A Day of Wonders
The Little Kiln’s First Run
After weeks of reading up on how to do it, I’m running my first batch anneal this afternoon.
The reason to batch anneal is to prevent fractures resulting from micro-cracks related to rapid cooling. I’ve been using hot-mats to cool my beads in, which is sufficient to prevent major cracks but insufficient to prevent micro-cracks that would, over time, eventually lead to beads breaking.
I’ll be taking my beads up to almost 1000°F over the course of the next hour, then slowly cooling them by no more than 2°F/minuite. This will take about eight hours to accomplish. By nearly melting the beads and then cooling them slowly, the microcracks will disappear, and hopefully not reappear.
Yet another reason to keep my fingers crossed this afternoon.
Oh my!
I hope you get it too!!!
Oh pleasepleasepleasepleaseplease!
Pharmaceuticals, eh? Would these be human drugs or animal? An hour seems like a long drive, but it’s better than nothing, I’m sure!
Not sure if your situation is related, but I heard some states are waiting for the federal unemployment dollars that got voted for yesterday and that some states would resume payments possibly in as little as a few days. Whatever the hangup, I hope money starts flowing in again for you soon, whether it’s from the gov’t or an employer.
keeping fingers, eyes & toes crossed for you.
Alli
Keeping fingers (and the Evil Cat’s paws) crossed for you!
Good lord, it’s like you have the planet Mercury in your basement!
Fantastic news! I’ve got fingers and toes crossed!
Oh, oh oh! All appendages crossed for you!
Good luck! I’ll be keeping everything crossed for you.
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Great news, hope it works out for you. I have been unemployed twice since 2003 and it is no fun.