Scott Harrison on tue 24 sep 02
Just received, for free, an older Bluebird Pug Mill Model 7508V which is
pretty small, not de-airing, and I am in the process of cleaning it up. My
question is how do I go about reclaiming wet and dry scraps with this? It
has a small hopper so it can't be filled with a lot of clay. Does anybody
have this model type? I will give Bluebird a call soon but wondered if
anybody has had experience with this unit.
Thanks!
Scott Harrison
Humboldt Redwoods
Where it's 98 degrees.
Whew!
vince pitelka on wed 25 sep 02
> Just received, for free, an older Bluebird Pug Mill Model 7508V which is
> pretty small, not de-airing, and I am in the process of cleaning it up. My
> question is how do I go about reclaiming wet and dry scraps with this? It
> has a small hopper so it can't be filled with a lot of clay. Does anybody
> have this model type? I will give Bluebird a call soon but wondered if
> anybody has had experience with this unit.
Scott -
You got a great deal there. But these pugmills are not claymixers. If your
recycle is wet, then let it stiffen to a good plastic consistency, and run
it through the pugmill to homogenize it. If it is dry, slake it down in
buckets, remove the standing water, mound it up in rows in the sun - oh
wait, there's no sun in Humboldt County again until next April. Okay then,
mound it up in rows on a table or the floor, let it stiffen to plastic
consistency, and then pug it. You can mix clay that is slightly too wet and
clay that is slightly too stiff and pug them together, if that is any help.
Best wishes -
- Vince
Vince Pitelka
Appalachian Center for Crafts
Tennessee Technological University
1560 Craft Center Drive, Smithville TN 37166
Home - vpitelka@dtccom.net
615/597-5376
Work - wpitelka@tntech.edu
615/597-6801 ext. 111, fax 615/597-6803
http://www.craftcenter.tntech.edu/
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