Kaitlan Murphy on fri 8 mar 02
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Forms-tiles
I have a small tile business in British Columbia, Canada www.stonerivertiles.com and I am at the point where I have to invest in equipment in order to meet my demands. My main concern is field tiles. Right now I have a large rolling pin.... What I want to know is what equipment I should be investing in. A slab roller and a pug mill are the two pieces of equipment I was thinking about, but there are other options. Would a clay extruder be a better idea. I have no experience with most of this equipment, so I am not sure.
I was also looking at buying already bisque tiles, but I don't know if I could find any with that would look handmade.
Thank you for your advise, Kaitlan
kaitlan@stonerivertiles.com
www.stonerivertiles.com
1-866-661-6603
Julie Milazzo on fri 8 mar 02
There are pugmills availabe that have attachments for
making tiles; they get pugged right out in tile form.
Not sure who makes these, and I'm sure they're
expensive, but could kill a couple birds with one
stone. Good luck! Julie
--- Kaitlan Murphy
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> Forms-tiles
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> I have a small tile business in British Columbia,
> Canada www.stonerivertiles.com and I am at the
> point where I have to invest in equipment in order
> to meet my demands. My main concern is field tiles.
> Right now I have a large rolling pin.... What I
> want to know is what equipment I should be investing
> in. A slab roller and a pug mill are the two pieces
> of equipment I was thinking about, but there are
> other options. Would a clay extruder be a better
> idea. I have no experience with most of this
> equipment, so I am not sure.
> I was also looking at buying already bisque tiles,
> but I don't know if I could find any with that would
> look handmade.
>
> Thank you for your advise, Kaitlan
> kaitlan@stonerivertiles.com
> www.stonerivertiles.com
> 1-866-661-6603
>
>
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iandol on sat 9 mar 02
Dear Kaitlan Murphy
If by "Field Tiles" you mean some form of porous drain tile, just like a =
terra cotta tube about three inches in diameter and about a foot or so =
long then I suggest some form of Extruder is worth considering for small =
production runs. But if you are going into tonnage then a pug mill which =
can have a die set attached to the orifice may be the better way to go.
Ivor Lewis.
Snail Scott on sun 10 mar 02
At 05:35 PM 3/9/02 +1030, you wrote:
>If by "Field Tiles" you mean some form of porous drain tile...
'Field tile' is the conventional term for plain
tiles that fill a space without special ornament
or shape; i.e. not part of a decorative border
or mural, but just 'standard filler'. Your basic
bathroom or countertop tile would be considered
field tile.
Although it may seem a little pointless
for such tile to be handcrafted, it can be
valuable for a maker of special sculptural or
decorated tiles to offer field tile in matching
glazes, so the customer can (for example) cover
their whole shower stall with a unified look,
without using the 'fancy' stuff on every inch,
or having to search for a plausible-looking
commercial field tile to do the infill. Many
more people now are also seeking out the
irregular look of handmade tile even when
it's not specially ornamented.
-Snail
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