Paul Borian on sat 7 nov 09
when i used to buy clay i also pugged all of it before using. There were
too many times where part of the bagged clay seemed softer/stiffer than
others so i found that pugging all of it took care of that problem.
Paul
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From: KATHI LESUEUR
Date: Nov 7, 2009 7:34am
Subject: Re: pugmills
To: Clayart@lsv.ceramics.org
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> When considering whether to buy a pugmill or not, reclaiming clay is
> just one consideration. I pug all of my clay even straight from the
> bag. I've had two wrist surgeries and wedging is not something I want
> to be doing frequently. If I'd bought a pugmill sooner I'd have
> probably not needed those surgeries. My first pugmill was a Bluebird
> studio model, not stainless. That was 1979. I sold it in 1990 and
> it's still in operation. I then replaced it with a Bluebird
> Powerstar. It was quite an investment, but well worth it. I do lots
> of extruding and the Bluebirds can handle the load. Even my little
> one could easily extrude and I paid for it many times over with just
> my extruded business card holders that I made 100 at a time. I was
> never able to be that efficient with my hand extruder. So, I would
> say, look at what you do and what you want to do in the future. A
> pugmill can make sense even for a small studio.
> KATHI LESUEUR
> http://www.lesueurclaywork.com
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