http://www.chadbrownpottery.com/blog-1 daily 0.75 2017-08-10 http://www.chadbrownpottery.com/blog-1/2017/4/23/phase-one monthly 0.5 2021-04-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/580d320c893fc089409ab7ad/1616949346445-C7P8IUX5T0R9F3736XYB/IMG_20171208_143915491.jpg Kiln Construction - Kiln Construction https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/580d320c893fc089409ab7ad/1492959351670-FL4JEXYCN8DB4L0O75UU/image-asset.jpeg Kiln Construction - Kiln Construction I found this old tin on a collapsed 100-year-old barn. This old tin probably has more life left in it than the tin we buy today. I also like the look of the weathered tin. It looks like it belongs there, it's not foreign to the location. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/580d320c893fc089409ab7ad/1616949019463-T5X8OI8GJ1PQBZZ33HXK/IMG_20190422_171251103.jpg Kiln Construction - Kiln Construction https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/580d320c893fc089409ab7ad/1616947930612-M027OLOUU6XJTM1PAKP9/image-asset.jpeg Kiln Construction - Kiln Construction Digging the foundation of the kiln was much harder than I thought it was going be. Not the digging itself, because it was done quickly with a backhoe; but calculating the depth and step heights were a challenge because they had to be planned perfectly. I began to realize I had to know almost everything about this kiln in order to dig this hole. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/580d320c893fc089409ab7ad/1492959262644-P97USFI839PX0IL2SYAL/image-asset.jpeg Kiln Construction - Kiln Construction I had to finish every log by hand. The tools we use today aren't really designed for the large timber I was using, like this is 5" x 7". https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/580d320c893fc089409ab7ad/1616948935740-78TTINWYUEX9YCTQZXMJ/IMG_20190506_163430944_HDR.jpg Kiln Construction - Kiln Construction https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/580d320c893fc089409ab7ad/1492959694316-3N7A4TNXPFS1P73SJCJM/image-asset.jpeg Kiln Construction - Kiln Construction The shed was finished in the fall of 2015. Now it's time to build the kiln. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/580d320c893fc089409ab7ad/1618094663543-T514BVO9DVJ3CBIDJ1W4/UNADJUSTEDNONRAW_thumb_3946.jpg Kiln Construction - Kiln Construction Jack Troy, Chad Brown and Magdalene Odundo https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/580d320c893fc089409ab7ad/1492959524791-GH558X8JPU92HW6NU186/image-asset.jpeg Kiln Construction - Kiln Construction This tin is now getting a second life on my shed. 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