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Yes, Skutt sent me a new wheelhead. The one I had was drilled wrong. Definitely a noticeable difference in the fit to the wheelhead shaft.

Pardon if a silly question, but if anyone is willing to give electrical advice: I have a few 15amp receptacles in my garage that are linked to 20amp breakers. Recently I bought a 115v kiln with a 20amp plug but alas, I have no 20amp receptacles. Is it as simple as me buying a 20amp receptacle and swapping it out with the 15amp receptacle, since it is still wired to a 20amp breaker? I have plenty of experience with homeowner electrical stuff (installing ceiling fans, replacing receptacles, etc.) so I know how to do the work, just wondering if I'm missing something here? Thanks in advance for any input!

Well, Skutt is sending me a new wheelhead. Hopefully that will resolve the thumping. I've got about 1/8 inch up and down wiggle in the wheel and I went to throw three pounds on it yesterday (only had 1.5 lbs on there before) and it was almost impossible because of the thump. I can get the thumping to stop though if I push down on the outer edge of the wheel while using my other hand to open up the clay (ha!). GREAT support service from Skutt. They think the wheelhead was machined slightly off and immediately set out to help me resolve it. I'm excited to get it resolved because the machine itself is quite impressive.

Thanks @neilestrick The noise is manageable and it does seem to be quieting down somewhat after a few hours today on it. That knocking though... I regreased (anti-seize) the wheel as per what Hulk suggested and it runs smoother but still has the pronounced knock. The knock definitely increases the farther I open up the clay and the heavier the weight of the clay the sooner the knocking starts to happen. I did notice the wheel has no play when wiggling it up and down on the axis OPPOSITE the bat pins but if I wiggle it on the same axis as the bat pins it wiggles up and down almost to an 1/8th of an inch (and yes the wheel is fully mounted and engaged). I took a video that I am desperately want to share with everyone here but it is way too large. What format do you use for video in this forum? I only see jpegs and pngs as accepted file types.

Thanks for the replies. Thanks Pres for the heads up but yes I checked everything. The knock doesn't show up until I am about 4 inches from center and pushing down and starts to increase in frequency as I move farther away from center. Also, no matter how hard I try to mount the wheel, I still get a little up and down play in it. A slight up and down wiggle. I wrote Skutt this morning. I read somewhere on here that Skutt immediately replaced a members wheel head because of issues (don't remember if they were similar issues). I'm wondering if mine was drilled slightly off.

Hi everyone, I am very new to pottery and after a few classes I splurged and bought a Skutt Revolution Wheel with the ssx motor. I have been running it for a couple of hours now and it is ridiculously loud (!) and I'm getting a weird knock as I open up my clay. I am left handed so I thought the noise was because of that but it is noisy in both directions. So, two questions: 1. Are Skutt wheels known to be loud? I mean it sounds like I am playing with my sons electric rc car in my studio! and 2. If you own a Skutt wheel, is there a trick to mounting the wheel head so it doesn't knock? It feels like as I get closer to the outer edge with any downward pressure I am getting this knock. Anyone else have these problems? Apologies if these are obvious newbie questions about these wheels. I'm pretty disappointed with the purchase but maybe it is my skill level.