Dave Hedblom on tue 22 jul 97
I'm looking for a wheel-head for a home made wheel. Is there a supplier out
there that I might get in touch with???
claymoon@pconline.com
Dan C Tarro on thu 24 jul 97
Two ideas that you may wish to check out.
1: Brent sells wheel heads to replace theirs. In Feb. of this year the
price for an Aluminum 14" with a 1" bore was running $78.75 + shipping.
2: Contact your local machine shop and have them make one up for you. A
piece of plate aluminum with a collar and set screw welded to it would
work.
Good Luck,
Dan Tarro
Oak Tree Stoneware
Ham Lake, Mn
just looked at my notes, I may be wrong on the size, it may be 12". If
interested, call them.
On Tue, 22 Jul 1997 08:56:04 EDT Dave Hedblom
writes:
>----------------------------Original
>message----------------------------
>I'm looking for a wheel-head for a home made wheel. Is there a
>supplier out
>there that I might get in touch with???
>
> claymoon@pconline.com
>
cobbeldi on fri 25 jul 97
I am currently using a Brent wheel head and splash pan on my homemade
kickwheel. It works
great.
Debra -- new to Listserve
----------
> ----------------------------Original message----------------------------
> Two ideas that you may wish to check out.
> 1: Brent sells wheel heads to replace theirs. In Feb. of this year the
> price for an Aluminum 14" with a 1" bore was running $78.75 + shipping.
>
> 2: Contact your local machine shop and have them make one up for you. A
> piece of plate aluminum with a collar and set screw welded to it would
> work.
>
> Good Luck,
>
> Dan Tarro
> Oak Tree Stoneware
> Ham Lake, Mn
>
> just looked at my notes, I may be wrong on the size, it may be 12". If
> interested, call them.
> On Tue, 22 Jul 1997 08:56:04 EDT Dave Hedblom
> writes:
> >----------------------------Original
> >message----------------------------
> >I'm looking for a wheel-head for a home made wheel. Is there a
> >supplier out
> >there that I might get in touch with???
> >
> > claymoon@pconline.com
> >
>
Mike Gordon on tue 25 jan 05
Not all wheel heads are made of the same quality aluminum. I often
throw directly on the wheel head, and don't get the gray stuff coming
off. Old kick wheels at the school I taught at would do it, my Brent
cxc does not. I seem to remember that a topic of this sort came up
before and the bottom line was that it wouldn't have any effect on the
glaze, I could be wrong. If it does, have a new one made. Mike Gordon
Sam or Mary Yancy on tue 25 jan 05
I always throw on a bat. easier to handle. . as mike says there are all types of alumunim alloys - pure aluminum (very soft) would not do this. sam in daly city
Mike Gordon wrote:Not all wheel heads are made of the same quality aluminum. I often
throw directly on the wheel head, and don't get the gray stuff coming
off. Old kick wheels at the school I taught at would do it, my Brent
cxc does not. I seem to remember that a topic of this sort came up
before and the bottom line was that it wouldn't have any effect on the
glaze, I could be wrong. If it does, have a new one made. Mike Gordon
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Steve Irvine on tue 25 jan 05
I thought you might be interested in seeing what my wheel head looks like after 37 years of
use:
http://www.steveirvine.com/wheel_head.jpg
I have always used a stainless steel cut off wire, which is harder than the aluminum head. It
gives you some idea of what the average width of my pots are! I've never noticed any effect
on the clay body or glazes from the aluminum that has worn off over the years. Nor is there
any problem with the functionality of the wheel head or the bottoms of the pots. I wouldn't
dream of trying to fix the shape that the wheel head has now... I kind of like the way it's
showing its age. We bought this wheel (an Oscar-Paul) from Ron Roy in 1968, and I've had it
in constant use since then.
Steve Irvine
http://www.steveirvine.com
On Tue, 25 Jan 2005 08:56:54 -0800, Mike Gordon wrote:
>Not all wheel heads are made of the same quality aluminum. I often
>throw directly on the wheel head, and don't get the gray stuff coming
>off. Old kick wheels at the school I taught at would do it, my Brent
>cxc does not. I seem to remember that a topic of this sort came up
>before and the bottom line was that it wouldn't have any effect on the
>glaze, I could be wrong. If it does, have a new one made. Mike Gordon
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