Helen Bates on sun 23 feb 03
22 - 03
Surfing with Helen Bates - Portable Wheels - submitted to Clayart Feb 22
- 03
Great Lakes Clay/Peel Design "Throw-n-go"
http://peeldesign.com/Publish/throwngo.jpg (advertising
illustration)
http://www.greatclay.com/tng.htm (Dealer)
Deborah Phillips (Cement, OK, USA)
http://hometown.aol.com/studiotoki/stuplans.htm
"Yakimono's Wooden Kickwheel" plans (copyright claimed) $15
Kemper Tools "Clay Devil" Wheel
http://www.kempertools.com:8080/servlet/catalog.kempertools.KTCatalogServlet?page_title=Ceramics
Information only; I think you'd have to find a dealer that resells
Kemper equipment.
It seems that this online art company sells the Clay Devil Pottery Wheel
for under $400
http://www.eartworld.com/index.html?itemkcd.html
Metal. Includes set of legs and a centering tool. Light weight, at 20
lb, but arguably more than a small child's toy.
Just $349.95 Delivered!! (cont US only)
Includes 13" Legs and Free Centering Tool
Rural Technology Institute - Gudjurat ( Gandhinagar, Gujarat, INDIA)
http://www.rtigujarat.org/area-od-activities/research---development/proto2/
The cheapest portable potters wheel?
Manual operation; few moving parts. Weigh unspecified. Cost range :
Rupees: 1800 to 2200
http://www.rtigujarat.org/
Home page of the Gudjurat Rural Technology Institute
Scarva Pottery Supplies - the Genie Wheel
http://www.scarvapottery.com/opencontent/default.asp?itemid=36§ion=PRODUCTS
British tabletop model for demo's - weighs under 30 lb. Expensive at
nearly GBP400 (without VAT, or sales tax)
Vacuum formed, self-coloured 4mm thick body made of recycled ABS
plastic.
13amp/240V supply - transformed internally to 24 volt - connected to a
gearbox direct drive to the wheel head.
Variable speed cont 24 volt DC 1/5 motor, giving total speed control
operating through a printed circuit board.
Would need a way of getting at 240 volts in North American usage. (I
don't know if travel convertors would work.)
Cromartie Kilns & Hobbycraft
http://www.cromartie.co.uk/potters_wheels.htm
Another British company with several light duty wheels. One is a
standing treadle wheel that comes in shorter sizes for children.
Another is the Momentum Wheel, described as similar to wheels used in
Japan and Korea, being a small, portable potters wheel that is rotated
either by hand or with a push stick.
Google search for "Boston Wheel"
http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&lr=&ie=ISO-8859-1&q=boston+wheel
You should be able to see two images of one of the Boston wheel models
here, one with the wheelhead removed.
The company's own web site has already been posted by others.
Helen
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