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Offline Zuma

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Beware when messin with fire
« on: August 19, 2016, 10:18:10 pm »
Wow! what a night.
Here is the prep for the burn.
I want to do the right hand pot as black and
oxygen free as possible .I covered it top and bottom
with horse poop, pine bark on top .In the spot on the left
I put the pot upside down with some horse poop underneath.
Hoping to get a redder exterior
I covered the pit with hard wood and branches and
brush and fired er up.
The burn seemed to be going good.
It was now dark and the moon came up -- Beautiful
The pit was a-glow. I sat back with a cold beer
eating some rigatoni with sauteed garden veggies.
Holy crap-- what's that under my chair?
To my left I see a what looks like angle wings
flying left. Oh shoot that's the cantaloupe eating SKUNK!
Zuma
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Offline Zuma

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Re: Beware when messin with fire
« Reply #1 on: August 19, 2016, 10:22:55 pm »
Continued ;D
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Offline Zuma

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Re: Beware when messin with fire
« Reply #2 on: August 19, 2016, 10:25:58 pm »
Again :laugh:
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Offline Zuma

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Re: Beware when messin with fire
« Reply #3 on: August 19, 2016, 10:37:23 pm »
There used to be many skunks here for years.
 Dogs let to run put an end to that.
I would love to have a skunk coat from skunks like this one.
Zuma
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Offline Zuma

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Re: Beware when messin with fire
« Reply #4 on: August 20, 2016, 10:31:22 am »
Well this morning brought good news and bad news.
Good news in first pic.  :)The rest is bad news :laugh:.
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Offline bjrogg

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Re: Beware when messin with fire
« Reply #5 on: August 20, 2016, 10:38:22 am »
Nice pictures Zuma. I've been out to the woods for the last 4 nights with my buddies were having a reunion (lost one since the last time thought we better get together again) the moon has been awesome so bright. Those flowers sure are pretty even if they don't smell so good. Of coarse I like drinking Saint Paulie's Girl so it kinda makes me thirsty.
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Re: Beware when messin with fire
« Reply #6 on: August 20, 2016, 10:42:03 am »
Sorry it wasn't all good news Zuma. The flowers like hanging out in my garden too.
Bjrogg
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Ruddy Darter

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Re: Beware when messin with fire
« Reply #7 on: August 20, 2016, 02:09:37 pm »
Glad that first pot came out good Zuma, looks like it be a nice casserole dish (?). I suppose the more you make/break you'll get the method bang on. Dig the skunk... they're funny critters from what I've seen on YouTube  :).

 Ruddy.

Offline Tom W

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Re: Beware when messin with fire
« Reply #8 on: August 20, 2016, 08:09:43 pm »
Don, Even with the problems, the color was great on each piece(well the skunk too). Was it the pine bark or the manure or both?
Great pictures.
One thing leads to another...

Offline Zuma

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Re: Beware when messin with fire
« Reply #9 on: August 20, 2016, 09:13:08 pm »
Thanks BJ sounds like your outing was a good time. :)
Sorry for the loss. My ole posse has thinned out
pretty bad. :-X

Yes indeed Ruddy, the learning process is what it's about. ???
Those little stinkers can be cute but they have decimated
my melon crop and like the deer I don't intend to eat skunk. >:(

Tom, I had a little horse poop and straw under the one that blew :o
nothing on top. The lugged pot had the poop under and pine bark on top.
I think that helped save that pot. The fire was very hot and burned
through the roof to quickly over the round pot. Plus the base of the
pot was quite thick.I also think it could have warmed longer outside the kiln.
No matter it's just like new -- :laugh:
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Offline Jodocus

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Re: Beware when messin with fire
« Reply #10 on: August 21, 2016, 03:33:23 am »
Nothing beats a night out firing some pottery, really. Cool pics, pity about the pot.
Don't shoot!

Offline nclonghunter

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Re: Beware when messin with fire
« Reply #11 on: August 22, 2016, 07:51:04 pm »
Hey Zuma, found a video I watched a while back on firing with shell...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v8B-_Dsl6Hk
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Offline Zuma

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Re: Beware when messin with fire
« Reply #12 on: August 22, 2016, 09:48:00 pm »
Hey Zuma, found a video I watched a while back on firing with shell...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v8B-_Dsl6Hk
Thanks NC
Be glad to see it when I get near a broadband or wifi.
Both pots in this thread are sand grog.
Zuma
If you are a good detective the past is at your feet. The future belongs to Faith.