Jim Kasper on fri 29 aug 08
While not as intended, but I think the comments it has drawn have given me
one of those ah HA! breakthroughs. I am pretty sure that Dr. Hendley has
diagnosed the affliction that strikes many of my large pots.
Regards,
Jim
1d. Re: further thoughs on a note from amaco
Posted by: "David Hendley" david@FARMPOTS.COM
Fri Aug 29, 2008 4:35 pm (PDT)
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The problem with the "centering device" is that it doesn't work.
Any wheel thrower knows that simply having a ball of clay centered
on a spinning wheel does not mean that the clay is centered.
I learned this the hard way when, back a while ago, I kept getting
cracks in the bottom of my extra large bowls. I finally figured out
that I wasn't really "moving" all the clay in the ball when centering.
The cracking stopped when I took care to cone the clay up and
down, making sure that the particles were aligned and truly centered
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