vince pitelka on fri 25 feb 00
> Making tools Chris; just thought I'd put this out there. I make the best
> wire cut off tools out of Fishing leader.
> The best kind to use is the plastic coated stainless twisted wire.
I am sorry to seem contrary, but I wanted to point out something here. For
any smooth, gritless clay, a smooth-surface wire is an inferior cutoff wire,
because it allows the cut to settle and heal, often causing it to re-stick.
In comparison, a "bumpy" cutoff wire, like braided stainless steel cable,
leaves tiny grooves in the surface, allowing air into the cut, and reducing
or eliminating the chances of the cut healing. That's why a properly made
Japanese cutoff string is composed of two threads twisted together - in
order to create those air spaces, allowing wares to be lifted off the hump
without resistance.
Sigg Manufacturing sells supplies for model-builders, and their flying wires
for control-line model airplanes are the best cutoff-wire material I have
found. These wires are seven-strand braided stainless steel aircraft cable,
available in sizes from .008 up to aroun .022. The .018 is great for
general purpose cutoff wires. The .008 is too think for much of anything in
the clay studio. The wire comes on small plastic reels, and is very
reasonably priced. Sigg Manufacturing is in Montezuma, Iowa, 515/623-5154,
or .
Best wishes -
- Vince
Vince Pitelka
Home - vpitelka@dekalb.net
615/597-5376
Work - wpitelka@tntech.edu
615/597-6801 ext. 111, fax 615/597-6803
Appalachian Center for Crafts
Tennessee Technological University
1560 Craft Center Drive, Smithville TN 37166
Stephen Mills on tue 29 feb 00
Over here on this side of the pond we make our own cut off wires from 2
sorts of wire: a 7 strand Stainless as Vince describes, and a 2 strand
stainless called a "shell" wire from the pattern it produces on the
underside of the pot, that works exactly like the Japanese String
mentioned, but lasts a lot longer. We get that made up for us by our
wire suppliers.
Steve
Bath
UK
In message , vince pitelka writes
>----------------------------Original message----------------------------
>> Making tools Chris; just thought I'd put this out there. I make the best
>> wire cut off tools out of Fishing leader.
>> The best kind to use is the plastic coated stainless twisted wire.
>
>I am sorry to seem contrary, but I wanted to point out something here. For
>any smooth, gritless clay, a smooth-surface wire is an inferior cutoff wire,
>because it allows the cut to settle and heal, often causing it to re-stick.
>In comparison, a "bumpy" cutoff wire, like braided stainless steel cable,
>leaves tiny grooves in the surface, allowing air into the cut, and reducing
>or eliminating the chances of the cut healing. That's why a properly made
>Japanese cutoff string is composed of two threads twisted together - in
>order to create those air spaces, allowing wares to be lifted off the hump
>without resistance.
>
>Sigg Manufacturing sells supplies for model-builders, and their flying wires
>for control-line model airplanes are the best cutoff-wire material I have
>found. These wires are seven-strand braided stainless steel aircraft cable,
>available in sizes from .008 up to aroun .022. The .018 is great for
>general purpose cutoff wires. The .008 is too think for much of anything in
>the clay studio. The wire comes on small plastic reels, and is very
>reasonably priced. Sigg Manufacturing is in Montezuma, Iowa, 515/623-5154,
>or .
>Best wishes -
>- Vince
>
>Vince Pitelka
>Home - vpitelka@dekalb.net
>615/597-5376
>Work - wpitelka@tntech.edu
>615/597-6801 ext. 111, fax 615/597-6803
>Appalachian Center for Crafts
>Tennessee Technological University
>1560 Craft Center Drive, Smithville TN 37166
>
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Steve Mills
Bath
UK
home e-mail: stevemills@mudslinger.demon.co.uk
work e-mail: stevemills@bathpotters.demon.co.uk
own website: http://www.mudslinger.demon.co.uk
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Tel: **44 (0)1225 311699
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