Linda Knapp on wed 18 sep 02
I just took a short vacation/ sailing/ fishing trip with my parents and
as luck would have it my dad had to change the downrigger line (For
non-salmon fisherpeople: downriggers are little short rods which you
hang a 5-10 lb lead weight on a long steal leader to take your line from
your fishing pole down deeper) The key here is I now have about 200 feet
of slightly used stainless twisted line to use to make all sorts of
cutoff tools..... If you live near places where fishermen use
downriggers you might want to get to know some. When the line starts to
fray it needs to be changed but is still perfectly useable for pottery
tools!
One can get all sorts of line and steal leader at fishing outfits.
Linda
rennpot on wed 18 sep 02
I recently took stock and find I use several tools form other trades
in my pottery work.
I use putty knifes from drywall work and guitar strings and metal
strapping for trimmimg tools...
One of the coolest tools is a "squeegee" intended to spread bondo
type automotive body fillers for paint repair work. They come in
various sizes, they are cheap, and when you're emptying a 5 gallon
bucket of glaze or slip, they can get out almost every last drop
without getting your hands in the slurry!!! (this is especially great
when working with stuff you don't want to get on your self)
I recently bought a couple of 6" bondo squeegees for $.40 US each.
What a deal.
Hope someone else finds this usefull and please add your list of
tools from other trades that make your clayart better,
Rennpot
Les Crimp on wed 18 sep 02
Hi -
I use an automobile windshield squeegee to smooth the canvas marks when I am
rolling slabs. Works like a charm.
Les Crimp on that Island in the Pacific.
lcrimp@shaw.ca
Karen Ami on thu 19 sep 02
I ask my dentist for all his old tools. They are are great detailing tools
and also some very weird angled picking kinds of tools.....they work well for
me in sculpting and carving............... except when I imagine how they
were used .....OUCH!
Karen Ami
Chicago
rennpot on thu 19 sep 02
"One can get all sorts of line and steal leader at fishing outfits.
Linda"
WOW
That reminds me of a cutoff wire given to me by Roy brown of
Tularosa, NM. He ordered stainles steel leaders for catching fish
with teeth. Think pike, musky and saltwater. They were thin as one of
my guitar strings but much stronger.
Aother is to cut strips from an old innertube and use these as a
flexible squeegee/rib to smooth and compress pot rims. It leaves them
SMOOTH.
Fun
Rennpot
Pat Southwood on thu 19 sep 02
rennpot,
Maybe not just tools,
If you have any nearby children, look avoriciously at their playbox, stikkle
bricks, stamps, textural stuff, .... also try textured wallpaper, in U.K.
its ok in the D.I.Y. shops to tear off a bit about 30cm long as a test
piece.................
Best Wishes
Pat
----- Original Message -----
From: "rennpot"
To:
Sent: Wednesday, September 18, 2002 3:41 PM
Subject: POTTERY TOOLS FORM OTHER TRADES(what do you use)
> I recently took stock and find I use several tools form other trades
> in my pottery work.
>
> I use putty knifes from drywall work and guitar strings and metal
> strapping for trimmimg tools...
>
> One of the coolest tools is a "squeegee" intended to spread bondo
> type automotive body fillers for paint repair work. They come in
> various sizes, they are cheap, and when you're emptying a 5 gallon
> bucket of glaze or slip, they can get out almost every last drop
> without getting your hands in the slurry!!! (this is especially great
> when working with stuff you don't want to get on your self)
>
> I recently bought a couple of 6" bondo squeegees for $.40 US each.
>
> What a deal.
>
> Hope someone else finds this usefull and please add your list of
> tools from other trades that make your clayart better,
>
> Rennpot
>
>
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