Bonnie Staffel on tue 13 sep 05
Hey, Lili,
I am with you. Being short but still have a lot of shoulder and arm
strength, I was trying to get some clay pushed through my extruder. I hung
onto the handle with my feet off the ground, all 200 lbs. did not move that
clay. Light bulb went off and decided that I would have to make my clay
softer or forget the process. One thing wrong with very damp clay is that
is stretches somewhat on exiting the extruder and you have to play with it
to get it smooth. Lately I have rigged up putting a die onto the end of my
Bluebird extruding pug mill and extruding the forms horizontally. Tricky,
but it works for what I want. Here you could use firmer clay as well, IMO.
Sure have to be quick to turn it off. It would be nice to have a slow down
button for this process. I used to have a gadget that came with the pug
mill and when I closed the studio in '85, must have not taken it with me.
Been sorry ever since.
Regards,
Bonnie Staffel
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Hank Murrow on tue 13 sep 05
On Sep 13, 2005, at 11:55 AM, Bonnie Staffel wrote:
>
> I am with you, Lili. Being short but still have a lot of shoulder and
> arm
> strength, I was trying to get some clay pushed through my extruder. I
> hung
> onto the handle with my feet off the ground, all 200 lbs. did not move
> that
> clay. Light bulb went off and decided that I would have to make my
> clay
> softer or forget the process. One thing wrong with very damp clay is
> that
> is stretches somewhat on exiting the extruder and you have to play
> with it
> to get it smooth. Lately I have rigged up putting a die onto the end
> of my
> Bluebird extruding pug mill and extruding the forms horizontally.
> Tricky,
> but it works for what I want.
Dear Bonnie;
If one uses a very small die with a large barrel, one runs into the
same problem. The relation between the size of the die and the size of
the barrel may contribute to your difficulty.
Cheers, Hank
>
www.murrow.biz/hank
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