out before the drywall went up.
Yup, for our second house (after leaving Fla in 2004), we went with a local builder, not a large track house builder), but using standard track house plans. We made a couple small changes (door/window locations) but, like you said, were able to catch things by going out every day and looking things over. The carpenters were a husband wife team that were friendly and amazingly quick with their work (and didn't mind my helping out on weekends), the electricians were easy to work with and even allowed my low-voltage cable work to go under their permit (my work was up to code). Sure, was pain in ass, as opposed to just moving in, especially getting permits for road/water/electricity, before builder took over, but now I have a house that I can repair, and have plans and photos of every stud, electrical line, plumbing line, etc.
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Melting would be more fun.
But so would embedding it in molten glass/aluminum/bronze. Time to dig out some scsi drives.
Insensitive clod, some of us like that movie!
Never read that one. Once I got to basic, I realized I never needed to read again.
'Til the internet came along. It sucks you in with porn and then turns you on to blogs. Insidious.
Cool!
I picked up an old 18" smoker (freecycle rocks!) and need to add some kao-wool to it, with a hole in the center about twice the diameter as the crucible I picked up (1 qt size). I figure a double layer (2" or so) with some kind of rigedizer should do.
I want to be able to cast jewelry so won't need to be smelting large amounts of bronze.
I'll post some links to my raku pics this evening.
Yeah, it is pretty easy to get a reduction atmosphere in my kiln. I was thinking of making one with a larger exhaust (currently 4" round opening), with chimney to see if that would get things a bit hotter. I've seen these small (20lb propane bottle size) forges, with multiple burners that black smiths and metal workers use and they're hitting 2500F on up. Course, they're having the flame directly on the work piece so that could be part of it.
Will have to try combustible material in there. I've only been messing with Raku for a year or so, ever since I showed wife burner I put together from internet plans. Was planning on getting in to bronze casting but she showed me some books on kilns and away we went.
I wonder how hot platters have to be to melt? I have a small raku kiln that's hitting 2000Â F, with one propane burner. I'd have to get some high temp ceramic fiber blanket to do a multi-burner one but should be able to get 2500Â F.
Or, I could just pack the platters in a crucible with a bunch of glass and aluminum around the and see what kind of blob I get.
As a past aero-medevac tech (Fighting Unicorns!), anything to help with all the lugging stuff about would be a great help. Add in the fact that we were anywhere from 5-10 miles back from the front line, wouldn't be a lot of issues with another machine running.
Wasn't the Red Cross and organized trauma care developed in response to the Civil War (during the war, actually)? Same thing for precision manufacturing (canon/gun barrels), transportation enhancements, etc.
Starship Troopers was one of the reasons I joined the military. Really imprinted that civic duty thing. Books are dangerous. Especially on young minds. They should all be banned and replaced with video games.
...trying to come in.
Darn you non-editable replies.
Darn you to HECK!
When I was going to UCF, I had the shit scared out of my by a shuttle landing. Had just moved in to new apartment and bedroom had sliding glass door out to patio. When the shuttle passed overhead, the sonic boom rattled the hell out of it, like someone was trying to come. Being woken up so early (10:30 am) sucks!
NOBODY expects the Spanish Inquisition! ...Amongst our weaponry are such diverse elements as: fear, surprise, ruthless efficiency, an almost fanatical devotion to the Pope, and nice red uniforms - Oh damn!
I don't mind most refurb hardware but with displays, they can be passed as good but then there's screen issues (plain white screen will show dim areas or some weird pixel stuff) that manufacturers say are ok but I wouldn't buy, if I saw screen in use beforehand. Still, Tiger Direct does offer some good deals on refurb LCD tv's. I have a floor model 27" I got 3 years ago (CostCo) and would like to upgrade without breaking bank. Maybe one day.
Yeah, try and tell the wife that and out on the couch you go.
I've made some ceramic legs, to put 1-1/2" between my Apple TV, Mini-stack, Mac Mini, and Airport Express. Works pretty well and I left the clay the plain white it gets from initial firing. Looks ok.
Worst Macs to work on were the original egg shaped iMacs. So many sharp edges in there. The older PowerMac towers (PPC 604 machines) were pretty nasty, too, if you were doing anything beyond upgrading RAM/HD.
Back in the 90's, I'd buy trailing edge audio gear at CC, when it was on clearance and no longer being stocked. Sometimes, could find a decent floor model and really get some discount. Got my first DVD player (Sony 300 model?) for $125 when the new 301 model was still over $250.00. But now that more and more online places are selling refurb stuff (got all my nail guns from Amazon Porter-Cable refurb store). Doing the same thing with Apple gear; refurb store cut's price $100 or more on computers).
Not sure I'd want to purchase a refurb TV/monitor but other than that, sure.
Ya' notice you don't see Credit Unions in the news for failures or credit card rate gouging. Being non-profit organizations, they really are there for the customer. Never gonna' use another bank again.
If you have access to a school or business EPP store, you can get discounts on top of the refurb/clearance prices (extra $10-$50 off).
Yup, come with a remote and the Frontstage softeware for flicking through iTunes/iPhoto content. I have a previous generation Mac Mini, with a couple 1TB drives hanging off it. One drive holds my ripped DVD's (around 750GB) and the other drive is my time machine backup drive. This machine feeds an Apple TV for movie playback and is family web server as well.
Looks like these new mini's will be able to do it all without an apple tv.
Cool!
Yup, the old Quadra 700 box size, with 2 or 3 pcie slots and room for three hard drives would be about perfect for me.
I have a Mac Pro tower and it's just too large physically, for my house. I also have an iMac20" and the limited number of ports means I have external USB hub and Firewire hub cluttering the desk. I wouldn't mind so much if it was a Godzilla Firewire Hub but it's not. Sigh.
No way man! John Entwhistle was the monster man in The Who. His bass work is unreal. Totally changed how folks looked at the bass and how it could be used with other instruments.
The advantage was that I had it built and so if there were problems, I could get things sorted out before the drywall went up.
Yup, for our second house (after leaving Fla in 2004), we went with a local builder, not a large track house builder), but using standard track house plans. We made a couple small changes (door/window locations) but, like you said, were able to catch things by going out every day and looking things over. The carpenters were a husband wife team that were friendly and amazingly quick with their work (and didn't mind my helping out on weekends), the electricians were easy to work with and even allowed my low-voltage cable work to go under their permit (my work was up to code). Sure, was pain in ass, as opposed to just moving in, especially getting permits for road/water/electricity, before builder took over, but now I have a house that I can repair, and have plans and photos of every stud, electrical line, plumbing line, etc.
Hah!
Monkeys!
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