Vera Rankovic on sat 23 oct 99
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This tread has been going for a while, and lots of good suggestions...
But noone does what I do, so, here's my two cents...
In my country (Yugoslavia) you can't buy plaster bats, so I made my own...
they're all uniform size, rather thick... I don't center then, just use my
Giffin grip.
I don't use it just for trimming, but for everything I do. I never take it =
off
the wheel.
(Except for cleaning, once i a while, when the channels get mucky).
Maybe there're better methods, but this has worked for me.
Vera
I.Lewis on sat 23 oct 99
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Sounds to me as thought a lot of people are going to an awful lot of trouble
which just reduces their rates of production and increases their costs. I =
must
support Jonathan Kaplan. For years I have used the clay ring method when I =
have
to use bats for wide wares, plates, shallow dishes, or anything heavy which =
will
definitely distort as I lift it. However, I gave up scoring the ring or =
cutting
the air vents. In addition, I make one ring last for weeks by covering the =
wheel
head with a plastic shower cap after each throwing session. For light work I=
put
a bat on but cut and lift straight onto a ware board, working with the same =
bat
through a session. Imagine the expense, or conversely, the loss of profit or
mis-allocation of capital resources through of having to supply and store
several hundred bats to cope with production runs. At the largest pottery in
Adelaide the throwers use square bats placed on squats of clay for larger =
works,
which seem to be made from twenty or so pounds of clay. They are fast and
efficient throwers. Now, I wonder if Nikom has a comment about how the big
exporters do it? Do the throwers at his factory use bats?
Ivor. Who has just unearthed some ten year old porcelain in moving into the =
New
Studio.
elizabeth priddy on sun 24 oct 99
This is why the tile system is better.
I store 60 or so underneath each wheel and each
one cost between 20-60 CENTS a piece.
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Elizabeth Priddy
personal email: epriddy@usa.net
website: http://www.angelfire.com/nc/clayworkshop
On Sat, 23 Oct 1999 22:55:55 I.Lewis wrote:
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>Sounds to me as thought a lot of people are going to an awful lot of trouble
>which just reduces their rates of production and increases their costs. I must
>support Jonathan Kaplan. For years I have used the clay ring method when I have
>to use bats for wide wares, plates, shallow dishes, or anything heavy which wil
>definitely distort as I lift it. However, I gave up scoring the ring or cutting
>the air vents. In addition, I make one ring last for weeks by covering the whee
>head with a plastic shower cap after each throwing session. For light work I pu
>a bat on but cut and lift straight onto a ware board, working with the same bat
>through a session. Imagine the expense, or conversely, the loss of profit or
>mis-allocation of capital resources through of having to supply and store
>several hundred bats to cope with production runs. At the largest pottery in
>Adelaide the throwers use square bats placed on squats of clay for larger works
>which seem to be made from twenty or so pounds of clay. They are fast and
>efficient throwers. Now, I wonder if Nikom has a comment about how the big
>exporters do it? Do the throwers at his factory use bats?
>
>Ivor. Who has just unearthed some ten year old porcelain in moving into the New
>Studio.
>
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