thanks crip for the tip kiln+hand torch

[Albino Sasquatch]

saw in a thread how stroker and crip had turned the kiln up and used a hand torch to fix a little crack. that workd so nice i was suprised. all i had to do was bring the kiln up to 1150 and open door and use my hand torch to weld it in workd awesome i never thought about it before. always tried to take the piece out and weld it with mixd results some fixs some disapointments but with this tech it helpd out lots man and i wantd to say thanks for kickn down the knowledge

[STROKER]

yes when jason showed me how much easier it was to do it that way, it was a real eye opener.
sooo much more reliable and the cracks do not tend to run around the piece while fixxing in the kiln.

crip has serious skillz and is full of lots of good info. i learned a lot while he was here. now i just have to figure out how to use it.:twitch:

later,

[CripSkillz]

I do lots of things to make my life eaiser,, lol they dont always work.. but ya gotta try right?

and all I know is stuff from the forum here,, so read up and then try things,, the board got me here. thx everyone... weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

[hashmasta-kut]

other good tip for crack fixes is to creep up on them with your heat, use a bushier flame at first and just hover above it, then get closer slowly. doing a slow approach usually gaurantees the crack will close and join seamlessly, as opposed to spreading which they can do from hitting it with a hotter flame more directly and quickly. cracks spread way less or not at all approached this way too.

[Kevin Bumble]

whaaaaa! yer shit cracks, ya must be do in something wrong...



always nice to help a brother out though

[hashmasta-kut]

myself, i'm just getting to the point where stuff hardly ever cracks anymore, its nice :)

[Dragonharper]

myself, i'm just getting to the point where stuff hardly ever cracks anymore, its nice :)

Shit, I'm happy if it doesn't explode in the flame. :D I need way more practice.:dieslaugh

[hashmasta-kut]

if you are going to risk sticking something cold in the flame, which is often ok to do, do it gradually, starting at one end often. just like approaching a crack, the more gradually you heat a piece you are gonna stick in the flame the less chance of explosions :)

[STROKER]

^^^ on an open designed piece i might agree you could take a chance on approaching it cold and come in soft and bushy, but why would you?
if it is a crack on a complex design that has lots of attachments, it is crazy to try that as oppossed to preheat in kiln and hit the spot directly and quickly.

my.02$ worth.

why take the chance the way i see it?