L. P. Skeen on mon 5 aug 02
Yipes! I have my first case of the spinnies in my PP, and can't =
remember who told me how to get rid of 'em and make the thing pug again. =
I THINK it was Bruce (king of the parenthetical expression) Girrell, =
but not sure. Anybody else know how to get rid of the spinnies?
Thanks. :)
PS: The spinnies are a phenomenon which occur when the clay/slip =
mixture is too wet in the mixing chamber, and instead of mixing clay, =
the whole mass just spins in the chamber. :(
L. P. Skeen www.living-tree.net
Living Tree Studios, Summerfield, NC
I started with nothing and I still have most of it!
Tjo62@AOL.COM on tue 6 aug 02
When clay just spins in the barrel, I add a nice big chunk of firm clay and
force the lid down and turn it on. If that doesn't work, I do it again.
Sooner or later, the clay has no choice but to mix rather than spin.
Bruce Girrell on tue 6 aug 02
> Yipes! I have my first case of the spinnies in my PP, and can't
> remember who told me how to get rid of 'em and make the thing pug
> again. I THINK it was Bruce (king of the parenthetical
> expression) Girrell, but not sure.
Yep, it was me.
> Anybody else know how to get rid of the spinnies?
Does this mean my suggestions didn't work for you?
Bruce "let's get parenthetical" Girrell
Earl Brunner on tue 6 aug 02
Send some stiff stuff through, it should push it out, but it will be messy!
"L. P. Skeen" wrote:
> Yipes! I have my first case of the spinnies in my PP, and can't remember who told me how to get rid of 'em and make the thing pug again. I THINK it was Bruce (king of the parenthetical expression) Girrell, but not sure. Anybody else know how to get rid of the spinnies?
>
> Thanks. :)
>
> PS: The spinnies are a phenomenon which occur when the clay/slip mixture is too wet in the mixing chamber, and instead of mixing clay, the whole mass just spins in the chamber. :(
>
> L. P. Skeen www.living-tree.net
> Living Tree Studios, Summerfield, NC
> I started with nothing and I still have most of it!
>
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Brooks Ratledge on tue 6 aug 02
When we get the spinnies in the Soldner clay mixer, we just add dry clay
powder to get it to mix. Patricia Harden
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-----Original Message-----
From: L. P. Skeen
To: CLAYART@LSV.CERAMICS.ORG
Date: Tuesday, August 06, 2002 7:55 AM
Subject: PeterPugger "spinnies"
Yipes! I have my first case of the spinnies in my PP, and can't remember
who told me how to get rid of 'em and make the thing pug again. I THINK it
was Bruce (king of the parenthetical expression) Girrell, but not sure.
Anybody else know how to get rid of the spinnies?
Thanks. :)
PS: The spinnies are a phenomenon which occur when the clay/slip mixture is
too wet in the mixing chamber, and instead of mixing clay, the whole mass
just spins in the chamber. :(
L. P. Skeen www.living-tree.net
Living Tree Studios, Summerfield, NC
I started with nothing and I still have most of it!
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Gail Dapogny on wed 7 aug 02
Lisa,
When you find that you need to get the clay mixture wetter, and
subsequently add water, also sprinkle a small scoop of dry over the whole
gloppy mess, and very shortly it will "catch" and begin mixing properly.
If it doesn't catch, then you need to add just a tad more dry.
This works very efficently, but you have to be careful not to get carried
away adding a little of this and a little of that, and then back to the
"this" again, etc. The pugger barrel gets too full and starts straining.
We have a Peter Pugger in our guild which is used about 15 times a week.
We instruct ourselves not to go much beyond about 2/3 full because of
strain. We let the mixer run two or three times at about 8-10 minutes
each time, to get the consistency thoroughly mixed withoutt heating up the
mixer unduly.
On at least 3 occasions, bearings have been sheared --shorn?--in our pugger
because of strain on it-- either too much stuff in there or trying to mix
clay that was too hard.
If you (or anyone) are interested in our approximate proportion recipe for
the pugger, let me know.
---Gail
>Yipes! I have my first case of the spinnies in my PP, and can't remember
>who told me how to get rid of 'em and make the thing pug again. I THINK
>it was Bruce (king of the parenthetical expression) Girrell, but not sure.
>Anybody else know how to get rid of the spinnies?
>
>Thanks. :)
>
>PS: The spinnies are a phenomenon which occur when the clay/slip mixture
>is too wet in the mixing chamber, and instead of mixing clay, the whole
>mass just spins in the chamber. :(
>
>
>
>L. P. Skeen www.living-tree.net
>Living Tree Studios, Summerfield, NC
>I started with nothing and I still have most of it!
>
>______________________________________________________________________________
>Send postings to clayart@lsv.ceramics.org
>
>You may look at the archives for the list or change your subscription
>settings from http://www.ceramics.org/clayart/
>
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>melpots@pclink.com.
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