Barbara J on wed 22 may 96
I'm new into pottery and I have my wheel, etc in my garage. Living in
Mesa, Az. it can be extremely hot, I usually have time in the evenings
to do work with clay. The posting from yesterday said it was not
a good idea to use a fan because it blew particulates around. I'm not
sure what else would be a good idea to cool the garage and am not
able to put in an a/c unit due to cost. Suggestions anyone??? I only
play with clay part time and try to control the amount of dust by sanding
my pots over a container of water and its just too darn hot to wear a mask
at all times! Any help will be appreciated.
Jonathan Kaplan on thu 23 may 96
I have had all the types of cooling in my studio with the exception of a
swamp cooler. Back in Pennsylvania I did indeed have the luxury of an air
conditioned studio and it was just the goods! I purchased a rather large
White Westinghouse wall mounted unit. Ran on 220V, and kept the entire 2000
sq ft production area just right. Pots dried fine. I can remember those way
humid Pennsylvania summers with absolutely no air movement, and how visual
the humidity was.
Air conditioning, IMHO, is great, but the filters need constant cleaning
and attention. The unit needs to have some beef to it.
I've also used fans and there are indeed directional drying issues with
them, as well as dust issues. My least favorite choice.
Currently, I have some rather large Dayton 2 speed wall mounted fans with
shutters in the rear walls of my kiln room, clay mixing/mold room, and in
the class room. I have high ceilings in the kiln room so it is mounted
close to the ceiling. I also have a "Micro Air" system (soon to be
reinstalled) that recirculates the studio air and removes the airborn dust.
I can crack the over head doors at night when the kilns are on and with the
fans going, the shop is nice and cool in the morning when I come in.
The fans run all day, the down side being the noise on high speed.
The Graingers catalog has an excellent section on air moving requirements
and specifications. They have all the toys you could ever want in this
area.
Jonathan
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Hluch - Kevin A. on thu 23 may 96
Most of the time I use my Bailey 36" slab roller to spin out some clay
with 2 foot long nylon fibers wedged in. Then I just make a cape out of
it, put it on and go about my work. When it gets stiff I know it's
time for a break.
Kevin (:)
On Wed, 22 May 1996, Barbara J wrote:
> ----------------------------Original message----------------------------
> I'm new into pottery and I have my wheel, etc in my garage. Living in
> Mesa, Az. it can be extremely hot, I usually have time in the evenings
> to do work with clay. The posting from yesterday said it was not
> a good idea to use a fan because it blew particulates around. I'm not
> sure what else would be a good idea to cool the garage and am not
> able to put in an a/c unit due to cost. Suggestions anyone??? I only
> play with clay part time and try to control the amount of dust by sanding
> my pots over a container of water and its just too darn hot to wear a mask
> at all times! Any help will be appreciated.
>
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