Ceramic Thing
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August 14, 2000: Ceramic Thing runs for 1st time since summer 1999!!!
August 13, 2000: Grinding down the filler
August 11, 2000: The mold for the filler


Ceramic Thing runs for 1st time since summer 1999!!!
August 14, 2000

The Ceramic Thing is finally fixed!!

This is the first time it has run since it broke the summer of 1999!



Photos by Kiki.

A closeup of the Ceramic Thing lit
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A dark shot of the Ceramic Thing iwth no fire
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Oops!  Sideways shot!
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Grinding down the filler
August 13, 2000

Kiki grinds down the filler to shape the fix back to the original shape.

It looks a bit like a reverse-lost-tooth. :)



Photos by Kiki.

Kiki uses a Dremel to grind away the excess filler.
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Kiki is well protected!
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Here's the finished patch!
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The mold for the filler
August 11, 2000

Joey built this mold out of playdoh. Easy and cheap! He then filled it with
some epoxy filler of his. He heat-cured it quite a bit, but I took it home
to finish curing overnight.

Here, I'm taking off the playdoh to see how well it looks!



Photos by Kiki.

A closeup of the filled hole
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Here you can see the whole mold
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Kiki takes off the mold!
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You can see it wasn't fully filled...
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Not too bad a job, though!
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