pdp1@EARTHLINK.NET on wed 30 jul 03
Hi Marek,
I agree...
I have pondered this and it allways comes out the same.
I do not see how a traditional Treadle Wheel design can but
detract from one's otherwise versatile and flexible needs.
The old ones were and remain entirely charming in many ways,
and, I would think remain ill concieved as well.
When I was working on some designs for Treadle Wheels, I
elected to have provision for using either Foot, AND to have
an 'idle' sprocket or pawl as kept the blessed lever from
wanging an ankle or other...AND entertained designs as
allowed the pressure for the rotation to be a 'downward'
pressure on a lever or pedal, rather than a sideways one, as
let you be standing up, and, to use either Foot...
Anyway...ruminations...
Best!
Phil
Las Vegas
----- Original Message -----
From: "Marek and Pauline Drzazga-Donaldson"
To:
Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2003 5:33 AM
Subject: Re: Leach treadle wheel for sale
Dear Clayarters,
I cannot hold my breath any longer, and I have to put my
pennyworth in.
I always wonder about treadle wheels and how they are a
bastardisation of the momentum wheel - which I freely admit
I adore. You have a perfect system of lightly kicking the
flywheel and away you go (you do not need speed - just
momentum), whereas the treadle almost takes away the
momentum and gets the potter to input all the energy. It
seems a really daft situation that you treadle away moving
your body and then adapt a body stance to counter the
movement of the body so you can throw. Worst invention - to
my mind - that ever there was.
I admire and am in awe of the Stalwarts who insist on using
a treadle wheel, and am amazed at the mind that took a great
idea and made an engineering nightmare into a reality as a
potters' wheel.
happy potting Marek http://www.moley.uk.com
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Hendrix, Taylor J. on wed 30 jul 03
Dude! (wife hates it when I do that)
If you onioneered a treddle to use the downward motion
and you put it on a bar accessible to either foot,
voila! no ankle bonking. Just a few pumps to get the=20
beefy wheel turning and then stand and throw.
I've seen a picture of a Spanish potter on his 'side-saddle'
wheel. He used a treddle similar to a treddle sewing
machine.
Let's get to work on that, Phil. I'm ready to=20
stand and throw.
Taylor, in Waco
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From: pdp1@EARTHLINK.NET [mailto:pdp1@EARTHLINK.NET]=20
Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2003 1:16 PM
To: CLAYART@LSV.CERAMICS.ORG
Subject: Re: Leach treadle wheel for sale - and...
Hi Marek,
I agree...
...
When I was working on some designs for Treadle Wheels, I
elected to have provision for using either Foot, AND to have
an 'idle' sprocket or pawl as kept the blessed lever from
wanging an ankle or other...AND entertained designs as
allowed the pressure for the rotation to be a 'downward'
pressure on a lever or pedal, rather than a sideways one, as
let you be standing up, and, to use either Foot...
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