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treadle wheel advice

updated sun 31 aug 97

 

McCoy, Jack Eugene on fri 22 aug 97

I'm about to build a treadle wheel based on the design from the book,
The Self-Reliant Potter. Do any of you have any advice before I set off
to the machine shop to have the metal work done?

For example, what's a good height to have the wheel head at when you're
in a standing position? (Okay, I'm six feet tall and most of the stuff
I'm making will range in size from mugs to one-gallon jugs.)

I'll take any advice you may have. (I know that's a loaded request, but
I'd rather find out now than after I pay the machinist's bill.)

Thanks in advance for your help,

Jack McCoy

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