Sam or Mary Yancy on wed 18 jan 06
If you are slip casting chalices, for the next time - Why not make or modify the molds to allow for a interlocking connection ( i e center point on cup and a level area mated to a center hole on stem and a level area). Seems to me that that would be a easy way to "glue" the cup and stem together - without using a wheel or alignment tools??? And would save a lot of TIME - Perhaps worth a try??? for many slip casting pieces. I have done thess for two piece parts on a wheel and works well. But have never slip casted -Sam in Daly City
"Another way to do the same thing would be to cut a hole in a sheet of
plywood and mount it on 4 posts at the level of the top of the cup. You then
drop the top thought the hole and align if flush with the top the wood. You
could then put stops on the table under the plywood to align the bottom.
Maybe the end result would be a box open on the side with a hole in the top".
There are so many pieces - and there may be another order for at least
half that many - that a simple, quick, accurate assembly method is
needed, if possible one so simple that a slightly trained monkey (me!)
can do the assembly.
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