pdp1@EARTHLINK.NET on fri 1 jul 05
grabba Spoon...
Hi Helen,
I have heard of this off and on, but I do not understand it.
Green Ware is so fragile, and the nature of how something is held in a
Lathe, usually, anyway, is for there to be considerable pressure between the
Head and Tail Stocks, which to my mind, is the image of the Green ware
breaking, instantly...
What is or is not a 'Lathe' is itself a worthy question - since almost
anything which may turn something for one to be cutting or scrapeing the
thing being turned, could be called a Lathe.
In practice, when we do our Trimming, it would be tolerable even to call the
Potter's Wheel a de-facto Lathe of sorts, so...
I do not know what those mentions are of really...
Or why anyone would wish to try 'Trimming' Green Ware on a 'Lathe' as such,
in the conventional sense of the term...when one may do so readily, with
sharp Tools anyway, on one's Wheel...
Phil
el ve
----- Original Message -----
From: "Helen Bates"
> "Turning" pottery on a lathe is still done, I believe, in some British
> factory potteries, where a slip-moulded piece is first turned on a lathe
to
> finish the form, and then fettled as well (why this would be needed after
> the turning, I'm not sure), according to the text on the website I saw
this
> on (I forget which, but have it somewhere, perhaps, and when I find it,
will
> post the url.)
>
> Helen
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