Mark Mondloch on thu 19 jul 01
maybe someone can help me,
When I mix clay in my Bluebird mixer it tends to push all the clay up into a
bridge over the top of the blades which I need to scrape down quite often to
get effective mixing. If this is just 'the way it is' I can live with it,
but I thought perhaps I'm missing something that would fix this?
Sylvia
Mark & Sylvia Mondloch
Silver Creek Pottery & Forge
W6725 Hwy 144
Random Lake ,Wi 53075
silvercreek@execpc.com
http://www.silvercreekpottery.com
gregg lindsley on thu 19 jul 01
Mark -
Call Dennis or Peggy at bluebird. 970-484-3243.
Nice people and a good product. I have their 800
model.
Gregg Allen Lindsley
Earth and Fire Pottery
10325 Brookside Drive
Whispering Pines, Ca 95426
--- Mark Mondloch wrote:
> maybe someone can help me,
> When I mix clay in my Bluebird mixer it tends to
> push all the clay up into a
> bridge over the top of the blades which I need to
> scrape down quite often to
> get effective mixing. If this is just 'the way it
> is' I can live with it,
> but I thought perhaps I'm missing something that
> would fix this?
> Sylvia
>
> Mark & Sylvia Mondloch
> Silver Creek Pottery & Forge
> W6725 Hwy 144
> Random Lake ,Wi 53075
> silvercreek@execpc.com
> http://www.silvercreekpottery.com
>
>
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Libby Still-Hanline on thu 19 jul 01
--- Mark Mondloch wrote:
> maybe someone can help me,
> When I mix clay in my Bluebird mixer it tends to
> push all the clay up into a
> bridge over the top of the blades which I need to
> scrape down quite often to
> get effective mixing. If this is just 'the way it
> is' I can live with it,
> but I thought perhaps I'm missing something that
> would fix this?
> Sylvia
>
> Mark & Sylvia Mondloch
> Silver Creek Pottery & Forge
> W6725 Hwy 144
> Random Lake ,Wi 53075
> silvercreek@execpc.com
> http://www.silvercreekpottery.com
>
>
Hi Mark and Sylvia,
I used to have Bluebird mixer, I have recently sold
it. I never mix my own clay form sratch but wanted to
recycle my srcaps. My mixer did the samething but the
cause was that I overloaded the hopper. The little
mixer I had only mixed 40 lbs at a time and I was
alway over loading the thing. Now I just pug my scraps
and don't bother with the mixing, but try smaller
batches and see if that make a difference.
Good Luck
Libby
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Bill Karaffa on fri 20 jul 01
-----Original Message-----
From: Ceramic Arts Discussion List [mailto:CLAYART@LSV.CERAMICS.ORG]On
Behalf Of Mark Mondloch
Sent: Thursday, July 19, 2001 11:06 AM
To: CLAYART@LSV.CERAMICS.ORG
Subject: bluebird mixer problem
"When I mix clay in my Bluebird mixer it tends to push all the clay up into
a
bridge over the top of the blades"
Try using a little less water in the mix. This will allow the clay to
release better. With 100lbs. of dry material I use about 27 (approx.,plastic
buckett with a magic marker line) lbs. of water.
Bill Karaffa
Firemouth Pottery and Gallery
http://fp1.centurytel.net/karaffa
OWLPOTTER@AOL.COM on tue 24 jul 01
Our bluebird mixer purchased in 1975 originally only turned in one direction
and piled up the clay against one side and we had to stop it and push it back
into the mix by hand every few minutes. We had an electrician re-wire the
switch on the mixer and it now can be made to mix both directions. That
solved the problem and made mixing the clay much quicker and easier.
-Carolynn Palmer, Somerset Center, Michigan
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