Measuring sheet metal

No photos today. I sanded 4 corners of the soft brick to make it (near-) perfect level.
My arms felt like they would fall off, after 3 hours of vigorous sanding with a hand-held thing that looks like a small cheese grater. I think my brain is fried, I cannot think of this tool's name.

When I place the angle iron on the corners, each corner is now perfectly level on the vertical.
Yesterday afternoon, I took sheet metal pieces for the kiln front in to be pleated. This is so the kaowool will not get squished, and will retain its loft & insulation properties.
I brought the pieces home last night, and remeasured them in the angle iron. After much measuring, figuring and thinking, I decided where they would be cut & the other sides pleated.

Today I also, measured for sheet metal on the left - firebox - side and back of the kiln.
I must be very slow at figuring things out, because it took me quite awhile.
My next kiln would go much faster, and I would be more meticulous in my brick-laying. Then I wouldn't have so many corrections to make later on. But this will be my last kiln to build. It is an incredible amount of work.

I took my measurements and sheet metal back to the sheet metal company and hope they will have my pieces ready later tomorrow. I have yet to measure the back side sheet metal for stoke, burner, & peep holes. I think it will be more accurate after the side pleats are put in.
So I'll keep taking the sheet metal back & forth. To the kiln for measurements, and back to the professionals for cutting.

Tomorrow I'm also thinking of a trip to the pottery supply in Eugene. Need to get sodium silicate, which Howard says will "glue" the kaowool to the sheet metal. That would make it much easier to keep the kaowool in place, so it doesn't slip around when installing the sheet metal.
And I can pick up some clay while I'm there.

Progress is snailing along again, but I will stay optimistic that things will move faster soon enough. It is the prep work that takes all the time.