Bill Williams on sun 31 jan 99
You do realize that any answers you give could make or break my marriage of =
35
years. My husband, bless his heart, has built me a motorized kickwheel. He=
has
worked on it since the day after Christmas and gave it to me yesterday. It =
is
beautiful. Just my size and everything. For the past three years, I have =
had
this little 2 speed job that either goes too fast or too slow, but I have
learned to do real well on it. My problem is, that there seems to be a =
little
wobble in the head on the new wheel. It is slight, but it is definitely =
there.
Is this something everyone deals with to one degree or another, or does =
everyone
have a perfectly alligned wheel? I thought I would see how common this =
problem
is before I said anything about it to my husband. Made a little candle =
holder
and I felt like it was a little off the whole time I was working on it, then=
I
threw a pitcher about 9=22 tall or so and it pulled up perfectly....didn't =
even
have to cut any off the top. (even tho I still felt the wobble.) Connie
Brian Crocker on mon 1 feb 99
Connie dear CLAYARTER get your husband to disassemble the wheel and take the
wheel head complete with shaft to an engineering firm and get them to take a
cut over the surface of the wheel and down the side and any where else where
they think it is
running out of true. It wont cost much ..
Kind regards Brian C.
At 04:33 PM2:10: 31/01/99 EST, you wrote:
>----------------------------Original message----------------------------
>You do realize that any answers you give could make or break my marriage of 35
>years. My husband, bless his heart, has built me a motorized kickwheel.
He has
>worked on it since the day after Christmas and gave it to me yesterday. It is
>beautiful. Just my size and everything. For the past three years, I have had
>this little 2 speed job that either goes too fast or too slow, but I have
>learned to do real well on it. My problem is, that there seems to be a little
>wobble in the head on the new wheel. It is slight, but it is definitely there.
>Is this something everyone deals with to one degree or another, or does
everyone
>have a perfectly alligned wheel? I thought I would see how common this problem
>is before I said anything about it to my husband. Made a little candle holder
>and I felt like it was a little off the whole time I was working on it, then I
>threw a pitcher about 9" tall or so and it pulled up perfectly....didn't even
>have to cut any off the top. (even tho I still felt the wobble.) Connie
>
>
Brian Crocker
4 Erica Street,
Tea Tree Gully 5091,
South Australia,
Australia.
{e.mail} crocker@dove.com.au
"Never loose sight of the bigger picture,"
"Never loose sight of what you set out to achieve."
NAB.
Bill Williams on tue 2 feb 99
The wheel and shaft were done by an engineering firm. My husband, being an
engineer, has the equipment and the know how to do the machine work
himself, but thought that since his equipment is older, he would have it
done elsewhere. So I don't think it is something as obvious as the wheel
head and shaft. They are true. It has to be something else. This man can
build airplanes, why can't he build a potter's wheel? Connie
-----Original Message-----
From: Brian Crocker
To: CLAYART@LSV.UKY.EDU
Date: Monday, February 01, 1999 12:54 PM
Subject: Re: wheel wobble
----------------------------Original message----------------------------
Connie dear CLAYARTER get your husband to disassemble the wheel and take the
wheel head complete with shaft to an engineering firm and get them to take a
cut over the surface of the wheel and down the side and any where else where
they think it is
running out of true. It wont cost much ..
Kind regards Brian C.
At 04:33 PM2:10: 31/01/99 EST, you wrote:
>----------------------------Original message----------------------------
>You do realize that any answers you give could make or break my marriage of
35
>years. My husband, bless his heart, has built me a motorized kickwheel.
He has
>worked on it since the day after Christmas and gave it to me yesterday. It
is
>beautiful. Just my size and everything. For the past three years, I have
had
>this little 2 speed job that either goes too fast or too slow, but I have
>learned to do real well on it. My problem is, that there seems to be a
little
>wobble in the head on the new wheel. It is slight, but it is definitely
there.
>Is this something everyone deals with to one degree or another, or does
everyone
>have a perfectly alligned wheel? I thought I would see how common this
problem
>is before I said anything about it to my husband. Made a little candle
holder
>and I felt like it was a little off the whole time I was working on it,
then I
>threw a pitcher about 9" tall or so and it pulled up perfectly....didn't
even
>have to cut any off the top. (even tho I still felt the wobble.) Connie
>
>
Brian Crocker
4 Erica Street,
Tea Tree Gully 5091,
South Australia,
Australia.
{e.mail} crocker@dove.com.au
"Never loose sight of the bigger picture,"
"Never loose sight of what you set out to achieve."
NAB.
Donald G. Goldsobel on tue 2 feb 99
Do you throw on bats or directly on the wheel head? If you use bats with
holes and matching wheelhead pins, that may be the problem. Though the fit
may seem tight, when the wheel picks up speed a change of position may take
place.
Have you checked the alignment of the shaft from the power source tothrough the retaining collar/bearing at the table top? Good luck!!!
John K. Dellow on wed 3 feb 99
Is there any vertical movement in the shaft ?. This may be only small but would
be felt with the hands when coning, but might not cause any trouble at later
stages of throwing i.e. not needing to trim the top.
If you are using bats with pins , are the pins to close to the centre of the
wheel head ?. This could cause the bat to lift in the initial pull up . I have
found 3 pins , equidistant ,as close to the edge of the wheel head works best.
--
John Dellow "the flower pot man"
ICQ : #2193986 {jacka}
E-mail : dellow@usa.net
25 Hugh Guinea Ct, Worongary Q 4213
Ph:+61-7-55302875 Fax:+61-7-55253585
Home Page : http://welcome.to/jkdellow
Dinah Steveni on fri 16 mar 07
Just wanted to say that wheel wobble is sorted. Several factors. My =
Thomas Stuart Legend lives on. Back to tapping to center with wads of =
clay. =20
Dinah Steveni
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