Lorraine Pierce on sun 4 aug 02
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----- Original Message -----
From: Lorraine Pierce
To:
Sent: Saturday, August 03, 2002 6:04 PM
Subject: potters wheel
> It grieves me to post that my love affair with my new Axner wheel is so
SOON
> OVER. I arrived home with it on Wednesday night, then with two other
> potters, unloaded the car the next morning.We unpacked the wheel and
tried
> it immediately. It appeared the wheel head was not machined 'true' and no
> one could center their clay. When I notified Axner's I received immediate
> help and another wheel head, totally different design, was shipped and
> arrived this morning.(Saturday) They had had production problems with
> different manufacturers. My friends and I again tested the wheel and this
> time the wheel head, before throwing on it, appeared true or close to it.;
> however we again could not center the clay tho it was so close to being
> centered a newbie, or less experienced potters might think they were at
> fault. We had no problem centering our clay on the other studio wheels, an
> old Skutt, a Shimpo and a Bailey.
>
> The very least to expect of a wheel is that it runs true. I am returning
the
> wheel the first of the week and resenting every hour of the time this
> experience is taking.
>
> I'm not ready to laugh about this yet. I keep thinking of all those other
> wheels in the shop being readied for shipment to a school, and wondering
if
> the clay can be centered on them! Lori Pierce in New Port Richey, Fl.
>
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