Wilkinson on thu 29 oct 98
Has anyone used the channel lock glazing tongs from Brown Tool Company?
What do you think of them? Any comments?
Lori Wilkinson
LorWilk@dfn.com
http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Gallery/1165
Donald G. Goldsobel on sun 1 nov 98
At 08:46 AM 10/29/98 EST, you wrote:
>----------------------------Original message----------------------------
>Has anyone used the channel lock glazing tongs from Brown Tool Company?
>What do you think of them? Any comments?
>
I have a pair of homemade tongs identical to those in the cm ad. I got them
from a friend who bought out a pottery. Maker is unknown. They are superior
to the other tongs I've used. The channel lock adjustment is great.
Keith Chervenak on fri 4 dec 98
I realize that this is a late reply but....
I used my tongs for the first time this past weekend. I was glazing plates
and have to say that this tool is great! The angle of the tool makes for
very easy dipping and dripping and the teeth have a positve grip- good for
shaking off the excess. Figure the gripping width to be just a little
wider than the standard channel lock. If you move quickly and release the
piece before the glaze gets too dry the small teeth marks seem to "heal"
right up. The channel lock portion of the tool is not the highest quality
for the 25 bucks you are spending but I figure that if I keep it reasonably
dry it won't rust too badly. I think that the welded on teeth are
stainless. I am happy with their performance and do recommend them.
Keith
>----------------------------Original message----------------------------
>Has anyone used the channel lock glazing tongs from Brown Tool Company?
>What do you think of them? Any comments?
>
>Lori Wilkinson
>LorWilk@dfn.com
>http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Gallery/1165
Keith Chervenak
kac2@po.cwru.edu
216-368-4944
Case Western Reserve University
Department of Medicine
Division of Infectious Diseases
Cleveland, Ohio U.S.A.
camoore on sat 5 dec 98
What is the address of the Brown Tool Co? The channel lock glazing
tongs sound like something an arthritis sufferer could use.
Charles
ginny bivaletz on thu 21 oct 99
wondering if anyone wants to share info about their
favorite glazing tongs. we had a pair similar to
those sold by brown tool co. with the channel lock
design and they got lost. we replaced them with
brown's and they just don't work as well. the channel
lock gets bound up and won't slide easily. using the
other design i see sold in most catalogs resulted in a
few pieces at the bottom of the glaze bucket. yikes.
any suggestions?
thanks ginny (wow, not one reply on my green glaze
question from last week, but i'm not giving up yet)
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shirley freed on fri 22 oct 99
Ginny,
The best glazing tongs I've ever used were order from a catalogue 25 or 30
years ago. They were made from a regular pair of pliers and had suitable
claws welded on the business end of the pliers
When they were no longer available I was able to persuade a local blacksmith
to make 6 pairs for me which I gave away as gifts. I had hoped to start a
cottage industry for the blacksmith but he said 6 pairs were enough for him
to make.
Granted these were not raku tongs but they great for glazing the usual
functional ware. A pair of them are great for larger platters, etc. If
you'd like more information or a photocopy, let me know.
Shirley Freed
shirley freed on fri 22 oct 99
-----Original Message-----
From: ginny bivaletz
To: CLAYART@LSV.UKY.EDU
Date: Thursday, October 21, 1999 10:01 AM
Subject: glazing tongs
----------------------------Original message----------------------------
wondering if anyone wants to share info about their
favorite glazing tongs. we had a pair similar to
those sold by brown tool co. with the channel lock
design and they got lost. we replaced them with
brown's and they just don't work as well. the channel
lock gets bound up and won't slide easily. using the
other design i see sold in most catalogs resulted in a
few pieces at the bottom of the glaze bucket. yikes.
any suggestions?
thanks ginny (wow, not one reply on my green glaze
question from last week, but i'm not giving up yet)
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shirley freed on sat 23 oct 99
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Hi Ned,
Yes, I'll be happy to send you a photocopy of the glazing tongs. Just =
e-mail me
your snail mail address There's really nothing quite like a good pair of
glazing tongs, is there.
Shirley Freed =3Cslfreed=40gte.net=3E
491 Littleton Street
WEST LAFAYETTE IN 47906
terri on mon 10 mar 08
Hi
I've been a lurker for a while and now I have a question
I was looking at a youtube video =
http://www.youtube.com/user/stephenpearcedotcom and noticed they were =
using a really nice pair of glazing tongs.
Has anyone else seen, know where to get them. I've googled all over the =
place and can't seem to find anything remotely close.
Thanks!!!
Fredrick Paget on mon 10 mar 08
>
>http://www.youtube.com/user/stephenpearcedotcom and noticed they were =
>using a really nice pair of glazing tongs.
>
>Has anyone else seen, know where to get them.
terri
>Those are most likely made by the potters there. Wouldn't be hard to
>make - two sticks, a bit of clock spring steel and carved grippers
>at the ends.
Fred
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Twin Dragon Studio
Mill Valley, CA, USA
fredrick@well.com
Charter Member Potters Council
Bruce Girrell on tue 11 mar 08
Terri wrote:
I was looking at a youtube video
http://www.youtube.com/user/stephenpearcedotcom and noticed they were using
a really nice pair of glazing tongs.
Nice video
I'm guessing that the tongs were made locally. They appear to be made of
wood, with a set of either wooden or rubber points on the ends. The first
time you see them, you can catch just a glimpse of the ends as the pot is
released.
Bruce Girrell
Steve Mills on tue 11 mar 08
Hi Terri,
The tongs they are using were originally used to remove clothes from an old fashioned Hoover single or twin tub washing machine!
Two wooden arms connected by a U shaped piece of spring steel, usually Galvanised.
All that the Pottery have done is notch the ends to improve grip.
I have two of them!
Steve
Bath
UK
terri wrote:
Hi
I've been a lurker for a while and now I have a question
I was looking at a youtube video http://www.youtube.com/user/stephenpearcedotcom and noticed they were using a really nice pair of glazing tongs.
Has anyone else seen, know where to get them. I've googled all over the place and can't seem to find anything remotely close.
Thanks!!!
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Shula on tue 11 mar 08
Interesting. My grandmother used a single long stick to remove the clothes from the old ringer washer we had when I was a very small child. I remember the red "button" in the middle of one side of it that would start/stop the agitation. I thought it looked like a strange belly button.
Shula
in sunny, warm, very pleasant Desert Hot Springs, California USA
Thinking about my childhood - long, long ago when the dinosaurs roamed the earth.
-----Original Message-----
>From: Steve Mills >
>Hi Terri,
>
> The tongs they are using were originally used to remove clothes from an old fashioned Hoover single or twin tub washing machine!
Pottery by John on tue 11 mar 08
Subject: Re: Glazing Tongs
It also appeared to me that they were specialized for the specific pot they
were glazing; pots with an inside and top rim glaze only. That appears to
be how they glaze one of their lines of pots. The video didn't show anyone
touching up the area where the tongs met the pot, but it sure looked like it
would need it when you catch a glimpse of the gripping surface of the tongs.
I make some of my pottery tools and think those tongs would be fairly easy
to make once you figure out how the to make the gripping end. The end has a
toothed metal u-shaped grip attached to the arms of the tongs. Terri; I
grabbed a couple of screen shots I will email you offlist in case you know
someone who might be able to make the tongs for you.
John Lowes
Sandy Springs GA
> Terri wrote:
> I was looking at a youtube video
> http://www.youtube.com/user/stephenpearcedotcom and noticed they were
> using
> a really nice pair of glazing tongs.
>
> Then Bruce wrote: Nice video
>
> I'm guessing that the tongs were made locally.
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