william schran on tue 19 apr 05
Chantal wrote:>I have just received an old Estrin electric kickwheel
from a great aunt. I
want as much info on it as I can! It's horribly heavy, so extremely sturdy.
It's made of steel?<
We had 4 of these wheels when I first started teaching. They got a
real workout from my students. When I was transferred to another
campus, I had to let them go - but it was ok, they went to another
campus clay program.
The wheel is all steel, including the fly wheel.
You can throw as much as you can handle, or rather as much as you can kick ;-)
Clean it up and get to work.
Oh yeah, one thing, ALWAYS kick the wheel to get it going before you
engage the motor. If you try to start the wheel with just the motor,
you'll wear out the little rubber wheel on the motor.
Bill
Rod Wuetherick on tue 19 apr 05
> It's made of steel? iron? Square bars, soldered together, a 1/3hp motor,
> three legs; one for the seat, one by the motor (connected by a door
hinge),
> and one that supports a horizontal pannel for misc equipment.
Your Estrin wheel would probably be 10-20 years old. Estrin went out of
business in 2000, 2001. He was based here in my home town of Vancouver, B.C.
Anything Estrin built is like a tank.....Have fun...
peace,
rod
Chantal on tue 19 apr 05
I have just received an old Estrin electric kickwheel from a great aunt. I
want as much info on it as I can! It's horribly heavy, so extremely sturdy.
It's made of steel? iron? Square bars, soldered together, a 1/3hp motor,
three legs; one for the seat, one by the motor (connected by a door hinge),
and one that supports a horizontal pannel for misc equipment. It's painted a
school bus yellow/orange. I want to know how old it is, what weight clay it
can handle, etc. I think it is just awsome, it's a little rusty, but it
spins like a charm! Can't wait to fix it up nice.
Thanks to all :)
Chantal in Montreal
Susan Giddings on wed 20 apr 05
I have an Estrin kickwheel, too.
I love it. love throwing on it.
It's not set up right now, my new studio is 2-3 months from being ready.
When it was set up, I regularly threw about 15 or 18 pounds on it (sorry,
but I don't weigh it, almost a full 25 # sleeve so I'm guessing.) I always
felt that it could handle anything I could. Once you get the flywheel going,
it really doesn't want to stop! Great rhythmic wheel. Clean it up and have
fun!
Susan (in CT)
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