Paul Raymond on fri 12 nov 04
Dear everyone who has ever built a slab roller,
I friend of mine is a welder/steel fabricator guy and he is going to
build me a slab roller. We have talked about various ideas and plans but
we would both like to see something on paper or at least here from
someone with expertise on the matter. Ideally I would like a roller with
a pin on the top and the bottom. (Like the kind that North Star makes.)
What are your feelings about this type verses the more traditional
single pin design. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks a lot.
Please email me directly. Thanks.
Paul Raymond
Franklin, Tennessee
crazyrays@bellsouth.net
Dorothy Feibleman on sat 13 nov 04
hi
I use a Northstar in Japan and have a Bailey in London. With a Bailey,
both sides adjust with bicycle chains equally and the Northstar in Japan
you have to adjust both sides. The Bailey style is more convenient and
seems to be quicker to use. It is a very simple machine and quite robust.
The other thing I like is that you do not need a bed. You can use it with a
bed. It can take up very little space if you have a space problem and put
it on wheels that lock. Or, if you want to make really big stuff, you can
fit it with a motor and use it on the floor and make any length slab you
want.
Have a look at the Bailey system idea as I think it works better and it is
simple.
Best,
D
Helen Bates on sat 13 nov 04
Re: Need help building a slab roller
See:
Reference Miss Watson (Pottery Section)
http://www.r-mw.com/pottery/
http://www.r-mw.com/pottery/slabroller.html
Helen B.
Helen Bates on sat 13 nov 04
Hi,
The Ababi Sharon Clubphoto site is still online (and there is a CD ROM of
his many photos available for sale too.)
Here is the album that has several pictures of his hand built slab roller
with some construction details and then the roller at work:
http://members4.clubphoto.com/ababi306910/186014/guest.phtml
Also, Kate Cordrey put 6 pages on her Columbia Gorge website of plans and
directions for building a slab roller. There is no hyperlink from the
homepage or her own section to the slab roller pages, but they are there.
Here is the list:
http://www.angelfire.com/biz3/columbiagorgeartists/Slabroller1.jpg
http://www.angelfire.com/biz3/columbiagorgeartists/Slabroller2.jpg
http://www.angelfire.com/biz3/columbiagorgeartists/Slabroller3.jpg
http://www.angelfire.com/biz3/columbiagorgeartists/Slabroller4.jpg
http://www.angelfire.com/biz3/columbiagorgeartists/Slabroller5.jpg
http://www.angelfire.com/biz3/columbiagorgeartists/Slabroller6.jpg
These should work unless you are somehow blocking the Angelfire ads (as I am
in my Netscape Browser.) IE and Opera opened for me OK, but Netscape was
redirected to a "Roadblock."
If you can't view the original pages, here is the list of http://archive.org
"Wayback Machine" links to Kate's slab roller plans:
http://web.archive.org/web/20041113102151/http://angelfire.com/biz3/columbiagorgeartists/Slabroller1.jpg
http://web.archive.org/web/20041113102151/http://angelfire.com/biz3/columbiagorgeartists/Slabroller2.jpg
http://web.archive.org/web/20041113102151/http://angelfire.com/biz3/columbiagorgeartists/Slabroller3.jpg
http://web.archive.org/web/20041113102151/http://angelfire.com/biz3/columbiagorgeartists/Slabroller4.jpg
http://web.archive.org/web/20041113102151/http://angelfire.com/biz3/columbiagorgeartists/Slabroller5.jpg
http://web.archive.org/web/20041113102151/http://angelfire.com/biz3/columbiagorgeartists/Slabroller6.jpg
Helen B.
Ivor and Olive Lewis on sun 14 nov 04
There are plans in ;
G. and N. Wettlaufer, "Getting into Pots. A Basic Pottery Manual" ISBN
0-13-354704-3 . Ch 15 p164-168
Best regards,
Ivor Lewis.
Redhill,
S. Australia.
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