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Heh, that would hold a lot of gravy! Messy pour too, but come Thanksgiving you'll wish you had one.
Wish we could post gifs or imbed clips, I took a better video of it rotating.
Here's an external link: https://imgur.com/gallery/vBBBCuV
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24 minutes ago, Benzine said:
What is the function of that vessel, with the handles positioned that way, Liam?
Just a vase, the handles are just for looks, look how wide they are, that would be uncomfortable to hold by them. I'm hoping that either this one or the similar one I threw last night will make it through the process of firing and whatnot so that I can give one to my neighbor that is moving away as a housewarming gift.
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16 hours ago, shawnhar said:
Planters, went to my nearest garden center after work and got a "test" wholesale order for 30 to see if/what sells, spent 2 hours wedging/throwing and ended up with a dozen. It was a good day tater...
So what does a wholesale flower pot go for? That looks like a lot of fun!
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6 minutes ago, Mark C. said:
Just make your own-its easy -you have your dog step into a clay slab-(you place the paw) fire that then press clay into that and its now a stamp after you fire that. It will shrink a tad every time so keep this in mind. You need to turn the negative paw to a positive paw .No need to pay $ for and easy paw prind -heck I have made my cat ones for years and dogs are easier to work with.
Hey that's an idea, guess I could just set up all the ones I've thrown on the floor and toss a ball across the room too haha
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12 hours ago, Mark C. said:
How about a Larger paw print-dog folks love the big size.
I added some smaller prints too, don't know what a giant wood paw print stamp would cost me, I'll have to look into it. I have a larger dog bone cookie cutter I can use on a slab and attach too.
Last night I decided to try to throw a vase, was recording it too, and when I finished I went to hit stop and my phone was dead. Darn! It was a good one too!
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How could you ever stop looking for new glazes!?! One of the main things I love about pottery in general is that there is always something to do. It's throwing, it's trimming, it's decorating and glazing and firing and maintenance and the list goes on forever! What a joy it all is, and testing new glazes is a huge addition to that joy! I wish I could do it more often, I have so many great ideas and they only rarely get a chance to be tested!
I feel like when I test out new glazes everything looks great and I wasted time doing a small batch on tiles. So the next time I test a new glaze I skip it and just make a few gallons, only to have it look like dookie and ruin 10 mugs. Oh well, some lessons are never learned, just oscillate back and forth from failure to success.
- Benzine, Hulk, Bill Kielb and 3 others
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10 minutes ago, Bill Kielb said:
I usually cut mine before I start just as a matter of habit. I take it you relay config and the wiring part went pretty smooth. Nice work!
oh, one last add, how much did you save as diy.
Well the retrofit kit from euclids was 750+shipping. I got the parts for:
V6cf controller - 280
Relays - 2x 22
Transformer - 22
Housing - 55
Wires and connectors maybe 20 bucks
So saved around 300-350, took me about 3 hours to remove kiln sitter, rewire and put back together. I was genuinely surprised when I flipped the cutoff switch and the dang thing beeped and turned on. Was expecting fireworks at the very least!
Was a fun project and highly recommend to anyone with a manual kiln.
- Rae Reich, Bill Kielb and Benzine
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1 minute ago, Bill Kielb said:
Looks nice and clean, just curious if you added the down ramp segment to your base programming as well as the two key to keep unwanted starts from happening?
I will probably add the SSR retrofit to this in about a month or so with early test data for folks to view.
No idea, I just plugged it in, hit fast bisque and chose cone 06. I haven't dingled with any of the settings yet, I just wanted to make sure all the parts were connected and working, and that there was no immediate fires.
I also was able to get away with only one sheet metal cut on my hand and that is amazing.
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Works a charm, test fired it to cone 06 last night, even forgot it was running!
My main problem with the manual kiln was medium maxed out at 1800, high climbed way too fast. So to slowly climb the last 200 or so degrees, I had to go out and turn one switch to medium and one to high, and every ten minutes or so flip them to keep the kiln somewhat even.
Pain. In. The. Booty.
No more! Everything is gravy now.
- Rae Reich and Bill Kielb
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Well my project yesterday was converting my manual kiln with kilnsitter into a digital kiln.
Mission complete.
- Rae Reich, Denice, Bill Kielb and 6 others
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2 hours ago, shawnhar said:
Iv'e seen tons of deer in our back yard, they've scared the heck out of me walking out to the observatory in the evenings just after dark with a loud "HUFF!". That's OK though, Iv'e snuck up on them and gotten payback.
Unloaded the kiln with some mugs and planters, and some of my wife's first experiments with underglaze, I think she's gonna do great!. Sure feels good to have work on the table! Getting ready for a show at the nature center in a few weeks.
Looking good Shawn! Have you booked your first show yet? I ruined a kiln load of 40 mugs last weekend which will set me back a bit. I still need to figure out my branding and set up a website, etc before I even think about selling. It's all very daunting, wish I could just make pots all day and they'd magically sell themselves haha.
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Just now, Rae Reich said:
The technique I described is intended to get the height you want without the extra compensation for wobble that occurs when raising a wall with a thin, weak rim. Not suggesting that you form the fat rim first, just leave the top of the wall with the same or a little more thickness as the wall, and compressed. After you've got your height, you can shape any style of rim you want.
Did it last night and worked well, thanks!
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7 minutes ago, Babs said:
Liam nice to see.
I am amazed at how high your knees sit above your splash pan.
I'll have to look at more throwers as mine, small female are lower. I have my feet on..blocks of clay already..
It's not exactly comfortable, but I'm limited because it's the old tank style rk2, had it on blocks for a while but it was too high for my seat. I'm kind of used to it now
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16 minutes ago, Rae Reich said:
Good job on similarities! How big will these end up? I appreciate your sharing as you're learning, especially since you made a clear, steady unfussy short useful video. Please make another to demonstrate the gobble-slowing feature!
Suggestion: If you release outside pressure about 1/2" before the top on each of your raising passes, especially the first- see where it tapers sharply?- and lightly rest a finger on the rim as you finish each raise, you'll end up with a thicker rim that needs less adjustment.
Thanks! I'll do that, I am picking up some lag bolts to mount my extruder on the way home. Maybe get a few done tonight.
I'll try not pulling the last bit instead of rolling the rim, I kinda like the rolled rim though.
They should end up right around 8 inches wide, if not, I will adjust and make bigger, my dogs current dishes are 6 inches wide and 10 inches wide and I wanted it to be in the middle.
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1 hour ago, Bill Kielb said:
I love it! Glad the PJs have gone elsewhere! I have always had Shepherds ( clumsy bowl tippers) so I found it necessary to throw a quick ribbon for double wall and add it to the shape.
This looks great!
The ones for my dogs are gonna have extruded sections inside to slow them down when eating, they're little piggies and will finish their food in under 10 seconds otherwise!! I was thinking a flopped rim might be fun too, but no way I could do that to a gauge.
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58 minutes ago, oldlady said:
very nice!
i did notice that you are stretching a long way to reach the water. and whatever is behind you to the left. maybe it is time to look at your setup for speed and comfort. just curious about why you throw water and clay under your bats?
Thank you, my water is pretty far away, it's a large crock pot on a sheet of plywood, wish I could get it a bit closer. Scrap buckets behind me. I'm gonna have to move out of my shed eventually, hopefully before I hurt my back haha.
These plastic bats are not good, the holes have loosened in less than 6 months and they all have a knock. I put slip under it to help suction it to the wheelhead, and for subsequent ones I just put a little water to help the slip seal down the next one.
I have Masonite bats on my shopping list for next trip to the pottery store, but also really need to just bite the bullet and pour up some plaster ones.
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Ok, ended up only throwing 2 keepers last night, but I got my gauge set and will throw some more tonight. I can only do 3 a night for now because 3 of my bigger bats up and walked off somewhere. Oh well! I have a 50lb bag of plaster #1 and some pie tins, I should just start making some.
Anyway, another video if anyone is interested in my process.
- Hulk, Bill Kielb and shawnhar
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12 minutes ago, Gabby said:
Remind me of the type and size of dogs you have. I have an 87 pound golden retriever
I think dog and cat dishes are an excellent idea for the Seattle area market.
Maybe don't make them white with a goofy picture.
We've got 2 huskies, a 3 year old white one (Kita), she's 65lbs, and a 10 month old cream one (Kodi) and he's 45lbs so far. We also have a 12 year old daschund (Scotch) and a 15 year old tuxedo cat (meowzer)!
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4 minutes ago, Gabby said:
I have an oblate sphere on my banding wheel. I have roughed in some dancing figures to circle the outside and am thinking about the underglaze treatment.
On a separate table I have an oval plaque, as yet unfired, maybe ten inches by 16." I will probably underglaze that before firing. That one is on a Year of the Pig theme, with a plan of showing up to three red river hogs, a Vasayan warty pig, and a warthog.
That sounds interesting!!
And my wife has changed my plans for the week. We are putting together our business plan and she wants me to work on designing and throwing some dog and cat dishes. Our animals have always been central in our life, and so has our mixed heritage so we thought these would be central themes in a family business. So DOG BOWLS!!! WOO! Now I have to go find my sketchbook
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Did a glaze firing last night, hope to open tonight when I get home. Kiln was still at 900f when I left for work. I've got 35 mugs in there and a shelf of spoon rests. Trying out a new glaze, coffee nuka. Went to mix some other glazes this weekend and lo and behold! No silica. Grrr, I thought I had half of a 50lb bag left when I saw the bin almost empty.
Oh well! That just means I get to make another trip to Seattle pottery supply!
This week I'm going to continue to try repeat bowls. That's all that's on the docket. I might do another glaze firing midweek if I can, but not a deal breaker
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8 minutes ago, Pres said:
My hammer was often the cutting wire, as I would often cut the piece in half just to see. I still do it, and find it is a great tool for teaching. However, there have been times that pots went through bisque before I realized I didn't like it. . . . . Floor drops are so satisfying when all of those shards are scattered, and nothing left to do but sweep it up. The sound of a pot breaking on a concrete floor is enough to get everyone's attention either in fear of an accident or a crazy teacher getting release on one of his pots. They never worried about me wrecking theirs.
best,
Pres
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That's neat! I never would have thought. It's actually surprisingly light weight, but full of water this thing would be a monster!
Here's a video of me throwing a similar one, just a few lbs smaller, last night. Different angle, less pajama.