Charlie Hightower on tue 25 dec 07
I use metal ribs not only while throwing but for
trimming as well. I find them very effective at
removing clay on the hard side of leather. I don't
have to sharpen them. They are thin enough to work
well as is.
Charles Hightower
www.hightowerpottery.com
Evansville, IN
--- Vince Pitelka wrote:
> Collete wrote"
> > I bought a Bison tool at NCECA and the first time
> I used it to trim as I
> > was using my finger to clean out clay scraps it
> cut me. That was the end
> > for me! Too sharp and dangerous. I have a small
> stash of dolan tools and
> > when they run out I'll get the new Axner goovey
> tools. Hope some day
> > Dolan comes back to us.
>
> Collete -
> I don't mean to sound flippant, but have you also
> abandoned all of your
> kitchen knives after discovering that they are sharp
> enough to cut you?
> Trimming tools only work really well when they are
> sharp, and it tends to
> be a pain in the rear when you have to get up and
> sharpen them all the
> time. Phil's STAY sharp, for years and years.
>
> Someone else posted about the flexible metal ribs
> being banned in a
> studio. That is overreacting, but I have seen
> people cut themselves with
> metal ribs by running their fingers along the edge
> of the rib to remove
> the accumulated clay, especially after using the rib
> to scrape the surface
> of a leather-hard pot or sculpture. People don't
> realize that when they
> hold a metal rib at a consistent angle and scrape
> the surface of a pot,
> they are sharpening the rib.
>
> There are lots of dangerous things in ever studio,
> and we simply need to
> remain conscious of the risk and use those things
> safely. Trimming tools
> and metal ribs can both be sharp enough to cut us.
> I'm not trying to talk
> you into using Bison tools, Collete, but I do think
> it odd that a
> craftsperson would buy an expensive and specialized
> cutting tool and then
> abandon it after discovering that it is sharp.
> - Vince
>
> --
> Vince Pitelka
> Appalachian Center for Craft
> Tennessee Technological University
> vpitelka@dtccom.net
> http://iweb.tntech.edu/wpitelka/
>
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