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Comment by A.D.EKER on November 28, 2017 at 11:56pm

I was wondering why you do the heater? is that for sturdiness for the pull off? cause if you roll and sand  em afterdrying  yo dont realy need to do you? but still your the man Dave 13 % ey thats concidered skrinkidge! now i wonder why mine fits so nice and snug, oke for the fingerprints i get it now! Thanks great little video! Dave!

Comment by Dave Lynas on November 28, 2017 at 11:25pm

It's the first step Jim. Once the batch is thrown it is time to trim each slide. the cutoff side is rough and needs reeming with a fettling knife to open it up to the size of my pinkie. I wet a finger and smooth the bore and sponge the edges till smooth and rounded. Then I roll the slide on the table to even out the sides and round it back strait. Once finished the batch is set to dry a few days. Then loaded in an electric kiln to bisque fire to cone 08. Once bisque fired I'll dip glaze each slide (Shino glaze in my case). I use Shino as it does not run in firing. It can get some nice carbon trap effects in reduction gass firing. Toasty edges and smokey clouds. It's a variation of ancient Chinese glaze that I have worked with for a long time. I do my paintings on that glaze too. The CBG picker mugs are painted with colorents over the Shino glaze. Then the slides are loaded into our gas kiln and fired for a day to cone 10 (about 2300 degrees f). Cooled in the kiln for three days and walla! Done.

Comment by Jim Morris on November 28, 2017 at 1:50pm

Amazing!! I'll cherish mine even more now that I see what it takes. And this is all before glazing and firing and I don't know what all else!

Comment by Jeff 'Bones' Reilly on November 28, 2017 at 1:18pm

thats 1 ...........

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