LilaOrchidee

recyclen wäre besser…

rare earths in siberia etc

SPRICH

will check it out, thanks!

that looks great! please share more after firing :-)

modernquilts / modernquilting, I used to look in that R and ppl shared progress pictures and finished modern quilts. Was a great source of inspiration. #modernquilts on fedi/pixelfed is quite empty unfortunately

US-centric? Half of these don’t apply here now

From the intro/training when the new kiln was set up I’ve learned that most used kilns are more abused than they look (microcracks from opening too early, while still above 50C etc, these things are not fixable). If you can afford it, I’d say go for new. it’ll last decades with proper care and maintenance.

I’m not familiar with the Skutt models, only know the brand name from online articles and shops here don’t carry them next to the multiple German brands.

For me the decision against building my own controller was mainly because I wanted pottery as a functional hobby, not kiln building. But it’s only a big toaster oven in a way.

Kilnsitter control where you need a pyrocone to switch off are not common here and a recommended against for safety concerns. I’m very happy with the controller I have now.

first limit is your electrics, what can it handle (don’t max it out). second, physical space and accessibility, how big can the appliance be on the outside. frontloader are nice but almost twice as expensive (here at least) and of course what size works are you realistically making, and how much. A kiln shouldn’t stand around unused for months at a time.

I just got myself a new pyrotec kiln (I’m in Germany), it had 36 weeks delivery time. My old one was an ancient smaller front loader, and while it was fine as a first one, it was pretty EOL and affected the outcome of rhe firings a lot, but it was too old and crumbly to refurbish. I did put in a new controller (bentrup tc66) and a new thermocouple and that just works. On my new kiln i went with the TC75

while it is probably possible to program you own PID controller and the power electronics with the contactor, I would advise against this if you are not knowledgeable in electrical engineering, and kiln building is a different hobby than pottery ;-) Also your home insurance might have opinions one homecooked heating appliances.

according to the German Onion… he did and it caught fire

follow some of the bigger hashtags to get input, from there you can branch out and follow specific accounts (and unfollow the original hashtags if you want).

a few bigger ones are bloomscrolling caturday mastoart photography silentsunday fensterfreitag

crossover episode!

could we make a minor change to that plan and pick a different star that not all life on earth depends on please?

from another post comment somewhere

Make

Elon

Go

Away

now that’s a MEGA I agree with

1x geht immer…

ja, leider wahr…

Also offline-lootboxes, und die wurden ja inzwischen verboten als Glücksspiel wenn ich mich nicht irre.

Wenn man solchen Mist und Werbung ik allgemeinen den Kampf ansagen würde, dann würde das Müll/Klimaproblem evtl. ordentlich schrumpfen :(

the costs of health insurance is covered for you during unemployment though

Hey cool pic! Thanks for sharing it and the detailed writeup! Can I use it as a wallpaper on my tablet please?

honest question: have you ever tried to fresh install windows on a pc or laptop that didn’t have an OS (or a previous windows) installed? I found it way more unintuitive than for example kubuntu installer in the past years.