Clay Club: Grandpa tries to keep up....

Friday, January 18, 2013

Grandpa tries to keep up....

Finally bit the bullet and joined the 21st century. Will probably ruin all my glazes with the dreaded 0.1% accuracy Shit....

12 comments:

Dennis Allen said...: What's next??? Pug mill?; January 18, 2013 at 4:52 PM
Christine Covert said...: Welcome to the 21st Century. Grandma here, having returned to pottery after a 25 year hiatus, is going to try to mix ^6 glazes for the electric kiln after having started using commercially available ones that fail half the time anyway.
Being a slap dash dollop and splash type of cook, I'll probably make some terrific irreproducible glazes occasionally along with some food on the table -types.
Maybe I should start with the digital scale with that generous bucket rather than my triple beam that demands more attention than my aging brain can accommodate. LOL

I appreciate all your encouraging instructional videos. Best Wishes.; January 19, 2013 at 6:09 AM
John Britt said...: You go Christine!; January 19, 2013 at 10:06 AM
John Britt said...: Dennis - I sold out there too! Got a used Venco!; January 19, 2013 at 10:07 AM
June Perry said...: Glad you joined the 20th century, even if a bit late. :-)
When I watched your video the other day I said to Jim "Why doesn't he buy a digital scale for around $20?". We must have a psychic connection. :-); January 19, 2013 at 4:30 PM
John Britt said...: Hey June,

Well got this one for about $130 but you need a 2000 g calibration weight too so about $168. But you gotta keep up in this world!

Hope things are settled with you guys! Miss you.; January 20, 2013 at 10:58 AM
June Perry said...: Miss you too John! My heart is still in the mountains, but we are settling in and getting used to the rainy winter weather here in the valley.It makes up for it with all those sunny, no rain summer days!
I love my over 30 year old gram scale. I splurged for the cadillac model in the four figure range; but it's accurate to 0.00 or so and I can weight 300 grams at a time. It is such a huge time saver,particularly for people like us who love glaze testing!:-); January 20, 2013 at 3:04 PM
Wen said...: Hi John, any chance of getting more details on the scales as I am in the market myself?
cheers
P.S love the blog; January 20, 2013 at 8:58 PM
John Britt said...: http://www.amazon.com/My-Weigh-iBalance-Table-Precision/dp/B004C3EF4S/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1358778556&sr=8-1&keywords=e2600+scale; January 21, 2013 at 9:30 AM
June Perry said...: Oops, just realized I said my scale weighs 300 grams - left out a zero. It weighs over 3000 grams.; January 21, 2013 at 11:36 AM
Art Department Store said...: seriously, you will like its absoluteness--tis totally absolute; January 31, 2013 at 10:46 AM
Art Department Store said...: i think it is grrreat to be able to weigh things that are unweighable..i find this thingy much fun; January 31, 2013 at 10:47 AM