Alex Remon on fri 3 jun 11
I've had the same wheel for about 10 years now. I'm now being asked to m=
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ake
some smaller items than I'm accustomed to, and I'm finding that the lip i=
=3D
s
constantly off, no matter how much I trim it back to flat.
Is there some way of testing (other than eyeballing) if my wheel is someh=
=3D
ow
off center, or wobbly in some way? If it is, it's a very small wobble, n=
=3D
ot
really discernible to the eye all that well, but sheesh, if it's there, i=
=3D
t
would explain a lot!
Alex
http://ugabugabowls.artfire.com
Clyde Widdershins on fri 3 jun 11
Throwing small things off the hump can compensate for any wobble.
--
Lee, from my iPod Touch
--=3D20
=3DE2=3D80=3D8E"If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams,=
and e=3D
ndeavors
to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with a success
unexpected in common hours." -H.D. Thoreau
James Freeman on fri 3 jun 11
Alex...
You could attach something tall perpendicularly to the center of the wheel
head in order to visually exaggerate any tiny wobble or eccentricity. I
would cut a square of plywood, drill a perpendicular hole in the center
using a drill press (to ensure accuracy), and insert a short length of
straight dowel, perhaps 6-10". Attach this device to the wheel head with
the rod perfectly centered using either batt pin holes or clay. To simplif=
y
centering, cut the plywood to 7 1/16" square if your wheel head is 10", 8
1/2" square if 12", or 9 7/8" if 14". In this way, if you line up all four
corners with the edges of your wheel head, the rod, which is centered in th=
e
plywood, will automatically be centered on the wheel head (think DaVinci's
"Vitruvian Man"). Now, when you rotate the wheel head, the top of the dowe=
l
will gyrate to a proportionately larger degree than would a small pot or
lump of clay in response to any eccentricity.
Just an idea. Others will perhaps have better.
Good luck.
...James
James Freeman
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preciously idiosyncratic to be taken seriously."
"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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On Fri, Jun 3, 2011 at 12:01 AM, Alex Remon
wrote:
> I've had the same wheel for about 10 years now. I'm now being asked to
> make
> some smaller items than I'm accustomed to, and I'm finding that the lip i=
s
> constantly off, no matter how much I trim it back to flat.
>
> Is there some way of testing (other than eyeballing) if my wheel is someh=
ow
> off center, or wobbly in some way? If it is, it's a very small wobble, n=
ot
> really discernible to the eye all that well, but sheesh, if it's there, i=
t
> would explain a lot!
>
> Alex
> http://ugabugabowls.artfire.com
>
Lee on fri 3 jun 11
I used a plain old carpenter's bubble level to level my Korean wheel
the other day.
--
=3DA0Lee Love in Minneapolis
http://mingeisota.blogspot.com/
=3DA0"Ta tIr na n-=3DF3g ar chul an tI=3D97tIr dlainn trina ch=3DE9ile"=3D9=
7that is, =3D
"The
land of eternal youth is behind the house, a beautiful land fluent
within itself." -- John O'Donohue
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