I hope you’re doing well. You remind me of my (late) dad. After joining the Marine Corp, serving in combat, retiring from the military, signing up for the police academy, spending many years working his way up from state trooper, patrol officer, then becoming a detective, all before helping a friend build up his business before retiring one last time… he joined the fire dept. Dad was found by the roadside with his dogs during his daily five mile walk (tho I remember when his five miles were runs; it was something we did together for many years 😊). He had collapsed. He needed stents in his heart. After he was cleared, he went back to the firehouse. Sadly, a couple years lately he was diagnosed with glaucoma. He wasn’t able to go back to work fighting fires. Instead, he volunteered to work in the office doing desk work until the glaucoma progressed. That man started serving his country, his community, & his fellow firefighters. He didn’t know how to not serve. And in his words, glaucoma be damned, nothing was stopping his five mile walks. 😆 I lost Dad about eight years ago. Since our kids are grown now, I’ve been able to create a pottery studio this year, I really, really wished I could have shared this with him. I know he would have loved it. I hope you have continued to enjoy yours. Congrats & best of luck.

I was wondering the same thing. I have a heat gun and I was wondering if I could do that same thing.

Yes a heat gun will definitely work but maybe not quite as quickly as the gas torch. Good luck and let me know how well it works.

@@katlady5000 I use a heat gun all the time for pottery. Even a hairdryer works well, just a little slower. The studio I work in won't allow open flame.

@@MatthewKellyPottery Thank you I'll give it a shot.

@@vzeimen Thank you I'm just starting to throw with porcelain and it gets soft fast. Throwing with less water. But I think the heat gun would also be helpful. Open flame does made me nervous.

Warping could be from overheating for sure.

Too much trouble and I’ve never had an issue with leaving it. Thanks for asking.

My wheel seems to be loud no matter what I do… I may start looking for a new one… the torching definitely made the process take longer than making several bottoms and letting them naturally dry but it was a fun experiment.

@@MatthewKellyPottery none of your other videos have had that humming noise Matt. Yes I agree that using the "torch method" for section pots is slower than your normal methods, but does help in completing a pot the same day. I'm glad you experimented with this idea. An amazing pot that you made though! I really enjoyed the video, thank you.

Looking back at the project in my app I definitely hear the hum. I don’t know why though. Sorry for the audio issue.

@@MatthewKellyPottery ok thanks Matt.

Yes I am very aware of not melting the splash pan or burning my bats