John and Dorothy Weber on wed 28 nov 01
Grace
We raised our Brent wheels by using hard bricks. You could also use cinder
blocks. My suggestion would be to raise them to a level maybe 6 inches below
the height of your elbow. So as to not put stress on your elbow. This
position allows one to lean into the clay using your large muscles, with
less stress on your back. I don't know if I've explained this well enough.
But we have been using this for about 4 years now and are quite happy with
this set up.
Dorothy Weber
Manakin-Sabot, Va.
Jim Bob Salazar on wed 28 nov 01
ok, finally something i know something about. ha ha
in 1996 i herniated three disks in my lower back and was paralyzed for three
months. needless to say i now throw standing up. when i was in grad school my
friend's wife was (still is) a physical therapist. she came to my studio and
looked me over. by her recommendation we raised my wheel to "just below my belly
button" and it works great. the concept here is so that you don't have to lean
over very far, thus reducing the amount of stress on a "fixed" back. if your wheel
is to low you might as well be sitting. i use cinder blocks and a sheet of 3/4"
plywood and i actually have two different ways of propping my wheel. in my studio
my wheel is up against a wall. so, i use three cinder blocks in their vertical
upright position, one under each leg. the plywood, i cut it to roughly the same
shape as my brent cxc and then i put it on top on the blocks, then the wheel on top
on the wood. it basically gives me a shelf to store my bats on and works out
good. now when i do workshops, i prop my wheel on six blocks. i stack two blocks
horizontally on top of each other and long ways in relation to the wheel and of
course two under each leg of the wheel. this way i can put the wheel in the middle
of a room and still be able to center without pushing the wheel off the blocks. i
can sit long enough to do the demos and stuff for my classes but any longer than
that and i am one stiff hombre. i can throw eight hours a day in the studio
standing on one of those black rubber mats.
have a great day,
jim bob
assistant professor of art
alpine, texas
John Jensen on wed 28 nov 01
I built a narrow shelf on a wall upon which rest the two back legs of a
Pacifica. The front leg is inside of a long narrow box made of wood, like a
tube. Probably a metal or plastic pipe of sufficient diameter would work as
well. The top of the narrow box supports the front of the wheel. I have
the wheel height such that my forarms rest on the top of the wheel when my
elbows are at about a right angle. I can work as long as I like like this
and never have any soreness except in my feet. I do stand on a rubber mat,
which helps. I work the foot pedal with my right foot and this tends to
put more of my weight on my left foot. Over the years I have learned to
compensate somehow so I no longer suffer from a sore left foot.
John Jensen, Mudbug Pottery
mudbug@toad.net www.Toadhouse.com
Russel Fouts on thu 29 nov 01
>> We raised our Brent wheels by using hard bricks. You could also use cinder blocks. <<
I bolted my Shimpo on to the pedestal from a barber's chair. Works
great! I can raise it, lower it, spin it around, make pots with short
back and sides. ;-)
Russel
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Ingeborg Foco on wed 12 oct 11
A very big THANK YOU to everyone who responded on and off list with their g=
reat
suggestions on how to throw standing up.
I am in the process of implementing the changes.
Thanks again to all of you.
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Sincerely,
Ingeborg
http://www.thepottersworkshop.com
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