claybair on wed 27 aug 03
Lili,
It's called a Tombo.
I remember it from Mel's workshop.
He gave directions for a simple way to make one.
Our Mayor is a wealth of info.!
Youse guys in WA, OR, ID & BC if you are
passing up Mel's workshop at ClaySpace
in September.... don't whine about it later!!!!
You will get enough info. to keep your neuron
synapses firing for years no matter what level potter
/craftsperson/artist you may be!!!
Gayle Bair
Bainbridge Island, WA
http://claybair.com
Lili wrote>
Snip<
If you take a stick and put a cross piece on it to indicate the width of a
pot, and adjust it so that it shows inner depth, and width, you have a
little cross-shaped tool that will help you throw mugs and similar to size
forever. AND I think that tool has a Japanese name!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Lily Krakowski on wed 27 aug 03
Several nasty spots on my hands indicate where pin tools and I had a brief
encounter of the painful kind over the years. So easy to drop one in scrap
and they go into slurry bucket, or into the throwing water...
For cutting off top rims a wire held tight works well, and one of those C
shaped wire strung things sold for cutting cheese works really really well.
Also: In spring , cut a small (about the thickness of a pencil) Y shaped
piece of branch off a tree. (I use apple) cut a little groove at the top of
each arm of the Y. Compress the Y slightly while you wrap a length of
surgical wire, or leader wire tightly, firmly around each "arm" , leacing it
stretched between the arms. When you release the compression the wire gets
really tight--a wonderful cutting tool for goofed up rims.
FOR MEASURING DEPTHS> This sounds like the parody of "Hiawatha"
Attach any kind of marker onto a stick or small ruler. A tiny rubber band
words ok. Stick the wood into the pot, and adjust the marker so that is
shows the INSIDE height of the pot. Now compare the INSIDE height as shown
on your tool, with the outside height....Voila. Bottom thickness revealed.
If you take a stick and put a cross piece on it to indicate the width of a
pot, and adjust it so that it shows inner depth, and width, you have a
little cross-shaped tool that will help you throw mugs and similar to size
forever. AND I think that tool has a Japanese name!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Lili Krakowski
Constableville, N.Y.
Be of good courage....
Lee Love on thu 28 aug 03
----- Original Message -----
From: "Lily Krakowski"
> forever. AND I think that tool has a Japanese name!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Toombo. It means dragonfly. I make them quickly using shiskabab
skewers. Use wire cutters to snip a cross piece to the correct width,
measuring against the sample. Take a wire bread tie and a long piece of
skewer to measure the depth, wire the two pieces together at the correct
depth measurement. With just the ties, they always get loose, so I
tack them together with a hot glue gun.
Lee In Mashiko.
Roly Beevor on thu 28 aug 03
Lily Krakowski wrote:
> Several nasty spots on my hands indicate where pin tools and I had a brief
> encounter of the painful kind over the years. So easy to drop one in
scrap
> and they go into slurry bucket, or into the throwing water...
Lily
Don't you use porcupine quills over there?
Roland
Hendrix, Taylor J on thu 28 aug 03
I just use a rubbe band! Adjustable too.
Taylor, in W
-----Original Message-----
From: Lee Love [mailto:Lee@MASHIKO.ORG]=20
Sent: Thursday, August 28, 2003 5:54 AM
To: CLAYART@LSV.CERAMICS.ORG
Subject: Re: Pin tools and PT substitute.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Lily Krakowski"
> forever. AND I think that tool has a Japanese name!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Toombo. It means dragonfly. I make them quickly using shiskabab
skewers. Use wire cutters to snip a cross piece to the correct width,
measuring against the sample. Take a wire bread tie and a long piece
of
skewer to measure the depth, wire the two pieces together at the correct
depth measurement. With just the ties, they always get loose, so I
tack them together with a hot glue gun.
Lee In Mashiko.
Malcolm Schosha on thu 28 aug 03
Pin tools should be made so they float in the throwing water. (The
same goes for throwing ribs.) Sometimes I make a throwing rib by
driving a brad into a short length of dowel, and then grind or file a
point. The easiest way to make one is to drive a very large needle
through a cork.
Malcolm
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--- In clayart@yahoogroups.com, Roly Beevor wrote:
> Lily Krakowski wrote:
> > Several nasty spots on my hands indicate where pin tools and I
had a brief
> > encounter of the painful kind over the years. So easy to drop
one in
> scrap
> > and they go into slurry bucket, or into the throwing water...
>
> Lily
>
> Don't you use porcupine quills over there?
>
> Roland
>
>
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Lily Krakowski on sat 30 aug 03
My "pinniest" pintool for popping air bubbles is a three pronged fork I got
at a junk store. (I have a number of old wood/bone handled 3 pronged forks,
can't see how people cook without'em) I found one that had one prong a bit
broken off..
I bought it and filed all three prongs into sharp points. So now I have a
nice sharp trident for bubble popping. And it is good for scoring (No,
dears! This is not S/M. This is Clayart. Note the C.)
The fork has a good solid handle--does not get lost AND the g.s.h. makes it
much easier for my arthritic hand to hold!
I know I nag about this--but half the tools you need are in the kitchen tool
section of the thrift shop....
Lili Krakowski
Constableville, N.Y.
Be of good courage....
John K Dellow on sun 31 aug 03
Joe Satori who I worked with in the late 70`s would keep the nail on his right finger long and use it to trim the tops of uneven pot tops :).
John Dellow "the flower pot man"
Home Page http://www.welcome.to/jkdellow
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Carole Fox on sun 31 aug 03
Well, Lili, if you want to talk about the "pinniest" pin tool, I may have
you beat. For delicate little rims of bottle forms I use a good old pin. A
straight pin- the kind with the little bead on one end. It's much gentler
than using a regular pin tool. Of course, you have to make a special place
for it and always remember to put it back!
Now I am remembering how, as a child, I thought the pins with the brightly
colored beads were oh, so special- and then there were the silver beads....
Carole Fox
Elkton, MD
thesilverfox@dol.net
----- Original Message -----
From: "Lily Krakowski"
To:
Sent: Saturday, August 30, 2003 5:34 PM
Subject: Pin tools and PT substitute.
> My "pinniest" pintool for popping air bubbles is a three pronged fork I
got
> at a junk store. >
>
> Lili Krakowski
> Constableville, N.Y.
Ann Brink on sun 31 aug 03
Hi Carole and Lily and all...I use corsage pins- they are about 2 inches
long, sturdy, and have a nice sized head. I keep them on a strong magnet
stuck on the kick wheel frame.
Good firings!
Ann Brink in Lompoc
.
Carole Fox wrote:
> Well, Lili, if you want to talk about the "pinniest" pin tool, I may have
> you beat. For delicate little rims of bottle forms I use a good old pin. A
> straight pin- the kind with the little bead on one end. It's much gentler
> than using a regular pin tool. Of course, you have to make a special place
Janet Kaiser on tue 2 sep 03
Not to mention a good old-fashioned hat pin...
I was seriously pissed off when someone stole my grandmother's
out of my kit at college, even though it had inflicted more than
one injury through my own carelessness.
Janet Kaiser -- almost caught up on the post bag since the bleep
and Rikki's visit.
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>Well, Lili, if you want to talk about the "pinniest" pin tool, I
may have
>you beat. For delicate little rims of bottle forms I use a good
old pin. A
>straight pin- the kind with the little bead on one end. It's
much gentler
>than using a regular pin tool. Of course, you have to make a
special place
>for it and always remember to put it back!
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