Karin Hurt on wed 26 feb 03
If anyone has any good plans for one and wouldn't mind sharing, please e-mail
me privately.
Thanks
Karin Hurt
John Rodgers on thu 27 feb 03
Look in the archives of www.ceramics.org or www.pottery.org. There is
all kinds of infoand links to web sites about homebuilt slab rollers.
Some of them are pretty good.
John Rodgers
Birmingham, AL
Kass Johns wrote:
>Hello,
>
>I am also interested in making my own slabroller if someone has info/tips
>on how to do such. I do own an old (working) wringer washer... I assume
>that can be converted somehow? Although, I would like a wider slab area
>than the somewhat narrow width of the wringer rollers on my washer.
>
>Maybe something with pvc pipe (weighted with cement?)... Steel pipe?...
>I dunno, just shooting-from-the-hip brainstorming here...
>
>Ideas or links to web-based instructions anyone?
>
>TIA,
>k
>
>
>
>
>
>>------------------------------
>>
>>Date: Wed, 26 Feb 2003 08:28:52 EST
>>From: Karin Hurt
>>Subject: self made slab roller
>>
>>If anyone has any good plans for one and wouldn't mind sharing, please e-mail
>>me privately.
>>Thanks
>>Karin Hurt
>>
>>------------------------------
>>
>>
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Hank Murrow on thu 27 feb 03
On Thursday, February 27, 2003, at 11:20 AM, Kass Johns wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I am also interested in making my own slabroller if someone has
> info/tips
> on how to do such. I do own an old (working) wringer washer... I assume
> that can be converted somehow? Although, I would like a wider slab area
> than the somewhat narrow width of the wringer rollers on my washer.
>
> Maybe something with pvc pipe (weighted with cement?)... Steel pipe?...
> I dunno, just shooting-from-the-hip brainstorming here...
>
Dear Kass;
Recently, I built a slab roller to do slabs up to 30" wide, by
selecting a piece of steel pipe 40" long x 8" diameter, capping the
ends with 1/8" plate with 1" pipe handles with caps. Remove the cap on
one handle and fill with water for weight.........works pretty good.
Have done slabs to 24", will try the 30" ones soon. Easy to empty the
water for storage and easy portability.
Cheers, Hank in Eugene
Kass Johns on thu 27 feb 03
Hello,
I am also interested in making my own slabroller if someone has info/tips
on how to do such. I do own an old (working) wringer washer... I assume
that can be converted somehow? Although, I would like a wider slab area
than the somewhat narrow width of the wringer rollers on my washer.
Maybe something with pvc pipe (weighted with cement?)... Steel pipe?...
I dunno, just shooting-from-the-hip brainstorming here...
Ideas or links to web-based instructions anyone?
TIA,
k
>------------------------------
>
>Date: Wed, 26 Feb 2003 08:28:52 EST
>From: Karin Hurt
>Subject: self made slab roller
>
>If anyone has any good plans for one and wouldn't mind sharing, please e-mail
>me privately.
>Thanks
>Karin Hurt
>
>------------------------------
Hank Murrow on fri 28 feb 03
On Friday, February 28, 2003, at 11:29 AM, Roger Korn wrote:
> Duhh! Why didn't I think of that. Mine is 6" OD PVC, filled with
> concrete - not fun to move. Thanks Hank.
>
> Roger
>> Recently, I built a slab roller to do slabs up to 30" wide, by
>> selecting a piece of steel pipe 40" long x 8" diameter, capping the
>> ends with 1/8" plate with 1" pipe handles with caps. Remove the cap on
>> one handle and fill with water for weight.........works pretty good.
>> Have done slabs to 24", will try the 30" ones soon. Easy to empty the
>> water for storage and easy portability.
>>
>> Cheers, Hank in Eugene
>>
AND.......it cost $65 to have it welded up, $32 for materials. Hank
Lily Krakowski on fri 28 feb 03
I am such a rat, shilling for the Public Library all the time. There was a
book by a couple called Westlof, or Wetlof--something like that. Delightful
book, alas, out of print. Called Starting Out in Clay or something like
that.
It had a design for a slab roller, that used those wheels/roller things you
still can see used in stores for pushing merchandise along, or gliding it
into basement. Looks like a whole bunch of roller skate wheels line up in a
frame.
However. A slab roller has 2 rollers that are adjustable in height. This
part is not essential as extra boards can make for the height adjustment.
There is a wheel or other propulsion that turns one roller (which then turns
the other, though I suppose (?) both could turn )at a steady pace. There
is a "bed" on which the clay/ boards/ canvases move. Your wringer washer
wringer incorporates all that. Same principle.
Kass Johns writes:
> Hello,
>
> I am also interested in making my own slabroller if someone has info/tips
> on how to do such. I do own an old (working) wringer washer... I assume
> that can be converted somehow? Although, I would like a wider slab area
> than the somewhat narrow width of the wringer rollers on my washer.
>
> Maybe something with pvc pipe (weighted with cement?)... Steel pipe?...
> I dunno, just shooting-from-the-hip brainstorming here...
>
> Ideas or links to web-based instructions anyone?
>
> TIA,
> k
>
>
>
>>------------------------------
>>
>>Date: Wed, 26 Feb 2003 08:28:52 EST
>>From: Karin Hurt
>>Subject: self made slab roller
>>
>>If anyone has any good plans for one and wouldn't mind sharing, please e-mail
>>me privately.
>>Thanks
>>Karin Hurt
>>
>>------------------------------
>
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Lili Krakowski
P.O. Box #1
Constableville, N.Y.
(315) 942-5916/ 397-2389
Be of good courage....
Greg Lamont on fri 28 feb 03
Lily,
The book you refer to is Getting Into Pots: A Basic Pottery Manual, by =
George and Nancy Wettlaufer. It was published in 1975 by Prentice-Hall. =
It is long out of print, but the plans are still available. Contact me =
privately for more information. Mr Wettlaufer e-mailed me earlier this =
week with the following:
Hi Gregory,
=20
I just came across your link with regard to the slab roller I built; =
I think in about 1975 because I did not have space for a full sized one =
in my studio. Glad that the info it is still useful to some folks. I =
can't remember but I think Bill Hunt (CM editor at the time) stopped by =
one day and saw the slab roller in the studio and asked me to write it =
up. Same thing happened with Jerry Williams (Studio Potter) - He and =
Vivica Heino(old friend) were in Syracuse and we had them for dinner - =
Jerry saw my copper red stuff and asked me to write that up. All just =
happened. Same with writing our two books -this is true- a friend of =
mine came to borrow a trailer hitch and his friend was an editor of =
Prentice Hall and again asked us to write the books. None was ever =
planned but then the 70's were like that.
I hope your students are having half as much fun as I have had over =
the years.
George=20
Greg
-----Original Message-----
From: Lily Krakowski
To: CLAYART@LSV.CERAMICS.ORG
Date: Friday, February 28, 2003 12:47 PM
Subject: Re: self made slab roller
>I am such a rat, shilling for the Public Library all the time. There =
was a
>book by a couple called Westlof, or Wetlof--something like that. =
Delightful
>book, alas, out of print. Called Starting Out in Clay or something =
like
>that.
>
>It had a design for a slab roller, that used those wheels/roller things =
you
>still can see used in stores for pushing merchandise along, or gliding =
it
>into basement. Looks like a whole bunch of roller skate wheels line up =
in a
>frame.
>
>However. A slab roller has 2 rollers that are adjustable in height. =
This
>part is not essential as extra boards can make for the height =
adjustment.
>There is a wheel or other propulsion that turns one roller (which then =
turns
>the other, though I suppose (?) both could turn )at a steady pace. =
There
>is a "bed" on which the clay/ boards/ canvases move. Your wringer =
washer
>wringer incorporates all that. Same principle.
>
>
>Kass Johns writes:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> I am also interested in making my own slabroller if someone has =
info/tips
>> on how to do such. I do own an old (working) wringer washer... I =
assume
>> that can be converted somehow? Although, I would like a wider slab =
area
>> than the somewhat narrow width of the wringer rollers on my washer.
>>
>> Maybe something with pvc pipe (weighted with cement?)... Steel =
pipe?...
>> I dunno, just shooting-from-the-hip brainstorming here...
>>
>> Ideas or links to web-based instructions anyone?
>>
>> TIA,
>> k
>>
>>
>>
>>>------------------------------
>>>
>>>Date: Wed, 26 Feb 2003 08:28:52 EST
>>>From: Karin Hurt
>>>Subject: self made slab roller
>>>
>>>If anyone has any good plans for one and wouldn't mind sharing, =
please e-mail
>>>me privately.
>>>Thanks
>>>Karin Hurt
>>>
>>>------------------------------
>>
>> =
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melpots@pclink.com.
>
>
>
>Lili Krakowski
>P.O. Box #1
>Constableville, N.Y.
>(315) 942-5916/ 397-2389
>
>Be of good courage....
>
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______
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Roger Korn on fri 28 feb 03
Duhh! Why didn't I think of that. Mine is 6" OD PVC, filled with
concrete - not fun to move. Thanks Hank.
Roger
Hank Murrow wrote:
> On Thursday, February 27, 2003, at 11:20 AM, Kass Johns wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> I am also interested in making my own slabroller if someone has
>> info/tips
>> on how to do such. I do own an old (working) wringer washer... I assume
>> that can be converted somehow? Although, I would like a wider slab area
>> than the somewhat narrow width of the wringer rollers on my washer.
>>
>> Maybe something with pvc pipe (weighted with cement?)... Steel pipe?...
>> I dunno, just shooting-from-the-hip brainstorming here...
>>
> Dear Kass;
>
> Recently, I built a slab roller to do slabs up to 30" wide, by
> selecting a piece of steel pipe 40" long x 8" diameter, capping the
> ends with 1/8" plate with 1" pipe handles with caps. Remove the cap on
> one handle and fill with water for weight.........works pretty good.
> Have done slabs to 24", will try the 30" ones soon. Easy to empty the
> water for storage and easy portability.
>
> Cheers, Hank in Eugene
>
> ______________________________________________________________________________
>
> Send postings to clayart@lsv.ceramics.org
>
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> melpots@pclink.com.
>
--
Roger Korn
McKay Creek Ceramics
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4215 Culpepper Ranch Rd
Rimrock, AZ 86335
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31330 NW Pacific Ave.
North Plains, OR 97133
503-647-5464
Paul Lewing on fri 28 feb 03
on 2/28/03 5:52 AM, Lily Krakowski at mlkrakowski@CITLINK.NET wrote:
> There was a
> book by a couple called Westlof, or Wetlof--something like that. Delightful
> book, alas, out of print. Called Starting Out in Clay or something like
> that.
The author's names were George and Nancy Wettlaufer, and the book was
"Getting into Pots; A Basic Pottery Manual", published by Prentice-Hall,
Inc, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, 07632. The plans for the slab roller were also
published in Ceramics Monthly in February, 1977.
Paul Lewing, Seattle
Lily Krakowski on sat 1 mar 03
Bless you, Paul. Either your memory or your records are much better than
mine!
That was a fine book. It was excellent. It is sad it has not been
reissued. I hope the second-hand book market will be cleared of it by
tomorrow!
Paul Lewing writes:
> on 2/28/03 5:52 AM, Lily Krakowski at mlkrakowski@CITLINK.NET wrote:
>
>> There was a
>> book by a couple called Westlof, or Wetlof--something like that. Delightful
>> book, alas, out of print. Called Starting Out in Clay or something like
>> that.
>
> The author's names were George and Nancy Wettlaufer, and the book was
> "Getting into Pots; A Basic Pottery Manual", published by Prentice-Hall,
> Inc, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, 07632. The plans for the slab roller were also
> published in Ceramics Monthly in February, 1977.
> Paul Lewing, Seattle
>
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Lili Krakowski
P.O. Box #1
Constableville, N.Y.
(315) 942-5916/ 397-2389
Be of good courage....
Paul Lewing on sat 1 mar 03
on 3/1/03 5:22 AM, Lily Krakowski at mlkrakowski@CITLINK.NET wrote:
> Bless you, Paul. Either your memory or your records are much better than
> mine!
>
> That was a fine book. It was excellent. It is sad it has not been
> reissued.
Lily, it is indeed sad that it has not been reissued. The slab roller plans
were not by a long shot the only useful things in there. I never had the
book, but I've been handing out reprints of the CM article in workshops and
to people who ask for it since it came out. So that's how I knew the
information about it. It's not my memory. They day the memory is the
second thing to go, but I don't remember what's first!
Paul Lewing, Seattle
Earl Brunner on sat 1 mar 03
"Getting into Pots" by George and Nancy Wettlaufer
and out of print
and not showing up online at any of the used book locations.
Lily Krakowski wrote:
> I am such a rat, shilling for the Public Library all the time. There was a
> book by a couple called Westlof, or Wetlof--something like that.
> Delightful
> book, alas, out of print. Called Starting Out in Clay or something like
> that.
>
Jeremy McLeod on sat 1 mar 03
Roger Korn wrote:
> Duhh! Why didn't I think of that. Mine is 6" OD PVC, filled with
> concrete - not fun to move. Thanks Hank.
>
> Roger
Don't feel bad, Roger. I'd not thought of either option, always
thinking of "slab roller" as the mechanical options offered by
the likes of Brent and Northstar (or homemade emulations
of same). True, the concrete version is perhaps a weeeee bit
more permanent than the water-filled version :-)
Duhh! x 2
Jeremy McLeod
I made a suggestion to republish to Applewood books on sat 29 mar 03
I've seen so many threads discussing Getting Into Clay, that I've made a suggestion
to Applewood Books to reprint it.:
www.americanwebbooks.com/howdoesitwork.php#how
With luck (and enough inquiries) they may reprint it. Let's keep our fingers crossed!
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