oldlady

absolutely!  the fun of getting into someone's studio or gallery is seeing how things are set up for the kind of work done there.   i remember being in a studio in bethesda, md that was as big as a small classroom and held 3 rows of long tables.   that potter made huge tile installations and was working on something brand new (at the time).  she was portraying DNA which was her husband's field of expertise.  the finished work was placed on a wall in a public space near DC.  can't remember where but it was an entire wall with garden space in front of it.  beautiful!
i was fortunate enough to buy a small, square bottle that had peony leaves pressed into the sides.
there are 2 places near me in florida that i want to visit.  they are new since i was here last,   that was may of 2020.  

absolutely!  the fun of getting into someone's studio or gallery is seeing how things are set up for the kind of work done there.   i remember being in a studio in bethesda, md that was as big as a small classroom and held 3 rows of long tables.   that potter made huge tile installations and was working on something brand new (at the time).  she was portraying DNA which was her husband's field of expertise.  the finished work was placed on a wall in a public space near DC.  can't remember where but it was an entire wall with garden space in front of it.  beautiful!
i was fortunate enough to buy a small, square bottle that had peony leaves pressed into the sides.
there are 2 places near me in florida that i want to visit.  they are new since i was here last,   that was may of 2020.  

absolutely!  the fun of getting into someone's studio or gallery is seeing how things are set up for the kind of work done there.   i remember being in a studio in bethesda, md that was as big as a small classroom and held 3 rows of long tables.   that potter made huge tile installations and was working on something brand new (at the time).  she was portraying DNA which was her husband's field of expertise.  the finished work was placed on a wall in a public space near DC.  can't remember where but it was an entire wall with garden space in front of it.  beautiful!
i was fortunate enough to buy a small, square bottle that had peony leaves pressed into the sides.
there are 2 places near me in florida that i want to visit.  they are new since i was here last,   that was may of 2020.  

you make a LOT of pots, Tom!

i keep my studios pretty clean and i love fresh air.  windows are usually open if the temp is warm enough.  ac is on in the hot summer if i am working.  yes, i use fans, one in the window in the door in florida blows past me and since the space is not large and it is only a 10 inch fan, the air movement is gentle.  i avoid making dust and move anything that produces much of it outside where i work away from any openings into the studios.
i figure it takes 30 years to get sick from silicosis and at 81, i do not care if i get it at age 111.

i keep my studios pretty clean and i love fresh air.  windows are usually open if the temp is warm enough.  ac is on in the hot summer if i am working.  yes, i use fans, one in the window in the door in florida blows past me and since the space is not large and it is only a 10 inch fan, the air movement is gentle.  i avoid making dust and move anything that produces much of it outside where i work away from any openings into the studios.
i figure it takes 30 years to get sick from silicosis and at 81, i do not care if i get it at age 111.

i keep my studios pretty clean and i love fresh air.  windows are usually open if the temp is warm enough.  ac is on in the hot summer if i am working.  yes, i use fans, one in the window in the door in florida blows past me and since the space is not large and it is only a 10 inch fan, the air movement is gentle.  i avoid making dust and move anything that produces much of it outside where i work away from any openings into the studios.
i figure it takes 30 years to get sick from silicosis and at 81, i do not care if i get it at age 111.

i keep my studios pretty clean and i love fresh air.  windows are usually open if the temp is warm enough.  ac is on in the hot summer if i am working.  yes, i use fans, one in the window in the door in florida blows past me and since the space is not large and it is only a 10 inch fan, the air movement is gentle.  i avoid making dust and move anything that produces much of it outside where i work away from any openings into the studios.
i figure it takes 30 years to get sick from silicosis and at 81, i do not care if i get it at age 111.

thanks, hulk.   i think the beginners who have visited my studio overlook the things that are important to me and just think i am mean or wacky.   i am probably viewed as  overly fussy about keeping the work under my hand clean by avoiding the tiny bits of clay that have separated from the actual piece being worked on.    if you have ever picked up a piece of handwork that has a dozen tiny bits stuck to the bottom, you see what i mean.   there are 2 small boxes attached to the table holding my slab roller so i can brush those bits into the box nearest my hand.   they sit there for months out of the way and not getting turned into dust on the floor.
those tiny stuck on bits make me unhappy, they call attention to the lack of care that i think we owe ourselves, not just for whoever picks up that piece in future.
and tools need to have a place to be when not in my hand.  not scattered all over the room just because i moved the piece or walked to another spot to pick up another tool.  so i provide a space for tools.   unfortunately, i keep adding more tools and the really generous space i started with now resembles a dump.   but exactly where i work is clean and it stays clean and i leave the space clean when the session is over so the next time the space is welcoming.
(funny, i can't seem to work that way in the kitchen)
 

having lightning strike the power line did nothing good for my whole electrical menagerie.   the wheel suffered a stroke, had to replace the pedal.  the ceiling fans, the tv and i don't remember much else all were affected.   that lightning strike was about 30 feet from the studio.  that was back in the 1990s.   since then normal maintenance replacing belts on the wheel and elements in the kilns.   my daughter just re-did my L&L last summer, new elements, thermocouples and relays plus stainless screws to hold the control box on the kiln.  
 

neil nailed it, it might work and it might not.   i have used pizza stones in my 04 bisque firings but when i tried a cone 6 in my tiny 12x12 test kiln it warped.

neil nailed it, it might work and it might not.   i have used pizza stones in my 04 bisque firings but when i tried a cone 6 in my tiny 12x12 test kiln it warped.

right now, mapquest says i can get to highwater in clearwater, fl in 14 minutes and it's recommended route is 5.2 miles.  maps do not show that most of that is through heavy garbage truck  traffic to the landfill and all the many trucks servicing the  industrial areas.   i choose to drive 5.3 miles on normal highways.
at home in wv, it is about 65 miles to baltimore or 65 miles to alexandria va.   i love going to baltimore and visit lots of places while i am there.

right now, mapquest says i can get to highwater in clearwater, fl in 14 minutes and it's recommended route is 5.2 miles.  maps do not show that most of that is through heavy garbage truck  traffic to the landfill and all the many trucks servicing the  industrial areas.   i choose to drive 5.3 miles on normal highways.
at home in wv, it is about 65 miles to baltimore or 65 miles to alexandria va.   i love going to baltimore and visit lots of places while i am there.

right now, mapquest says i can get to highwater in clearwater, fl in 14 minutes and it's recommended route is 5.2 miles.  maps do not show that most of that is through heavy garbage truck  traffic to the landfill and all the many trucks servicing the  industrial areas.   i choose to drive 5.3 miles on normal highways.
at home in wv, it is about 65 miles to baltimore or 65 miles to alexandria va.   i love going to baltimore and visit lots of places while i am there.

the venco pugmill was the one i bought when it became available in the US.  i used it until the bailey small one came out and sold it to a friend when i bought the bailey.   the only thing i can think that  your instructor would not like is the diameter of the pug.   the venco was a little bigger.   i love my bailey, but i would not like any pugmill if i planned to use several colors of clay.
having read one of the instruction books you mentioned, there is still no diameter of the pug that i can find.   the bailey does have a sliding metal bed for the pug to land on and i cut mine to fit into a 5 gallon bucket.   anything bigger would be too unwieldy so i would absolutely never use that roller table.   that looks like it would be used in a factory type operation.   the pug diameter looks very large for a one potter operation.  think about the weight of a pug that diameter and the length of that roller table.  UGH!
how much do you plan to pug at a time?   where do you plan to store the pugs until you use them?   how often will you use up those pugs and recycle the clay? and how often do you expect to change colors?  

wish you had asked this before i came down here with a box of hand tools and totally forgot my pastry roller.   like a pony roller but more comfortable and a better grade of wood.   two of them are hanging off the slab roller in wv, one with a note in sharpie "leave in Fl".
can't get down to just 5.  will think some more.

your newspaper reminded me of a feast our gang at the office earned.  everyone ordered blue crabs except me, allergic to shellfish.  i ordered a steak.  the day was wonderful we were at the edge of Chesapeake bay at a picnic table.  two of us had the ends in chairs and the table was covered with newspapers.   the steak took forever and when the waitress set it down on the newspaper in front of me, we all realized there was no table under the newspaper.    

wish you had asked this before i came down here with a box of hand tools and totally forgot my pastry roller.   like a pony roller but more comfortable and a better grade of wood.   two of them are hanging off the slab roller in wv, one with a note in sharpie "leave in Fl".
can't get down to just 5.  will think some more.

your newspaper reminded me of a feast our gang at the office earned.  everyone ordered blue crabs except me, allergic to shellfish.  i ordered a steak.  the day was wonderful we were at the edge of Chesapeake bay at a picnic table.  two of us had the ends in chairs and the table was covered with newspapers.   the steak took forever and when the waitress set it down on the newspaper in front of me, we all realized there was no table under the newspaper.    

lee, i tried a hand held extruder and found that i could not make the entire extrusion  long enough for a handle.  each pull creates a stop where you need to start squeezing again.   who is it here who made one from an electric caulking gun.   is it pres?   that might be a way for you as well.

extruded blanks can be tapered by rolling, takes only a few seconds.  add interest by pressing into a mold shown above by Peter or use some rubber floor mat like The Pottery Boys  show on their website.  one roll with a pony roller produces the "ribs" in the handle.  can"t link you but they show exactly how to do it.  hardware stores sell the mat by the yard.

i have a three inch binder with recipes filed under colored tabs for the glaze recipes people have given me or i have asked for at studios.   went through it last year and found that many of them are duplicates from various sources.  they have the same recipe but a different name.   some work and some do not.  some are very dangerous for the potter to use.  i have tried many and others have just been sitting there untested.
min has given me the base recipe that i use for lots of colors.  all of the mason stains i own and the carbonates work in it beautifully.  she gave me the recipe that fits my particular clay so i thank her very much every time i use it.   
hulk....... vanGilder does not fire to cone 6.   he got the recipes from Phil Berneburg  who established Washington Street Studios about 6 miles from my house.   the rutile green recipe works with lots of colors as well.   the one called Oribe green does NOT pass the vinegar test.

not an oxide but a carbonate, copper.      would someone who is the chemical expert in your area please explain the difference between oxide and carbonate for those of us without your education?

one other thing to check is the pins themselves.  i had a problem years ago because the hole in the wheelhead was just a little bigger than the shaft of the bat pin.  i used a new bat to find the correct spacing and just unscrewed the bat pin enough to slide it over to the correct place.  tightened it up HARD and have never had another problem with it.