🔨🎩 "Breaking news: Wood can be dried... two different ways! 😱 Prepare to have your mind blown by the shocking revelation that air-dried wood and kiln-dried wood are *gasp* different. Who knew #lumber could be so controversial? 🌳😜"
https://christopherschwarz.substack.com/p/air-dried-vs-kiln-dried-wood #woodworking #air-drying #kiln-drying #news #controversial #HackerNews #ngated
Yay! I successfully replaced my #kiln control panel. It finally crapped out after a decade of exposure to constant humidity in Louisiana & Florida.
Wish I could say the same for my a/c unit. It was filled with clay dust & mold. I tried to clean it w/out getting the electrical components wet, but now it won’t turn on. Unlike a #Skutt Kiln, a GE a/c isn’t designed to be maintained. I hate the idea of buying and discarding one every few years but don’t know what else to do. #RightToRepair
Spent my Easter eating a delicious Danish Kringle with Ali and then made this doodle.
I am excited, its forbidden in a few ways. One of which is the tube sizes, which are fine tuned for brightness. That big bright white 25mm tube is thin lead glass- and it would take awhile to get it as hot as the 10 mm #blacklight tube, which will be made brighter by being the narrowest, most focused part of the arc.
On a bombarder, that would suck the narrow blacklight in. It is possibly the best combination to be bombarded in terms of glass heat sensitivity- buut I have an oven, so its baking out over night so I can make this the first try guaranteed :).
Hooray for Easter! After Minneapolis, I needed a day to sleep, and I still should send some emails, but I wanted to relax, and I feel recharged, -but there is about to be so much commercial bending.
Yaaay work!
#doodle #glass #neon #palestine #nicewarmwhite #rgb #4500k #muranoglass #leadglass #argonmercury #kiln #sculpture #brooklyn #nyc
New kiln construction photos. Nubian vault construction.
I wanted to make a business card holder but I didn't like any of the available molds, so I rigged this one up out of kiln posts. I was worried that they'd get stuck inside the glass, but it worked like a charm! #fusedglass #glass #glassart #glassartist #warmglass #businesscard #handmade #kiln #art #craft #iridescent #blackandwhite