Hellman on mon 23 jun 03
Hi Joyce,
On the excellent advice of Linda Blossom, I bought the Bailey electric slab
roller. She and others also advised me to buy the pneumatic Bailey extruder
as well. I really enjoy using both pieces of equipment, and find they make
it easier to operate a one-person studio. Linda is a very wise person.
However if I had the manual slab roller, I'd speak with Mike in
manufacturing at Bailey Ceramics, or perhaps Jim Bailey himself to ask about
converting yours.
Bonnie
(enjoying an extended stay in Ouray, Colorado)
----- Original Message -----
From: "Joyce Lee"
To:
Sent: Monday, June 23, 2003 5:06 PM
Subject: Hydraulic Lifts/Changing manual Slab Roller to Electric
Two separate questions..... one post:
Does anybody use a relatively small hydraulic
lift for lifting 100 pound pots in a kiln? If so,
what kind, where do you get it, how much, and
how do you use it? I saw one being used in my
gardening pots book but have so little technical
ability that, for me, these are not easy questions
to answer..... especially the how do you use it
part? How do you move the pot from the wheel
to the lift etc? I can only imagine a two-person
job.... two or more, according to how decrepit we
are.... Any response will be appreciated.
Second question:
Have any of you changed your manual Bailey
slab roller to an electric slab roller? If so, tell
me about it, please ..... it'll help if you speak
to me as if I
were about 4th grade level.... Seems as if
CPA Bonnie may have changed her Bailey,
but then again she may have purchased the
electric in the first place since she's a very
smart and practical lady, whoops, excuse me,
female or maybe just woman .... Bonnie?
Thank you.
Joyce
In the Mojave
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Joyce Lee on mon 23 jun 03
Two separate questions..... one post:
Does anybody use a relatively small hydraulic
lift for lifting 100 pound pots in a kiln? If so,
what kind, where do you get it, how much, and
how do you use it? I saw one being used in my
gardening pots book but have so little technical
ability that, for me, these are not easy questions
to answer..... especially the how do you use it
part? How do you move the pot from the wheel
to the lift etc? I can only imagine a two-person
job.... two or more, according to how decrepit we
are.... Any response will be appreciated.
Second question:
Have any of you changed your manual Bailey
slab roller to an electric slab roller? If so, tell
me about it, please ..... it'll help if you speak=20
to me as if I
were about 4th grade level.... Seems as if
CPA Bonnie may have changed her Bailey,
but then again she may have purchased the
electric in the first place since she's a very
smart and practical lady, whoops, excuse me,
female or maybe just woman .... Bonnie?
Thank you.
Joyce
In the Mojave=20
Snail Scott on tue 24 jun 03
At 04:06 PM 6/23/03 -0700, you wrote:
>Does anybody use a relatively small hydraulic
>lift for lifting 100 pound pots in a kiln?
A professor of ceramics at the university here has
Parkinson's Disease, and can no longer pick up and
move his work around. He hires a student to do some
of the labor-intensive processes, but he also uses
some of the hydraulic lift carts from Harbor Freight.
They provide an adjustable-height work surface, and
also serve to move the work around the studio. They
cost a few hundred bucks each (pricey, though a lot
less than the 'good quality' ones), and they seem to
be holding up pretty well.
-Snail
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