Barb Jensen on tue 17 apr 01
Chris,
When we poured the slab for our studio floor, we laid 2 x 4's in a line =
all along the rear wall (about 4"out from the wall) to form a trough to =
carry all the floor rinsings out one end of the studio. This is pretty =
low tech and the mice can easily enter through the open hole in the wall =
but it's simple and works well. The end that we rinse toward leads to a =
shallow gravel hole with a sloped drainpipe leading off into the woods. =
We use a spraybooth for glazing, so all we wash down is clay, fir =
needles, and dog hair (and probably mouse droppings). We didn't bother =
to slope the floor toward the drain, but using a hose followed by a =
broom, it's pretty easy to send all the water where you want it to go.
We also have everything (almost) on wheels. All our shelving units are =
welded steel carts that hold several 4' wareboards, the clay is stored =
on giant wooden bats on garbage can dollies, the glaze bins are in a =
separate shed. It's easy to roll everything to one end of the shop, hose =
down the open side, then roll everything to the clean side and wash the =
rest. It doesn't bother the wheels or slabroller to have wet feet =
temporarily.
We have radiant floors in our house and I wish we had them in the =
studio. We heat the studio with wood and that's fine, but radiant floors =
are fabulous.
What I don't like are the cheap fluorescent lights that buzz and hum, =
but because we have large skylights, I can usually work without the =
lights on.
Which reminds me, I've got to go.
Regards,
Barb
Olivia T. Cavy on tue 17 apr 01
You can buy expensive fluorescent lights that don't buzz. I believe they
have electronic starters, no ballasts. They do NOT buzz and give lots of
light for relatively low electrical usage.
Plus, you get to select the color bulbs from a reasonably wide color
spectrum (all of it shades of white). I put in several banks of lights
Bonnie
Bonnie D. Hellman, Pittsburgh, PA
PA work email: oliviatcavy@juno.com
PA home email: mou10man@sgi.net (that's the number 10 in the middle of
the letters)
On Tue, 17 Apr 2001 09:26:36 -0700 Barb Jensen
writes:
> Chris,
>
> When we poured the slab for our studio floor, we laid 2 x 4's in a
> line all along the rear wall (about 4"out from the wall) to form a
> trough to carry all the floor rinsings out one end of the studio.
> This is pretty low tech and the mice can easily enter through the
> open hole in the wall but it's simple and works well. The end that
> we rinse toward leads to a shallow gravel hole with a sloped
> drainpipe leading off into the woods. We use a spraybooth for
> glazing, so all we wash down is clay, fir needles, and dog hair (and
> probably mouse droppings). We didn't bother to slope the floor
> toward the drain, but using a hose followed by a broom, it's pretty
> easy to send all the water where you want it to go.
>
> We also have everything (almost) on wheels. All our shelving units
> are welded steel carts that hold several 4' wareboards, the clay is
> stored on giant wooden bats on garbage can dollies, the glaze bins
> are in a separate shed. It's easy to roll everything to one end of
> the shop, hose down the open side, then roll everything to the clean
> side and wash the rest. It doesn't bother the wheels or slabroller
> to have wet feet temporarily.
>
> We have radiant floors in our house and I wish we had them in the
> studio. We heat the studio with wood and that's fine, but radiant
> floors are fabulous.
>
> What I don't like are the cheap fluorescent lights that buzz and
> hum, but because we have large skylights, I can usually work without
> the lights on.
>
> Which reminds me, I've got to go.
>
> Regards,
>
> Barb
>
>
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Dwiggins, Sandra (NCI) on wed 18 apr 01
You can buy these at Home Depot. I have been using them too. They are
great. And, the choice of sunlight florescents is great for those of us with
old eyes!
Sandy
-----Original Message-----
From: Olivia T. Cavy [mailto:oliviatcavy@JUNO.COM]
Sent: Tuesday, April 17, 2001 4:26 PM
To: CLAYART@LSV.CERAMICS.ORG
Subject: Re: new studio ideas
You can buy expensive fluorescent lights that don't buzz. I believe they
have electronic starters, no ballasts. They do NOT buzz and give lots of
light for relatively low electrical usage.
Plus, you get to select the color bulbs from a reasonably wide color
spectrum (all of it shades of white). I put in several banks of lights
Bonnie
Bonnie D. Hellman, Pittsburgh, PA
PA work email: oliviatcavy@juno.com
PA home email: mou10man@sgi.net (that's the number 10 in the middle of
the letters)
On Tue, 17 Apr 2001 09:26:36 -0700 Barb Jensen
writes:
> Chris,
>
> When we poured the slab for our studio floor, we laid 2 x 4's in a
> line all along the rear wall (about 4"out from the wall) to form a
> trough to carry all the floor rinsings out one end of the studio.
> This is pretty low tech and the mice can easily enter through the
> open hole in the wall but it's simple and works well. The end that
> we rinse toward leads to a shallow gravel hole with a sloped
> drainpipe leading off into the woods. We use a spraybooth for
> glazing, so all we wash down is clay, fir needles, and dog hair (and
> probably mouse droppings). We didn't bother to slope the floor
> toward the drain, but using a hose followed by a broom, it's pretty
> easy to send all the water where you want it to go.
>
> We also have everything (almost) on wheels. All our shelving units
> are welded steel carts that hold several 4' wareboards, the clay is
> stored on giant wooden bats on garbage can dollies, the glaze bins
> are in a separate shed. It's easy to roll everything to one end of
> the shop, hose down the open side, then roll everything to the clean
> side and wash the rest. It doesn't bother the wheels or slabroller
> to have wet feet temporarily.
>
> We have radiant floors in our house and I wish we had them in the
> studio. We heat the studio with wood and that's fine, but radiant
> floors are fabulous.
>
> What I don't like are the cheap fluorescent lights that buzz and
> hum, but because we have large skylights, I can usually work without
> the lights on.
>
> Which reminds me, I've got to go.
>
> Regards,
>
> Barb
>
>
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