Sue Beach on wed 21 jul 99
I must be dense today, but I don't understand this technique at all. Could
someone explain it more fully for us slow learners? Thanks!
Sue
At 05:54 PM 7/20/99 EDT, you wrote:
>----------------------------Original message----------------------------
>The 'jar-lid-hold-down' method of holding a pot on the wheel that
>Wynne describes (below) is a great technique that I, and I'm sure many
>others, use.
>Another bonus of using a jar lid is that you have a built-in measuring
>device for making sets of things, such as bowls, that you want to have
>the same bottom diameter.
>Simply pick out a lid with the same diameter, or slightly less, as you want
>the the bottom of the pot to be, and trim to the lid.
>
>David Hendley
>Maydelle, Texas
>hendley@tyler.net
>http://www.farmpots.com
>
>
>
>
>At 01:48 PM 7/18/99 EDT, you wrote:
>>----------------------------Original message----------------------------
>> Amazing that something I took pretty much for granted for 20 years
>>could spark such a discussion! I have always tap centered with my left
>>hand because I am left handed. I don't remember my undergrad instructor
>>ever discussing which hand to use though, and I think he did it fairly
>>well for about 40 years with his right hand.
>> One thing he did teach us that I haven't seen mentioned yet is the
>>use of a jar lid to hold the pot down. Although foam rubber will help
>>keep it from sliding, it won't keep the pot from pulling up. A jar lid
>>(about 1/2 smaller than the diameter of the bottom of the pot), centered
>>on the bottom, helps keep your finger from pushing through the pot by
>>distributing the pressure to a bigger and stronger area next to the wall
>>of the pot. I never use wads (or foam for that matter) unless I am
>>trimming the inside of the foot (where the jar lid would sit), because
>>the lid works so well. It enables me to keep picking the pot up to
>>check the trimming progress and I can easily recenter it with a tap or
>>two.
>>
>>Wynne Wilbur
>>graduate student, Univ of Florida
>>
>
>
Sue (Duncan) Beach & Ron Beach
Muncie, IN
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Earl Brunner on thu 22 jul 99
I tap on center then place a jar lid or coin, depending on the size of the pot i
the center of the bottom. I do not attach the pot to the wheel head in any
manner. Using this technique, sideways pressure from the trimming tool will thr
the pot off center, sometimes disastrously. By applying counter pressure onto t
lid or coin, I neutralize the side pressure from the tool. The lid or coin is v
smooth, my finger slides on it very easily and the downward pressure applied by
hand that is counter balancing the tool is spread out over the bottom of the pot
instead of being focused in one small area. I've trimmed this way most of my
potting life.
Sue Beach wrote:
> ----------------------------Original message----------------------------
> I must be dense today, but I don't understand this technique at all. Could
> someone explain it more fully for us slow learners? Thanks!
>
> Sue
>
> At 05:54 PM 7/20/99 EDT, you wrote:
> >----------------------------Original message----------------------------
> >The 'jar-lid-hold-down' method of holding a pot on the wheel that
> >Wynne describes (below) is a great technique that I, and I'm sure many
> >others, use.
> >Another bonus of using a jar lid is that you have a built-in measuring
> >device for making sets of things, such as bowls, that you want to have
> >the same bottom diameter.
> >Simply pick out a lid with the same diameter, or slightly less, as you want
> >the the bottom of the pot to be, and trim to the lid.
> >
> >David Hendley
> >Maydelle, Texas
> >hendley@tyler.net
> >http://www.farmpots.com
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >At 01:48 PM 7/18/99 EDT, you wrote:
> >>----------------------------Original message----------------------------
> >> Amazing that something I took pretty much for granted for 20 years
> >>could spark such a discussion! I have always tap centered with my left
> >>hand because I am left handed. I don't remember my undergrad instructor
> >>ever discussing which hand to use though, and I think he did it fairly
> >>well for about 40 years with his right hand.
> >> One thing he did teach us that I haven't seen mentioned yet is the
> >>use of a jar lid to hold the pot down. Although foam rubber will help
> >>keep it from sliding, it won't keep the pot from pulling up. A jar lid
> >>(about 1/2 smaller than the diameter of the bottom of the pot), centered
> >>on the bottom, helps keep your finger from pushing through the pot by
> >>distributing the pressure to a bigger and stronger area next to the wall
> >>of the pot. I never use wads (or foam for that matter) unless I am
> >>trimming the inside of the foot (where the jar lid would sit), because
> >>the lid works so well. It enables me to keep picking the pot up to
> >>check the trimming progress and I can easily recenter it with a tap or
> >>two.
> >>
> >>Wynne Wilbur
> >>graduate student, Univ of Florida
> >>
> >
> >
> Sue (Duncan) Beach & Ron Beach
> Muncie, IN
> sbeach@iquest.net
>
> PLEASE HELP US FIND OUR MISSING DAUGHTER
> Details at http://bsuvc.bsu.edu/~00sdbeach/erin.html
>
> County Coordinator: Loudoun Co., VA USGenWeb page:
> http://www.rootsweb.com/~valoudou/index.html
>
> List Manager: VALOUDOU-L: Mailing List for Loudoun Co., VA Genealogy & Histor
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