dayton j grant on thu 1 mar 01
Fred,yeah I mount the controller on my 'tool tree '
which is basically a bottom heavy lampstand with
a dentists light (a two in one work lamp on a
movable gooseneck ,having a florescent bulb
hoop around a standard mild ultraviolet bulb,
cause safe lighting is important if youre gonna be
staring at something for ten hours) on it as well
as a couple of small shelves for my inside and
outside metal ribs and my throwing sticks and
throwing stones the speed dial is just about
shoulder level right in front of the wheel ,
as I said before I was taught NOT to change
the speed of the wheel in the middle of a pull
so having a dial instead of a pedal makes it
necessary to remove your hands from the
clay to change the speed of the wheel and
then go back and make another pull( even
when I throw on a wheel with a pedal I put
the pedal up where I can move it with one
of my hands ) but I guess if someone was
going to sell pottery wheels they should
offer the option of pedal or dial
Dayton,L.A.
craig clark on thu 1 mar 01
I've been keeping up with the discussion about building an electric wheel
because I'm considering designing and building one that will easily handle
75 to 100 lbs of clay. I've got a Pacifica 800 and it does the job well
enough, but is showing wear and tear (I've developed a wobble in the wheel
head that is probably due the torque force applied when throwing larger
diameter platters- 30 inches plus.) Any suggestions?
Also, what are throwing stones????????????
Thanx,
Craig Dunn Clark
Houston, Texas
-----Original Message-----
From: dayton j grant
To: CLAYART@LSV.CERAMICS.ORG
Date: Thursday, March 01, 2001 5:43 AM
Subject: Homemade wheel accessories
>Fred,yeah I mount the controller on my 'tool tree '
>which is basically a bottom heavy lampstand with
>a dentists light (a two in one work lamp on a
>movable gooseneck ,having a florescent bulb
>hoop around a standard mild ultraviolet bulb,
>cause safe lighting is important if youre gonna be
>staring at something for ten hours) on it as well
>as a couple of small shelves for my inside and
>outside metal ribs and my throwing sticks and
>throwing stones the speed dial is just about
>shoulder level right in front of the wheel ,
>as I said before I was taught NOT to change
>the speed of the wheel in the middle of a pull
>so having a dial instead of a pedal makes it
>necessary to remove your hands from the
>clay to change the speed of the wheel and
>then go back and make another pull( even
>when I throw on a wheel with a pedal I put
>the pedal up where I can move it with one
>of my hands ) but I guess if someone was
>going to sell pottery wheels they should
>offer the option of pedal or dial
>Dayton,L.A.
>
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