Beth Yeatman Spindler on wed 12 aug 98
Getting ready to unpack a shimp mini-master wheel.......but am not hearing too
many good things about Shimpo wheels these days.........does anyone use the
mini-master and have you had good results??? should I pay the extra money and
get a brent???? what to do??? thanks for your input............
Beth in the Blue Ridge Mtns Foothills......
Rick Hugel on thu 13 aug 98
Can't imagine what could be wrong with Shimpo wheels. Of course, I am not
familiar with the "shimp mini-master", but every potter I know here in
Japan uses Shimpo wheels. My own was made back to 1973 and except for
having to replace the motor bearings(once), gasket(once), and wheel
belt(once) I have no complaints and the thing will probably still be
running long after I am not.
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>Getting ready to unpack a shimp mini-master wheel.......but am not hearing too
>many good things about Shimpo wheels these days.........does anyone use the
>mini-master and have you had good results??? should I pay the extra money and
>get a brent???? what to do??? thanks for your input............
>Beth in the Blue Ridge Mtns Foothills......
Mike Gordon on fri 14 aug 98
Hi,
The old Shimpo's with the cone and wheel are far superior to the new
belt driven ones.My opinion, of course,Mike
The Kiln Gods on fri 14 aug 98
Hi all,
I`ve been reading with interest the comments about the mini-master wheel.
The mini-master is considered (in this building, anyhow) a starter wheel.
For this purpose it is a great wheel. If you do production work, you will
not be happy with a mini-master as you cannot throw very much clay on it at
one time.
We compared a Shimpo "mini-master" with a Creative industries "Clay Boss"
(a bit less expensive) &, as far as I am concerned, the "Clay Boss" seemed
to be the better of the two.
If I were to buy a wheel it would probably be the Shimpo "Basic". It is a
mechanical wheel that can be adjusted if things get out of whack, as
apposed to installing a new circuit board at +/- $100.00 US. There is no
electronics on it, it uses the cone-ring drive.
There is my 2 cents.
Chris @
Euclid's Kilns and Elements
1-800-296-5456
Web Site: http://www.euclids.com
E-Mail: mail@euclids.com
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