JohnnyK
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So how about a few full shelves and a few half shelves? That should give you the flexibility you may need or want...
- Rae Reich and Bill Kielb
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On 4/30/2024 at 6:10 PM, Bill Kielb said:
Having seen this now, my inkling is extractor in a decent drill impact for the setscrew. The wheel head screams pickle fork (ball joint separator) and appropriate number of C washers to hopefully pop the head with minimal damage and hopefully no damage to the shaft. Gotta have a replacement head ready though. It’s an idea!………
While the pickle fork is a great idea, Bill, I think the slot is too narrow for the shaft. I have a pickle fork, so I'll check it to see if it will fit. Thanks for the suggestion!
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I was able to remove the set screws from my CI wheelhead, but no matter what I tried, I could not get the head off the shaft, and I'm no stranger to tools...It looks like your old head is a composite just like mine. Where did you find the replacement? If it is a direct replacement, I'll saw my old head off and replace it!
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23 hours ago, Sigintenough said:
I just can’t see my self no offense but half rigging it I want a nice basin that I can fetch water from when I throw something that helps keep my studio clean and organized I need something that holds water.
I understand where you're coming from, and my solution won't work for you, but just about all your 2 piece basins are designed to catch thrown-off slip, not "hold water". You would use a separate bucket for that.
Are you anywhere near a ceramic supplier or pottery studio that has Brent wheels? If so, you might check there to see if the Brent splash pan fits your wheel...
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10 hours ago, Sigintenough said:
I’ve bought a potters wheel it’s a haunyu LPJ-0066 model. It has no two piece water basin to keep my clay from making a mess. Does anyone on this potters forum know if replacement parts are sold or where they are sold? Thank you
Hi SIg...while my old CI wheel isn't the same as yours, I made a splash pan from the bottom of a plastic trash barrel. If you look at my album, you can see different views of the piece I made and if you can't get a replacement from the manufacturer, this is something you might try to make yourself. The blue insert is used to catch trimmings when I use my Giffen Grip and is made from the top of another plastic trash barrel. Good Luck!
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For me, no... however, other things have happened for me locally. I have submitted my horsehair Raku pottery to my local PBS station's annual art auction, which is a juried event, and have been accepted all 3 times and all my entries had garnered at least 3 times my valued prices. The last time around I had won a Juror's award which got me an interview and article in a local news outlet but did not generate new business. I plan on continuing my donations to the art auction because each entry gets me a little more notoriety since the work gives me 6 minutes of TV exposure during the auction and it is good enough to be accepted for the auction. Someday it may lead to greater things!
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Since it is difficult to keep the iron particles in suspension, maybe it would be better to spray the glaze without the iron and then sprinkle the iron particles with a salt shaker onto your pot while the glaze is still wet...
- Bill Kielb and LeeU
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Is the wheel head metal (usually aluminum) or a composite? My old CI wheel has a composite head and there is no way I would take a heat gun or torch to it.
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Where in CA do you live?
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Your best bet here would be to fire the piece to ^10...then paint it with the colors you want with a final clear coat. You wouldn't even have to use Hi-temp paints this way. I saw some really cool looking pieces that a potter had on display and when I asked how she got the brilliant colors, she said she just used acrylic spray paints with a final clear finish!
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Over the past 8 years my wife and I have contributed to our local PBS TV Art Auction. My contributions have been photography and Raku pottery, while hers was a "Wine lover's Birdhouse" which was a birdhouse whose walls were covered with wine labels and the roof with corks, the perch was a corkscrew. This year we are going to collaborate. I'm going to make a Horsehair Raku lamp base and she is going to do a lampshade covered with wine labels. We've done this in the past with a very large wine bottle as the base and her label covered shade. it will be interesting to see what kind of reaction we get to the project.
- Roberta12, Kelly in AK, Min and 1 other
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Is the wood form straight or tapered? In the photo it looks like it is wider at the top than the bottom. How was the body of the wood fabricated and how is it attached to the base? WHat are the dimensions of the wood cylinder? Can you send a photo of the wood form without the clay?
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3 1/2 pounds got me this "Little Brown Jug"...
- Kelly in AK and Pres
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Two hours well spent. My wife commented about how Clarice seemed to be acting weird when she got into the coulor room and was just gazing at the bright colors...I said that I thought she was being inspired, just like I am when I look at my own colors for glazing and layering...
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Apparently 100 lbs of clay is too much to handle...
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If I understand correctly, if you have a VPN (Virtual Private Network), you can decide to operate it out of a Canadian location and should be able to get the Canadian broadcasts unless it is run on a cable channel for which you have to pay.
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Welcome to the Forum, Ariel...Are you sure it was ^06 and not ^6, and are we talking F or C temps? What does the owner's manual indicate for the Error 1?
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On 1/3/2024 at 9:20 AM, Min said:
So I had decided to buy a sample blank and try grinding the cutting edge so I contacted the supplier I linked above and it turns out shipping is $25-. I don't think it's worth $50- USD for an experiment so I cancelled the order.
I did go ahead and order the one below from Aliexpress. (4 styles available) Given there are not a lot of suppliers and the styles are the same or very similar I thought it was worth a try. I'll do a follow up here once it arrives and I have a chance to try it out. (no affiliation with either company)
I noticed, @Min, that the tool you ordered is made of tungsten steel where the Bison tools are tungsten carbide. So I thought I'd do a little research and I found some interesting info here: Tungsten Steel vs Tungsten Carbide | Be-cu.com. It may or not influence your choice.
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3 hours ago, Roberta12 said:
I know there are those who sharpen their own tungsten tools, I have just been concerned about breaking it. I really do love my Bison tool. Not only is it a good trimmer but it fits my hand so nicely. I have a number of woodworkers in my family, I could probably get someone to make a handle for the trimmer part from China. I will let you know if I go this route.
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Why not try making ceramic handles? I think it might be easier than making wood handles...
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Glad to hear that you are finally kinda retiring. I was in the remodeling business for almost 40 years and I kinda retired from that business just before the fires that destroyed Paradise, CA, and a lot of northern CA. Because of the demand for contractors to help rebuild what seemed to be all of northern California, I could have gotten back in and made another fortune but decided to stay out of it. Retirement has been good because it gives me the opportunity to pursue my pottery and farming enterprises as well as some charity work with a local food locker.
Enjoy the respite!
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I learned how much I really liked working with clay when I took a Learning Exchange class at my local ceramics supplier/studio at the behest of one of my remodeling clients who was still doing slip-casting classes for young 4-H members at the fine old age of 87. In that wheel-throwing class, which ran one night a week for 6 weeks plus all the studio time you could fit in when the store was open, we were only expected to produce 4 pieces of pottery. I made 20. I guess I liked it so much that I went on to take Ceramics I, II, and Raku at a local junior college. My professor was a young 30 or 40 something with fiery red hair that fit her personality. Her name was Ianna Frisby (toss that one around) and she was encouraging enough to prompt me to open my own little studio where I'm happy to produce all kinds of functional ware that I sell to help pay for the habit!
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Thinking along Rae's line, a setup where you have a motor like that from a microwave turntable, and some jury-rigged pulleys and a belt, may work just fine, and could be done on the cheap. It's something I've thought about in the past and this thread has gotten me to thinking again. I've made banding wheels from thrift store ceiling fans and the motor can be got from a discarded microwave oven. It's something to consider if you are mechanically inclined.