Thought I’d post up. Chilly weather this weekend for S Fl! First time in almost 20 years I had to scrape ice off my windshield, this morning!
Mullet (I hope you chime in here, Eddie) passed his kiln on to me a little while back, along with some rock, but I needed to switch out the plug to the type I have out in the shop for welding. Got that done. I spalled out some Flint River, Ocala Chert, and a bit of coral. Got a lot of really nice flakes. I’ve done some spalling, before, but this was the most I’ve ever done in a weekend. The Flint River was pretty easy going, but it took me a bit to get used to the Ocala Chert. Tougher, for sure! Started to figure out some technique and realized how to approach it differently when the core started getting tough to knock more off. But, really turned out well and I’ll be looking to heat treat some of this stone. First, I am going to do some temperature testing on the kiln, though.
So, just to post and get the information down. That Ocala Chert should be at a higher temperature about 450 for 4-5 hours along with lower grade coral? Higher grade coral and Flint River at a lower temp? Thoughts on this?
Here are some pictures…between the spalling work and processing enough sinew to back a bow my hands are definitely feeling a little beat up today! That’s a good thing, though. I sat in the sun processing the sinew. The dogs wouldn’t leave me alone!
