Lily Krakowski on mon 23 sep 02
Andrew Holden, Charles Counts and probably several others have diagrams for
home-made kickwheels. An electric motor with a wheel at the end of the
shaft makes a good "mover." If you scrounge the wood from a demolition, and
the plywood from a dumpster--don't liberate, ASK-- you will pay for bolts,
wood glue, motor, wheel.
If you spend more that $50 you are no child of mine!
Lili Krakowski
P.O. Box #1
Constableville, N.Y.
(315) 942-5916/ 397-2389
Be of good courage....
Lily Krakowski on tue 24 sep 02
There was an article some years ago in Ceramics Monthly about a production
pottery in Pennsylvania that uses electified kick wheels. So it is not a
kackamaimie idea.
Holden and Counts have diagrams for building German style kickwheels (the
type where you kick the flywheel, no treadle)These are easily "electrified"
and while they do not have the features of a variable speed modern
electronic wheel, I think they are ideal for the beginner. Come to think of
it, I use one.
I have said it a million times before. Beginners tend to overspend. They
order everything in the book, they buy this, they buy that. They think
that the latest tool will make them trim better; the costliest kiln will
guarantee their glazing success.
Please dear, sweet beginners; start small. It is your body that must learn
to pot, your mind. It is like bicycle racing. Yes, you could get me the
latest racing bike for $3000 plus. I still would not do better than on my
30 year old K-Mart ten speed, because my body ain't up to it no more.
Lili Krakowski
P.O. Box #1
Constableville, N.Y.
(315) 942-5916/ 397-2389
Be of good courage....
Lorraine Pierce on tue 24 sep 02
Hi Lily...will you please post the name of the Holden book? Is the Count's a
reference to Charles Counts book Pottery Workshop, 1973? Bill Haddox did
the photos. My husband built several of them for my first
workshop...beautiful clear plan, tho we bought a wheel head and shaft kit
from Brent. Not as beautiful as the one in his book, but just as
functional. Lori Pierce in New Port Richey Fl. So humid after my
Maine island.
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