Fred Parker on fri 22 dec 06
Does anyone know of a good online reference showing how to throw dinner
plates? A customer has asked me to make some, and I very much do need
advice.
Thanks for the help,
Fred Parker
Hank Murrow on fri 22 dec 06
On Dec 22, 2006, at 7:17 PM, Fred Parker wrote:
> Does anyone know of a good online reference showing how to throw dinner
> plates? A customer has asked me to make some, and I very much do need
> advice.
Dear fred;
Here is to be found one wonderfully strange way which i found........
http://www.murrow.biz/hank/roller.htm
Cheers, Hank
www.murrow.biz/hank
Michael Wendt on sat 23 dec 06
Fred,
You might like the rod and restand method.
See a clip at:
http://www.wendtpottery.com/workshop.htm
The method works for plates and platters
of any size and is an easy way to get a
high degree of uniformity in thickness,
diameter and weight.
Regards,
Michael Wendt
Wendt Pottery
2729 Clearwater Ave
Lewiston, Idaho 83501
USA
wendtpot@lewiston.com
www.wendtpottery.com
Ivor and Olive Lewis on sun 24 dec 06
Dear Fred Parker,=20
I am sure you would find some instructions in one of the older copies of =
Pottery Making Illustrated.
Best regards for the Festive Season.
Ivor.
Jean on tue 26 dec 06
Dear Fred,
Are you coming to NCECA? If so, I live an hour from Louisville. I'll show
you how to make them (plates).
Hey everybody, come visit me.
Jean Wadsworth Cochran
www.foxhollowpottery.com
David Berg on sun 31 dec 06
A couple of weeks ago there was a big discussion on making plates and
there was a lot of good advice. Search the archives. There is more than
one way to make a plate ... find what works for you.
Here's some tips I have learned:
For a 10" dinner plate I use about 1600 g of clay - 3.5 lb. Center a
low disk.
Compress and flatten with the heal of your hand to about 75% of the
final
diameter. Open up the form, leaving about 1/2" of clay for the
bottom. Use
a flat rib and really compress the whole base a lot - this is very
important.
Pull out the walls to the proper diameter, taking into consideration the
shrinkage. Use some kind of guide to make all the plates the same
diameter.
For a 12.5% shrinkage, throw the plate about 11.5" diameter.
e.g. 10" final diameter / 0.875 = 11.5" approximate wet diameter.
Throw at least two extra plates and use the best matching ones for
the set.
I hope this helps.
David
David Berg
dberg2@comcast.net
david@bergstoneware.com
http://bergstoneware.com/
On Dec 22, 2006, at 10:17 PM, Fred Parker wrote:
> Does anyone know of a good online reference showing how to throw
> dinner
> plates? A customer has asked me to make some, and I very much do need
> advice.
>
> Thanks for the help,
>
> Fred Parker
>
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Lois Ruben Aronow on mon 1 jan 07
One thing no one has mentioned for plate-making: WEDGE really really well.
Trapped air bubbles will show themselves more readily in an open form. A
plate is much less attractive with bloats and pin-tool punctures, which rear
their ugly heads during firing.
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