Mark C.

I use spray veg oil-as cheap as I can find it.If its an slump mold then the clay needs to comne off very soon as to cracking if its a hump it dries away . I make lots of  fish from glass  this way-most are hump and i tremove them as soon as I can.

Thanks Neilestrick
I have looked at reviews for the Shimpo Aspire and Speedball Artista and both come out very well. Perhaps as you suggest another set of lessons and then a decision 

I have found a few tricks and there are many more with spouts. One is to have plenty of holes in main body so fluid can flow well. The other is a sharper edge at pour lip. I cut mine with a metal edge and try to keep it sharp (not sponging to be round) the other is the spout at cone 10 unwinds or spins a bit so you must attach it crooked a bit and plan on the unwind to get straight again. I have this drawn on my wall-the right amount of cut to spin straight.
The teapot is our most advanced form and  the making of one takes the most time. All the eleemnts must come together. Your english style with clay handel is a classic shape.
As your noted the spout must be high so it can be full and not leak out. One trick I learned in the 70s was to put just a small film of butter under spout lip as this makes the water resit dripping back down.I'm taking the smallest amount (non visible )
If that sharp edge has very little glaze on it this also helps with a no drip.
welcome to the teapot challenge world-its not for the weak of heart

I have found a few tricks and there are many more with spouts. One is to have plenty of holes in main body so fluid can flow well. The other is a sharper edge at pour lip. I cut mine with a metal edge and try to keep it sharp (not sponging to be round) the other is the spout at cone 10 unwinds or spins a bit so you must attach it crooked a bit and plan on the unwind to get straight again. I have this drawn on my wall-the right amount of cut to spin straight.
The teapot is our most advanced form and  the making of one takes the most time. All the eleemnts must come together. Your english style with clay handel is a classic shape.
As your noted the spout must be high so it can be full and not leak out. One trick I learned in the 70s was to put just a small film of butter under spout lip as this makes the water resit dripping back down.I'm taking the smallest amount (non visible )
If that sharp edge has very little glaze on it this also helps with a no drip.
welcome to the teapot challenge world-its not for the weak of heart

I will use my Business as an example.
I never listed it with google but if you type in Liscom Hill Pottery in google up pops about 5-6 solid pages of hits about myself or pottery or what I have done in the past with shops and shows and the like. On the right hand side of the 1st page is a sidebar about my location and some reviews . In that sidebar one is called (suggestions or do you own this business) and thats where you can make some edits on what type of busines it is and hours if you like ( I do not want customers coming here so I did that edit to discourage folks) I have some reviews as well and there is a place you can edit that as well
Since I have been here  in this location for 50 years this coming May google found out about me somehow as its common knowledge in these parts -and some customers (which came  to buy pottery via a phone call to come over wrote reviews thinking this would help me ) I do not have many folks here anymore  for sales in the past decade as I really do not want to have the public here anymore.
I still get calls wanting clay materials or pots as folks never read much anymore and just call thinking I'm a store.
I did have  had 19 straight years of  two studio sales  a year at this location but stopped in 1992 before the google world took over. I sent out 1,000 postcards on a mailing list and before that I had a bulk mail permit for a single page mailer when that was cheaper . I stopped taking customers info in the 90s as I do not need to business wise. 

I will use my Business as an example.
I never listed it with google but if you type in Liscom Hill Pottery in google up pops about 5-6 solid pages of hits about myself or pottery or what I have done in the past with shops and shows and the like. On the right hand side of the 1st page is a sidebar about my location and some reviews . In that sidebar one is called (suggestions or do you own this business) and thats where you can make some edits on what type of busines it is and hours if you like ( I do not want customers coming here so I did that edit to discourage folks) I have some reviews as well and there is a place you can edit that as well
Since I have been here  in this location for 50 years this coming May google found out about me somehow as its common knowledge in these parts -and some customers (which came  to buy pottery via a phone call to come over wrote reviews thinking this would help me ) I do not have many folks here anymore  for sales in the past decade as I really do not want to have the public here anymore.
I still get calls wanting clay materials or pots as folks never read much anymore and just call thinking I'm a store.
I did have  had 19 straight years of  two studio sales  a year at this location but stopped in 1992 before the google world took over. I sent out 1,000 postcards on a mailing list and before that I had a bulk mail permit for a single page mailer when that was cheaper . I stopped taking customers info in the 90s as I do not need to business wise. 

Welcome to the forum
Welcome to the new world anything goes with people thses days
All I can say is double down on the word NO
You cannot please everyone all the time just learn the new normal is NO for ridiculous requests

I don't know is water counts as a tool but it is the only thing I can think of that I use for different material.   I soften a bag of clay in a 5 gal bucket of water.  revive dry clay with water,  mix glaze, slip, oxides and plaster with water,  throw on the wheel with water,  wash my hands with water.   I could list some more,  I don't know what I would do if I didn't have it.     Denice

Welcome to the forum
Welcome to the new world anything goes with people thses days
All I can say is double down on the word NO
You cannot please everyone all the time just learn the new normal is NO for ridiculous requests

Welcome to the forum
Welcome to the new world anything goes with people thses days
All I can say is double down on the word NO
You cannot please everyone all the time just learn the new normal is NO for ridiculous requests

Since google got me I had to change my listing (I never made a listing it just happened and then a few reviews popped up from customers) to manufacturing to cut back the calls on wanting to buy stuff (like clay, glaze ,etc) .  I still get calls  every other week as we only have one supplier in this whole area but its from folks who do not read the whole listing.-They seem to be in thier cars on cell phone a lot. For me its just a pain in the a--.

Welcome to the forum
Welcome to the new world anything goes with people thses days
All I can say is double down on the word NO
You cannot please everyone all the time just learn the new normal is NO for ridiculous requests

Welcome to the forum
Welcome to the new world anything goes with people thses days
All I can say is double down on the word NO
You cannot please everyone all the time just learn the new normal is NO for ridiculous requests

Since google got me I had to change my listing (I never made a listing it just happened and then a few reviews popped up from customers) to manufacturing to cut back the calls on wanting to buy stuff (like clay, glaze ,etc) .  I still get calls  every other week as we only have one supplier in this whole area but its from folks who do not read the whole listing.-They seem to be in thier cars on cell phone a lot. For me its just a pain in the a--.

Welcome to the forum
Welcome to the new world anything goes with people thses days
All I can say is double down on the word NO
You cannot please everyone all the time just learn the new normal is NO for ridiculous requests

Those soldner mixer motors are beasts but are very costly to replace so treat it well.
Hopefully you have a strong back as they are hard to unload-consider putting it up higher on a platform-less bending
I have been around them enough to now dislike them as an older potter.

When our handles crack in the curve (ours are thicker than yours as and extruded whuch compresses the clay better than other handle ways) its always to dry of clay. I suggest wetter clay and not over working them-consider extruding as that shape looks made for it.

cast them thicker walled and then hot water test them

Green is ground so leave it alone
 
Shimpo is still in business so CALL THEM and ask them if this is possible before frying the controller
I would switch the motor wires over the controller wires but they will know if you can do either or nun of the above.
only if its a DC motor as noted below
You can find this out with a simple tester-ac or DC

Green is ground so leave it alone
 
Shimpo is still in business so CALL THEM and ask them if this is possible before frying the controller
I would switch the motor wires over the controller wires but they will know if you can do either or nun of the above.
only if its a DC motor as noted below
You can find this out with a simple tester-ac or DC

When our handles crack in the curve (ours are thicker than yours as and extruded whuch compresses the clay better than other handle ways) its always to dry of clay. I suggest wetter clay and not over working them-consider extruding as that shape looks made for it.

My grade 5 floor tiles (I reacal this number system)are the same color all the way thru and are porcelain . If they ever chip they look the same color.They looked good in a  Mercedes showroom in the photo. They have been bullet proof for 30 years now

Many tiles are talc tiles and will absorb and are really soft-not a good choice for floor tiles.
Floor take a beating and need a tough hard tile. If you can produce that then yes but thats a lot of work and testing. Commercial tile are cheap and made for the job . They are alos rated to toughness -go to a large tile supply house and ask questions-then see what you can make that will equal that toughness. I bought my foor tiles and they are rated to drive a car onto. Like a car  dealer showroom. They are in our entry room, laundry room and spare bath.They are also 12x 12
 

it could be tension with the glaze interior exterior -Are they the same or different?
also the straight wall where it hits the flat bottom may be a stres point -I have seen this before.A more rounded thicker wall may help
You need to hot water test your forms before selling them from this point forward

Many tiles are talc tiles and will absorb and are really soft-not a good choice for floor tiles.
Floor take a beating and need a tough hard tile. If you can produce that then yes but thats a lot of work and testing. Commercial tile are cheap and made for the job . They are alos rated to toughness -go to a large tile supply house and ask questions-then see what you can make that will equal that toughness. I bought my foor tiles and they are rated to drive a car onto. Like a car  dealer showroom. They are in our entry room, laundry room and spare bath.They are also 12x 12