clay lover Posted September 22, 2012 Report Share Posted September 22, 2012 This past year, I bought a small pug mill for help with stiff clay and doing re-claim. I really appreciate how much easier it is to throw well mixed clay without having to do much wedging, or not trying to throw too stiff clay. I have been wondering how I could be using the pugs to work more efficiently. Do any of you have suggestions as to how you use your pugger? As I recall Mark C mentioned cutting small pugs to go straight on the wheel for small bowls and I have tried that with a 2" pug, that works well, but I'm sure there is more that I could be using it for to my advantage. It also makes the extruder run smoother with clearer extrusions. Any suggestions or more ideas? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucille Oka Posted September 24, 2012 Report Share Posted September 24, 2012 Last night I reclaimed about twenty-five pounds of clay by hand. I mixed the slip, wedged, cut and shaped them into 6 throwing cones. My hands tingle from the action. It came to me that I am a 'pugmill'. The differences between me and a Peter Pugger is that I cook, bake, play video games, paint, and sing and dance along with Fred Astaire movies. A mechanical pugger does just that; it pugs, it has one job. But you can use it to extrude if you have the dies. If I had one I'd try it with a mixture of wet and dry slip clay to make tiles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karen B Posted September 26, 2012 Report Share Posted September 26, 2012 I pug a piece as long as the roller on my slab roller. I just punch down along one long side so it will wedge into the rollers and I am a set to roll a big slab. Also, you can check to see if you can order an extruding plate to attach to the pug mill and mill out coils. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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