Lee Love on wed 6 jan 10
It is nice to see that Venco still makes cone drive wheels. They
also make a new "Direct Drive" with cordless foot-pedal. Anybody use
either of these?
http://www.venco.com.au/wheels/directdrive.htm
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Lee, a Mashiko potter in Minneapolis
http://mashikopots.blogspot.com/
"Ta tIr na n-=3DF3g ar chul an tI=3D97tIr dlainn trina ch=3DE9ile"=3D97tha=
t is, "T=3D
he
land of eternal youth is behind the house, a beautiful land fluent
within itself." -- John O'Donohue
Lee Love on fri 8 jan 10
On Fri, Jan 8, 2010 at 4:21 PM, Suvira McDonald
wrote:
> I am Australian and work here in Australia... Venco is probably the most
> It also has very high torque power which was hard on my wrists in the
> beginning. It is a quiet one.
Thanks Suvira! Probably, the cone drive is like the Shimpo? I was
really happy to see that someone still makes a conedrive and was
intrigued by the direct drive.
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Lee, a Mashiko potter in Minneapolis
http://mashikopots.blogspot.com/
"Ta tIr na n-=3DF3g ar chul an tI=3D97tIr dlainn trina ch=3DE9ile"=3D97tha=
t is, "T=3D
he
land of eternal youth is behind the house, a beautiful land fluent
within itself." -- John O'Donohue
Suvira McDonald on sat 9 jan 10
I am Australian and work here in Australia... Venco is probably the =3D20
most common wheel amongst potters here.
My direct drive cordless is an excellent wheel but it took some =3D20
getting used to after years using the cone drive models.
Initially I could not wear my normal work boots with the cordless =3D20
pedal as it is so sensitive. It is that feature that I would =3D20
change....to recalibrate the pedal. I do like the manual speed =3D20
adjustment option for working on larger pieces.
It also has very high torque power which was hard on my wrists in the =3D20=
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beginning. It is a quiet one.
A fine piece of equipment for a more experienced potter, however I =3D20
would not recommend such a wheel to learn on.
Having never used a Brent or Shimpo I cannot make any comparisons, =3D20
Brents especially are not so common in Australia.
Suvira
www.suviramcdonald.com
On 07/01/2010, at 2:11 PM, Lee Love wrote:
> It is nice to see that Venco still makes cone drive wheels. They
> also make a new "Direct Drive" with cordless foot-pedal. Anybody use
> either of these?
>
> http://www.venco.com.au/wheels/directdrive.htm
>
> --=3D20
> --
> Lee, a Mashiko potter in Minneapolis
> http://mashikopots.blogspot.com/
>
> "Ta tIr na n-=3DF3g ar chul an tI=3D97tIr dlainn trina ch=3DE9ile"=3D97th=
at =3D
is, "The
> land of eternal youth is behind the house, a beautiful land fluent
> within itself." -- John O'Donohue
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