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Maurice Weitman on mon 11 jul 05


At 9:56 PM -0400 on 7/11/05, wrote:
>Does anyone have any suggestions on how to keep your trimmings from going
>everywhere? I have a a Clay Boss and the splash pan is so narrow it doesn't
>catch much when I have a lot of trimming to do on bowls, etc.
>
>Can you buy a larger better designed splash pan? Or make something?

Funny you should ask, Randy.

The archives to the rescue...



Well... I'll bet there are other messages that would be helpful
there, but that's a link to one that I wrote, back in the heady days
when my email address was momud1@mo.com... ahhh, the good old days.

Let me know if any of it needs further explanation.

Regards,
Maurice

Fredrick Paget on mon 11 jul 05


>Does anyone have any suggestions on how to keep your trimmings from going
>everywhere? I have a a Clay Boss and the splash pan is so narrow it doesn't
>catch much when I have a lot of trimming to do on bowls, etc.
>
>Can you buy a larger better designed splash pan? Or make something?
>
>Randy

I have made a catcher wall out of the bottom third of a Rubbermaid
plastic garbage can that fits my splash pan and extends the rim up
about a foot. It has no bottom or top just an open tapered cylinder.
Look around the housewares section of a store and see if you can find
something to fit your splash pan. You can cut it to fit with a pocket
knife or tin snips..

--
From Fred Paget,
Marin County, CA, USA
fredrick@well.com
Charter Member Potters Council

Marcia Selsor on mon 11 jul 05


I usually trim the first step with a pin tool and remove a large
piece of clay to begin with. Next, if you clean your immediate area,
you can reclaim all the flying trimmings.
I have co-op mates whom I fantasize put formica scraps around their
wheel table to catch all their flying trimmings. You could drill
holes and attach formicew to the wheel stand or table brace.
Marcia Selsor
On Jul 11, 2005, at 7:56 PM, Randy McCall wrote:

> Does anyone have any suggestions on how to keep your trimmings from
> going
> everywhere? I have a a Clay Boss and the splash pan is so narrow
> it doesn't
> catch much when I have a lot of trimming to do on bowls, etc.
>
> Can you buy a larger better designed splash pan? Or make something?
>
> Randy
>
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claybair on mon 11 jul 05


I've made a height extension of sorts
for my splash pan using garden edging.
I cut it to size then connect the 2 ends making a
circle that fits inside my splash pan. It sticks up & extends
approx. 4 inches higher. I use it mainly to catch trimmings when
I use the Giffin grip. In a pinch I have used cheap poster board
though if the pan is wet the board degrades.

Gayle Bair
Bainbridge Island, WA
Tucson, AZ
http://claybair.com

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Does anyone have any suggestions on how to keep your trimmings from going
everywhere? I have a a Clay Boss and the splash pan is so narrow it doesn't
catch much when I have a lot of trimming to do on bowls, etc.

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Randy McCall on mon 11 jul 05


Does anyone have any suggestions on how to keep your trimmings from going
everywhere? I have a a Clay Boss and the splash pan is so narrow it doesn't
catch much when I have a lot of trimming to do on bowls, etc.

Can you buy a larger better designed splash pan? Or make something?

Randy

Pottery Web Site
members.tripod.com/~McCallJ/index.html
South Carolina

Cheryl Weickert on tue 12 jul 05


Randy, what I do is put a 8x15 inch thin, flat piece of plastic in the back
of the splash pan vertically, it sticks up high enough to catch most of the
trimmings so I don't have to pick them all up from the floor after
trimming. Mine was what was left over after I had to cut a hole in the top
of a tote, but sheet flooring or anything that is flexible enough to curve
in the splash pan should work.

Pinky, in hot MN waiting for some coolness... we're just not use to this!

On Mon, 11 Jul 2005 21:56:40 -0400, Randy McCall wrote:

>Does anyone have any suggestions on how to keep your trimmings from going
>everywhere? I have a a Clay Boss and the splash pan is so narrow it
doesn't
>catch much when I have a lot of trimming to do on bowls, etc.
>
>Can you buy a larger better designed splash pan? Or make something?
>
>Randy
>
>Pottery Web Site
>members.tripod.com/~McCallJ/index.html
>South Carolina

Wayne Seidl on tue 12 jul 05


I have a question or two, now that I've read the days posts about
trimmings and how folk handle them. Excuse me if this seems absurd,
but=20
how fast are you trimming that you can't keep the trimmings
contained in a regular splash pan? Is your clay too dry? Are your
tools dull?

(Shameless plug) I had the same trouble until I got a few Bison
Tools. Now, the wheel moves slower, even with drier clay (not
recommended I know, Phil) and my trimmings stay in the pan.

Check the sharpness of your tools folks, no matter whose they are,
and slow down.

Just my 2=A2.
Wayne Seidl
"...90 miles an hour girl, is the speed I drive..."- Jimi Hendrix



On Mon, 11 Jul 2005 21:56:40 -0400, Randy McCall
wrote:

>Does anyone have any suggestions on how to keep your trimmings from
going
>everywhere? =20

m.mshelomi on tue 12 jul 05


I use the lid of a big garbage container. First I cut a U shape cut out to
slide around the wheel shaft (similar in shape to the opening in my Brent
splash pan). I slide it under the wheel head with the cut out away from me.
Drape that side of the lid with plastic so everything catches in the lid and
not on the floor.

Have tried cardboard boxes in different sizes and shapes, just plastic,
laundry baskets and always go back to the garbage can lid (plastic,
Rubbermaid, 30/35 gal size).
pottermim