Jimmy Greene on tue 13 feb 01
Creative is about 5 mile from me in El Cajon, CA. Perhaps you should give
them a call (I haven't had much luck with them responding to e-mail).
If you need a toll free # I'll be glad to give them a cal at the local # &
See if they have one for support.
Local # is 619-427-1066 or 82-6687
Jimmy
From: Marie
Subject: Creative Industries Wheel
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My Creative Industries HP wheel head just started to "spit" during use, (not
bad considering I've been using it off and on for over 10 years)... in other
words not in a steady constant speed... do any of you have any idea how this
can be corrected? my husband being very handy mechanically could follow a
set of instructions if any of you have had similar problems and could offer
some advise... appreciate and looking forward to any advise, instructions,
experience... MarieElaine
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Rhonda Oldland on sun 18 feb 01
I use a creative industries mp and want to know what you mean by "spit".
The only problems I have had since 89 is alittle grinding noise at middle
range speed.My husband best friend owns and operates a Jag repair place and
said the bearings and belt are fine, but come to find out it was the pedal
when it was going fully down the speed of the wheel was not working at
the speed it should when the pedal was full to the floor.(high speed )so it
made this bearing grinding sound at that time. My husband adjusted it by
taking it apart and spraying some WD 40 and adjusting the screw at the
bottom of the pedal. The noise went away for about 4 months but is now back
again sticking....time to take it apart again...you might want to check
your pedal . Rhonda s.c.
At 07:01 2/13/01 -0800, you wrote:
>Creative is about 5 mile from me in El Cajon, CA. Perhaps you should give
>them a call (I haven't had much luck with them responding to e-mail).
>
>If you need a toll free # I'll be glad to give them a cal at the local # &
>See if they have one for support.
>
>Local # is 619-427-1066 or 82-6687
>
>Jimmy
>
>
>
>From: Marie
>Subject: Creative Industries Wheel
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>My Creative Industries HP wheel head just started to "spit" during use, (not
>bad considering I've been using it off and on for over 10 years)... in other
>words not in a steady constant speed... do any of you have any idea how this
>can be corrected? my husband being very handy mechanically could follow a
>set of instructions if any of you have had similar problems and could offer
>some advise... appreciate and looking forward to any advise, instructions,
>experience... MarieElaine
>
>A&J Tradecards
>Amanda & Jimmy Greene
>http://www.inetworld.net/jgreene/index.htm
>
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Mary O'Connell on sun 18 may 03
I have two Brent C's of my own and have worked in 4 different school =
settings where these were the wheels of choice or the CXC model Brent. =
I have also gotten some experience with the Pacifica wheel which has =
been a very serviceable brand. Tony Winchester up in Wisconsin uses =
them and swears by Pacifica (winchesterpottery.com). Brent's are work =
horses but loud, Pacifica's are a smoother ride and sturdy. I say a =
toss up between the two brands. I have worked in a school setting where =
we had a mixture of Brent, Pacifica and Creative Industries. The =
Creative Industry wheels needed to be repaired often when compared with =
the other two brands. If someone gave me a Creative Industries wheel I =
would sell it and buy one of the other two brands I mentioned. This is =
my two cents for all it is worth.
Mary O'Connell
Earl Brunner on fri 17 jun 05
Joyce, I got one of the table top CI wheels just for my mobile demo wheel.
It's heavy duty enough to throw up to 25 lbs or so, but very easy on my
back. The other day I needed to use it and was looking for a small table to
put it on. I noticed that my router table was perfect. I just took the
router bit out so that it didn't stick up, the wheel set right on it and was
very stable. I ordered it with the optional foot pedal. I can throw well
enough I probably didn't need it, but wanted the convience.
Earl Brunner
Las Vegas, NV
-----Original Message-----
From: Clayart [mailto:CLAYART@LSV.CERAMICS.ORG] On Behalf Of JOYCE LEE
Sent: Friday, June 17, 2005 9:24 AM
To: CLAYART@LSV.CERAMICS.ORG
Subject: Creative Industries Wheels
I'm in the market for a new wheel, one with more
mobility than a Shimpo or Brent. CI Boss wheels
and larger ones, too, have been recommended.
Any suggestions or opinions about these wheels....
any CI wheel... would be appreciated. INfo about
other wheels also could be helpful.
Thank you for your attention and help as always.
Joyce
In the Mojave babysitting a lap-sitting baby doxie.
Mojo, who is anything BUT a lap dog is thrilled
to have Jenny Sue here but is obviously perplexed
by the Jumping-into-any-available lap business.
JennySue is moving to northern Idaho where we
may visit her sometime in the not too far future.
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JOYCE LEE on fri 17 jun 05
I'm in the market for a new wheel, one with more
mobility than a Shimpo or Brent. CI Boss wheels
and larger ones, too, have been recommended.
Any suggestions or opinions about these wheels....
any CI wheel... would be appreciated. INfo about
other wheels also could be helpful. =20
Thank you for your attention and help as always.
Joyce
In the Mojave babysitting a lap-sitting baby doxie.
Mojo, who is anything BUT a lap dog is thrilled
to have Jenny Sue here but is obviously perplexed
by the Jumping-into-any-available lap business.
JennySue is moving to northern Idaho where we
may visit her sometime in the not too far future.
Vince Pitelka on fri 17 jun 05
Joyce Lee wrote -
"I'm in the market for a new wheel, one with more
mobility than a Shimpo or Brent. CI Boss wheels
and larger ones, too, have been recommended.
Any suggestions or opinions about these wheels....
any CI wheel... would be appreciated. INfo about
other wheels also could be helpful."
Dear Joyce -
Five or six years ago we made decision to use some available funds to
purchase ten CI Clayboss wheels, rather than a smaller number of Brents or
other high-end wheels. We had a fleet of cranky old Shimpo RK-2s here at
the Appalachian Center for Craft that I wanted to phase out, and so I chose
the CIs because of their reasonable price. We have not had a single problem
with any of those wheels in the intervening five years, and they have been
heavily used in an academic studio. They do not have the bulk and heft of
the Brent, but I can't say that it hurts them at all. I am very happy with
our decision to buy the CI wheels.
About 18 months ago we received a very generous gift for studio equipment,
and with growing numbers of throwers in our program, once again I wanted to
go for numbers. I purchased ten of the new Axner M-600 wheels. Frankly, I
don't know how Axner manages to make that wheel for such a wonderful price.
I am impressed with the quality design and construction. We have only had
them for a year and a half, but I am happy with them.
I'd have a hard time choosing between these two brands. Both companies make
very nice wheels for reasonable prices.
- Vince
Vince Pitelka
Appalachian Center for Craft, Tennessee Technological University
Smithville TN 37166, 615/597-6801 x111
vpitelka@dtccom.net, wpitelka@tntech.edu
http://iweb.tntech.edu/wpitelka/
http://www.tntech.edu/craftcenter/
Randy McCall on fri 17 jun 05
Joyce I got the CI Boss about three years ago. It always felt underpowered.
Had a Shimpo before, 20 years ago and it was great but I didn't like the
drip pan. The Boss developed a pedal problem and I finally shipped the
pedal back to CI. They sent me a new pedal after the adjustments didn't
work and it made a great big difference. It works fine now and has all the
power I need. Don't get one with the narrow foot pedal. The new pedal they
sent me is real wide. They also sent me all the electronics with it. It
doesn't have a removeable head from what I can see, and the removeable pan
is sort of cheapo. It works good now with the new foot pedal and
electronics.
I like the looks of the Thomas Stuart especially the drip pans. Bailey's
look good too. If I got another it probably would be a TS if I had the
money.
Lori Doty on fri 17 jun 05
Joyce,
I have had for the past 5 years used a CI Clay Boss with good to
excellent results. I have come to depend on the fact that the foot
pedal stays where you put it when you depress it. No backing off of
speed or anything like that. Especially nice now that I am throwing
standing up and get the wheel up to speed while wheel wedging and then
can stand on both feet from there on. I have successfully centered 50
pounds of clay on this wheel and no slow down in speed unless I moved
the foot pedal.
Good luck,
Lori Doty
Nurse/Potter
Turning the tide slowly.
On Jun 17, 2005, at 11:24 AM, JOYCE LEE wrote:
> I'm in the market for a new wheel, one with more
> mobility than a Shimpo or Brent. CI Boss wheels
> and larger ones, too, have been recommended.
>
> Any suggestions or opinions about these wheels....
> any CI wheel... would be appreciated. INfo about
> other wheels also could be helpful.
>
> Thank you for your attention and help as always.
>
> Joyce
> In the Mojave babysitting a lap-sitting baby doxie.
> Mojo, who is anything BUT a lap dog is thrilled
> to have Jenny Sue here but is obviously perplexed
> by the Jumping-into-any-available lap business.
> JennySue is moving to northern Idaho where we
> may visit her sometime in the not too far future.
>
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Mike Gordon on fri 17 jun 05
On Jun 17, 2005, at 9:24 AM, JOYCE LEE wrote:
> I'm in the market for a new wheel, one with more
> mobility than a Shimpo or Brent. CI Boss wheels
> and larger ones, too, have been recommended.
>
> Joyce,
I bought a CI wheel years ago for the h. s. school where I was
teaching. It was the large one, I can't remember the model name, but it
had the absolutely worst pedal design. I think there was a discussion
about it here at the time and they may have fixed the problem, but I
would never buy another one. The Boss seems to be a good wheel from
what I hear, several of my students have purchased them, with no
complaints. What do you mean by " more mobility "? Mike Gordon
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Dorie Mickelson on sun 19 jun 05
Hi Joyce,
I'm not sure what your needs are around wheel mobility (a lighter or smaller
wheel than a Shimpo or Brent that is easier to move around your studio?) but
I have used a Creative Industries Clayboss wheel in my home studio for about
three years now. I got it because the studio where I first took wheel
throwing classes had a whole bunch of CI Clayboss wheels (which I had used
during classes and liked) and when I asked my instructor for wheel
recommendations, she said the CI wheels were very affordable as well as very
durable (she used the CI Big Boss wheel herself). The wheel has served me
quite well these past few years and I will probably use it for many more
years to come. The only thing I really hate about it is the splash
pan...too small for clay trimmings/carvings for my taste...and just a very
cheap poorly constructed splash pan, IMHO. I spoke to the CI vendor at
NCECA this year about the splash pan in the hopes of being able to buy a
larger/heavier duty one from them, but they had nothing to offer. I am not
actually sure I would buy the CI wheel again if I were buying a new wheel
today, however, not because there is anything really wrong with it (other
than the crappy splash pan) but because I have since worked on other wheels
that I just liked better (including some top of the line Brents, which
seemed a lot quieter, smoother, more powerful, etc.).
There are so many great wheels out there now, I think it really just depends
on what your own personal clay needs are, how you work, how many pounds of
clay you are typically throwing with (i.e., 5 pounds vs 55 pounds), what
features really appeal to you on a wheel (wheel head size, motor strength,
hand lever like on the Shimpo or detached floor pedal like on the CI and
Brent), etc., etc., etc. Hope you find the wheel that's right for you!
Dorie Mickelson in Ann Arbor, Michigan, where it is another beautiful Summer
day!
www.FreeSpiritCreations.com
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From: JOYCE LEE
Subject: Creative Industries Wheels
I'm in the market for a new wheel, one with more mobility than a Shimpo or
Brent.
CI Boss wheels and larger ones, too, have been recommended. Any suggestions
or
opinions about these wheels....any CI wheel... would be appreciated.
sincultura13 on sun 19 jun 05
Hi Earl,
What is the Artista pedal like? My main complain with my wheel is the
hand speed dialer, is not too precise. After a while I got used to
it... still a pedal would be nice.
Later,
Sincultura
>>>Joyce, I got one of the table top CI wheels just for my mobile demo
wheel.
It's heavy duty enough to throw up to 25 lbs or so, but very easy on my
back. The other day I needed to use it and was looking for a small
table to
put it on. I noticed that my router table was perfect. I just took the
router bit out so that it didn't stick up, the wheel set right on it
and was
very stable. I ordered it with the optional foot pedal. I can throw well
enough I probably didn't need it, but wanted the convience.
Earl Brunner
Las Vegas, NV<<<<
Earl Brunner on mon 20 jun 05
It's a regular CI pedal.
Earl Brunner
Las Vegas, NV
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From: Clayart [mailto:CLAYART@LSV.CERAMICS.ORG] On Behalf Of sincultura13
Sent: Sunday, June 19, 2005 9:50 AM
To: CLAYART@LSV.CERAMICS.ORG
Subject: Re: Creative Industries Wheels
Hi Earl,
What is the Artista pedal like? My main complain with my wheel is the
hand speed dialer, is not too precise. After a while I got used to
it... still a pedal would be nice.
Later,
Sincultura
Victoria Cherney on mon 20 jun 05
Hi Joyce,
I bought my first wheel about 6 months ago, a Shimpo VLWhisper. I had
been leaning towards a Brent C because that was the wheel I had relied
upon in all the studios at which I'd been a student. I opened up the
field after hearing some folks on clayart mention that the newer
Brents weren't as reliable as the older ones. I like my Shimpo for
the following reasons: silent motor; detached foot pedal; sensitive
pedal which powers the wheel up to speed or stops it fast; adjustable
wheel height; wheel serves as a banding wheel when it isn't powered
up; 14" wheel head; two-piece detachable splash pan; helpful folks at
Shimpo. I did a good bit of research on pricing. If you get that
far, you may want to take a look at Bennett Pottery in FL, Sheffield
Pottery in MA (which was having a sale when I purchased my wheel),
Bailey Ceramic Supply in NY and Hands 'n Clay at
http://www.handsnclay.com (don't know where they're located), among
other suppliers. If, by chance you're a registered student at a
college, Hands 'n Clay offers a deep discount with proof of
enrollment.
There are a number of great wheels out there and choosing the right
one is personal. You may want sit at and get a feel for the wheels
of any potters you might know or visit studios where they will allow
you to sit at their wheels.
Should you want to discuss the Shimpo further, feel free to contact me off =
line.
Good luck
Victoria
wordorchard@gmail.com
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> Subject: Creative Industries Wheels
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> Brent.
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