Michael Wendt on tue 10 oct 06
Melissa,
Go to my web site:
http://www.wendtpottery.com
Look at the supplies section
http://www.wendtpottery.com/supply.htm
to see a photo of a slab roller I made.
Regards,
Michael Wendt
Wendt Pottery
2729 Clearwater Ave
Lewiston, Idaho 83501
USA
wendtpot@lewiston.com
www.wendtpottery.com
Melissa Michael on tue 10 oct 06
I have a zealous student in my Ceramics IV class who is also interested in engineering. He'd like to build me a slab roller as a school project. Does anyone have a good set of plans on how one can be made from scratch? He has come up with a lot of great ideas on his own, but still struggles with how to "adjust the width" of the clay.
Melissa Michael
Linda Falcone on tue 10 oct 06
Melissa I'd like to know how to do that as well. Linda
Melissa Michael wrote: I have a zealous student in my Ceramics IV class who is also interested in engineering. He'd like to build me a slab roller as a school project. Does anyone have a good set of plans on how one can be made from scratch? He has come up with a lot of great ideas on his own, but still struggles with how to "adjust the width" of the clay.
Melissa Michael
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Jeff Guin on wed 11 oct 06
Dear Melissa,
when I was working out of my garden shed I made a small table-top slab
roller. I used angle iron and scrwed them down on a piece of plywood. They
were my rails. The roller was made from PCV pipe, filled with sand, and ends
sealed with screw-in PVC ends. One of these ends had a large plastic square
nut on the end. I ended up using a crescent wrench to turn my roller. To
adjust for clay thickness I used canvas covered boards of various thickness.
This worked well for me. If you'd like any more details, let me know.
Good Luck
Jeff in Coon Valley.
http://mudwerks.blogspot.com
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mudhead99/
>From: Melissa Michael
>Reply-To: Clayart
>To: CLAYART@LSV.CERAMICS.ORG
>Subject: Slab roller - make your own?
>Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2006 15:57:19 -0400
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>I have a zealous student in my Ceramics IV class who is also interested in
>engineering. He'd like to build me a slab roller as a school project.
>Does anyone have a good set of plans on how one can be made from scratch?
>He has come up with a lot of great ideas on his own, but still struggles
>with how to "adjust the width" of the clay.
>
>Melissa Michael
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Snail Scott on wed 11 oct 06
On Oct 10, 2006, at 2:57 PM, Melissa Michael wrote:
> I have a zealous student...like to build me a slab roller as a school
> project...still struggles with how to "adjust the width" of the
> clay...
The simplest thickness adjustment (I'm assuming
that's what's wanted) is the Brent system, which
uses 1/8" (thin) sheets of Masonite laid on the
table surface. More masonite = thinner slabs.
The top roller is supported on rails at each side,
so its height remains the same; essentially, it's
the table height that changes instead.
-Snail
Ken Kang on wed 11 oct 06
Check out my slab roller at: http://photos.yahoo.com/rakuken2000
Aloha, Ken
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Frank Colson on sun 15 oct 06
Melissa- A bit tardy to respond to your ?, but a 2 roller system always
keeps the thickness of a clay slab equal!
Some years ago I designed and built my own, 1 meter wide, slab roller. 10
years ago, I got tired of hand cranking that thing, so I motorized it!. I
still use that baby almost on a daily basis! I've got all the diagrams,
specs, and plans, hmm? I may put it into my eBook selecion on
www.R2D2u.com this winter. After all, all I need do is put a few directions
together and the rest is all a visual piece of cake!
Frank Colson
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Subject: Re: Slab roller - make your own?
Check out my slab roller at: http://photos.yahoo.com/rakuken2000
Aloha, Ken
----- Original Message -----
From: Melissa Michael
To: CLAYART@LSV.CERAMICS.ORG
Sent: Tuesday, October 10, 2006 9:57 AM
Subject: Slab roller - make your own?
I have a zealous student in my Ceramics IV class who is also interested in
engineering. He'd like to build me a slab roller as a school project. Does
anyone have a good set of plans on how one can be made from scratch? He has
come up with a lot of great ideas on his own, but still struggles with how
to "adjust the width" of the clay.
Melissa Michael
______________________________________________________________________________
Send postings to clayart@lsv.ceramics.org You may look at the archives for
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may be reached at melpots@pclink.com.
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Steve Slatin on tue 17 oct 06
Linda --
Melissa's looking for help for an engineering-curious potter. He probably
wants something with an 'interesting' degree of complexity. If you just
want to make a slab roller that works, cheap, check out "Getting into
pots" by the Wettlaufers. The book is out of print, but readily available,
and the designs are good and easy -- fixed roller, clay travels on a
rolling 'bed' on casters, height adjustment through shims. Looks like
it could be done in a day, and inexpensive to boot.
-- Steve Slatin
Linda Falcone wrote:
Melissa I'd like to know how to do that as well. Linda
Melissa Michael wrote: I have a zealous student in my Ceramics IV class who is also interested in engineering. He'd like to build me a slab roller as a school project. Does anyone have a good set of plans on how one can be made from scratch? He has come up with a lot of great ideas on his own, but still struggles with how to "adjust the width" of the clay.
Melissa
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Tom Witman on wed 18 oct 06
I built the slab roller from 'Getting into Pots' and use it on a regular
basis. It works great! The hardest part is getting the roller centered
on the shaft. You might have to go to a machine shop if you don't have
friends at a company that has a machine shop like I did. :o) The machine
looks Rube Goldbergish, but it works. The books is also very good for
beginners or people looking for a change.
Tom
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