Archive for August 2007

Wheel running again

Aug 28th, 2007 | Category: General, Pottery

The pottery wheel is up and running again. I had the motor pulley machined this weekend and installed everything yesterday. I had to modify the belt and pulley system cover using a jigsaw, but that was pretty simple. The new…



Ice cream bowls

Aug 23rd, 2007 | Category: General, Pottery

We started selling small ice cream bowls in the ice cream shop next door. They are really dessert cups and they fit a scoop of ice cream about perfectly. In the past we have had people buy a bowl and…



Blown Motor

Aug 22nd, 2007 | Category: General, Pottery

Sunday evening the motor to my pottery wheel blew. Well, it basically just quit working. When I tried to center about 7 pounds of clay the resistance bogged the motor down. When I took every thing apart, I found that…



Wax Resist

Aug 14th, 2007 | Category: General, Pottery

Yesterday we made our first attempts at using wax resist on the body of the pot. We always wax the feet of the pots, but this was our first attempt at wax resist to decorative effect.