Timothy Loftus on thu 5 jun 03
Hi,
I'm looking at buying one - maybe two - Creative Industries CI Clay Boss =
Wheels or the Axner M300 wheel. Both are priced around $500-$600. My =
worry is that you get what you pay for and that these wheels may not be =
able to perform or handle as well as the higher priced wheels can. I've =
been following the discussion on torque and was wondering if anyone out =
there has had any experience with this wheel. I plan to use it for =
teaching and don't want to make the investment if it can't handle the =
abuse.
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Tim Loftus
tloftus@loftusgallery.com
Lawton, IA
Vince Pitelka on thu 5 jun 03
Tim Loftus wrote:
"I'm looking at buying one - maybe two - Creative Industries CI Clay Boss
Wheels or the Axner M300 wheel. Both are priced around $500-$600. My worry
is that you get what you pay for and that these wheels may not be able to
perform or handle as well as the higher priced wheels can. I've been
following the discussion on torque and was wondering if anyone out there has
had any experience with this wheel. I plan to use it for teaching and don't
want to make the investment if it can't handle the abuse."
Tim -
Yes, that is true. Unfortunately there is no way you are going to get a
wheel like a high-end Brent or Pacifica for $600. If you want a wheel that
can really handle abuse, you better spend around $1000. But as I wrote in a
recent post, we have a bunch of CI Clayboss and Bigboss wheels that we
bought on a budget when we needed quantity. They have held up very well in
institutional use for three years, with no problems at all. I can't speak
for the Axner wheel, but they are an honorable company and I hear that they
have successfully worked the bugs out of that wheel.
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
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