Michael McDowell on mon 25 jan 10
Vince wrote:
"I love that Shimpo is still making a wheel on the RK pattern, with the
attached foot pedal, but the ankle issues I will be dealing with for the
rest of my life because of that whole broken leg incident mean that I will
never be able to operate that kind of wheel again. There's no chance of me
regaining enough ankle movement to operate that attached pedal that pivots
in the center. I don't know what I am going to do with the oversized Shimp=
o
RK-1 clone that I built in 1976, because I love it and it still works
perfectly. But I can't operate it anymore."
Vince,
What about the vertical shaft with a knob on the end that used to be
attached to some of the RK series foot pedals? Something like that would
allow you to adjust the speed by hand...
Michael McDowell
Whatcom County, WA, USA
michael@mcdowellpottery.com
http://www.McDowellPottery.com
James Freeman on mon 25 jan 10
On Mon, Jan 25, 2010 at 3:35 AM, Michael McDowell <
michael@mcdowellpottery.com> wrote:
>
>
> What about the vertical shaft with a knob on the end that used to be
> attached to some of the RK series foot pedals? Something like that would
> allow you to adjust the speed by hand...
The RK Whisper does have the "stick shift" attached to the foot pedal.
...James
James Freeman
"All I say is by way of discourse, and nothing by way of advice. I should
not speak so boldly if it were my due to be believed."
-Michel de Montaigne
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Vince Pitelka on mon 25 jan 10
Michael McDowell wrote:
"What about the vertical shaft with a knob on the end that used to be
attached to some of the RK series foot pedals? Something like that would
allow you to adjust the speed by hand..."
Hi Mike -
I have one of those on my homemade wheel, with a nice old gearshift knob on
the top. But I don't adjust speed by hand when I am throwing. I am
conditioned to adjusting speed with my foot. This really is not a problem,
because I just do all my class demos on one of our other wheels. Eventuall=
y
I will get a Whisper for my own studio, and I will keep the Shimpo clone as
a monument.
- Vince
Vince Pitelka
Appalachian Center for Craft
Tennessee Tech University
vpitelka@dtccom.net; wpitelka@tntech.edu
http://iweb.tntech.edu/wpitelka
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