Lee Burningham (Box Elder High School) on tue 29 apr 03
Howdy,
We have an older reversible Shimpo. It probably gets reversed almost as
often as it get used by the advanced students doing very large forms.
Depends on what part of the pot they are working on, the details they
are trying to finish, which way they turn the wheel. I vote for the
switch being standard fare.
Lee Burningham
Subject: Re: reinventing the wheel
> Please bear in mind that if we had a request
> for a wheel with clockwise rotation we would be happy to wire the
wheel
> that way at our factory at no additional charge. My question refers
only
> to whether or not the wheel should be reversible by the end user.
> I hope this post finds everyone healthy and happy. Peace.
Regarding the reversing switch, I would certainly do away with it, as
long
as people can specifically order the wheel for clockwise revolution if
they
wish. We have a bunch of old Shimpos that are reversible at the
Appalachian
Center for Craft, and our newer CIs are reversible, and to my knowledge
no
one has ever purposefully operated any of those wheels clockwise in the
ten
years I have been there. To me, it just seems an unnecessary expense
and
complication.
Good luck -
- Vince
Vince Pitelka
Appalachian Center for Craft
Tennessee Technological University
1560 Craft Center Drive, Smithville TN 37166
Home - vpitelka@dtccom.net
615/597-5376
Office - wpitelka@tntech.edu
615/597-6801 x111, FAX 615/597-6803
http://iweb.tntech.edu/wpitelka/
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