Kilgore Belle

Here's two; the back rest and arm rest are freshly coated and wet. The bench is hard and dry. The is a loaf of bread cooking on the barrel.

Thanks for the quick reply. Read it while sitting on my toasty warm blue clay bench. It's true though, it does have some cracks in it, but that's purely cosmetic and I am pretty sure the lime wash will take care of that.

Hi Al- can you explain why blue clay is a poor choice, breaking it down for me?

Here's an uninsulated riser after twenty burns, and a pic of the riser insulated. I haven't got one of what it looks like now, but maybe after a while I'll tear into it.

Hello Carter- How'd it go?
I'm in the area too, and made mine with blue clay. Not a problem, dried hard as chicken lips.

Portage County here. Hi. Stop on out, but I'll warn you- you'll likely be put to work. There's always some sort of project going on.

What have you folks done? I've seen linseed oil suggested, stucco, concrete, and simply covering the bench with cushions. I'd like to incorporate our fossil collection, but I'm not 100% on how to proceed. Thoughts?

Send me a PM, I'll get you both clay and sand at well below the four dollars a bag you saw at the big box store.

Took the barrel off today, inspected the riser. Roughly twenty burns of a minimum of four, five hours, with several eight and ten hours burns, no scaling or damage to the metal riser. Added insulation in the form of clay and perlite and put the barrel back on. Everything seems 10x10.

Thanks. I'll try to modify it, adjust wood input.

And Al- Cake said it best: I'm going the distance.