Anjali Gulati on sat 20 sep 97
Dear friends
I joined this group yesterday and am bursting with questions. So
here is my first question:
In an old issue of Ceramic Monthly magazine I saw an advertisement
for "Electric banding Wheel (motorized)". It was made by Kingspin.
I beilieve they are out of buisness. This wheel had capacity for
light throwing. It seemed such a good idea for attaching a foot to
hump moleded plates and bowls. Kingspin also made a banding wheel
with a vertical needle tool attached to the side for cutting the rim
or just making marks at regular intervals.
CAN SOMEBODY TELL ME IF SUCH THINGS ARE AVAILABLE NOW AND WHERE?
These were table top models and less bulkier than throwing wheels.
Thanks ........Anjali
Jonathan Kaplan on sun 21 sep 97
A few years ago, there were someproblems with the motors on Brent wheels.
They were cheerfully replaced with new ones from another manufacturer. I am
not sure, as my memory dims after age 45, what the problem exaclty was.
Anyway, the long and the short of it is that we have two Brent motors, half
HP. We have them set up with some DC speed controllers from Graingers
and use them for many operations in the shop. We are currently usng them to
power 30 gallon slip tanks as sweeps a around 15 rpms.
It would be a simple thing to use a DC motor with a variable speed control,
set up to a banding wheel with a belt and pully. Or even better yet, why
not use you potters wheel?
Jonathan
Jonathan Kaplan, president jonathan@csn.net
Ceramic Design Group Ltd./Production Services
PO Box 775112
Steamboat Springs CO 80477
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Anjali Gulati on fri 12 jun 98
Dear friends
I am looking for an electric banding wheel. I have seen this product
in an old supply catalog but the company which manufactured it has
gone out of buisness. At this time I can not afford a pottery wheel.
Tried for a secondhand one but potters do not part with their wheels
so easily. I am not so mechanically oriented to make one at home.
If any body knows a supplier please let me know.
Thanks.......anjali, from Maryland where i am still wearing a
cardigan in June.
Vince Pitelka on sun 14 jun 98
>I am looking for an electric banding wheel. I have seen this product
>in an old supply catalog but the company which manufactured it has
>gone out of buisness. At this time I can not afford a pottery wheel.
Anjali -
I do not know of a commercially produced one. I have a very old Garrard
direct-drive turntable (motor is mounted right on the turntable shaft, like
a ceiling fan motor), which I used for years as a power banding wheel. I
knew someone in California who made one by taking a good quality Shimpo or
Lockerbie banding wheel (which could be bolted down to a bench), and mounted
a belt pulley on the knurled surface under the wheelhead, and used a
sewing-machine motor and rheostat-pedal to make a very nifty power banding
wheel. The only disadvantage is that there was no fre-wheeling, whereas my
old Garrard turntable would freewheel beautifully. Perhaps a clever person
might make one from a ceiling fan motor and a rheostat.
Good luck -
- Vince
Vince Pitelka - vpitelka@DeKalb.net
Home 615/597-5376, work 615/597-6801, fax 615/597-6803
Appalachian Center for Crafts
Tennessee Technological University
1560 Craft Center Drive, Smithville TN 37166
Buck and Laurita on mon 15 jun 98
Here's a big Maryland wholesaler - Chesapeake Ceramic Supply, Inc., 4706
Benson Ave., Baltimore MD 21227, 410-247-1270, 1-800-962-9655.
Laura also from Maryland where I'm not still wearing a cardigan in June,
but i am wearing a jacket
Theresa L. Jones on mon 15 jun 98
>
> ----------------------------Original message----------------------------
> >I am looking for an electric banding wheel. I have seen this product
> >in an old supply catalog but the company which manufactured it has
> >gone out of buisness. At this time I can not afford a pottery wheel.
>
>
I have thought about buying one of those "kiddie" pottery wheels in a hobby
store for banding. Does anyone have any experience with one? Are they
stable or would the band be a wave pattern? Powerful enough to rotate say a
10 pound pot?
Theresa L. Jones
tljones@flash.net
Jennifer M. Dubats on tue 16 jun 98
I really love my new shimpo banding wheel. It is not electric but spins so
great because it is weighted that I don't feel I need an electric one. One
spin goes on and on.
Jenny D.
Michael Torok on tue 16 jun 98
I don't suggest spending the money on the "kiddie" wheel. I dropped the cash
and wound up with a kiddie wheel that was unable to push a 2 lb. pot. Just my
experience.
Michael Torok
mat1368@usl.edu
Theresa L. Jones wrote:
> ----------------------------Original message----------------------------
>
> >
> > ----------------------------Original message----------------------------
> > >I am looking for an electric banding wheel. I have seen this product
> > >in an old supply catalog but the company which manufactured it has
> > >gone out of buisness. At this time I can not afford a pottery wheel.
> >
> >
> I have thought about buying one of those "kiddie" pottery wheels in a hobby
> store for banding. Does anyone have any experience with one? Are they
> stable or would the band be a wave pattern? Powerful enough to rotate say a
> 10 pound pot?
>
> Theresa L. Jones
> tljones@flash.net
Cindy on wed 17 jun 98
Anjali,
You cannot throw on an electric banding wheel. I have a friend (art teacher
at the local elementary) who accidentally bought a banding wheel (trusted
the salesman) and tried for two years to throw on it. It cost her around
$350, I think, and you can get a Brent student wheel for around $450.
Another friend bought the Brent student model, and has been very happy with
it. It won't work easily for large pots, but she doesn't care to make
anything above 6" or so anyhow, so it's great for her.
If you still can't see your way clear to buying a wheel, don't despair.
Hand-building is a great way to work in clay. I know this is hard to
believe when you have your heart set on a wheel, but it's true--true--true.
I am a wheel person, but there's something relaxing about hand building
that can never be replaced by speed and efficiency. Try it. And don't give
up quickly. It's a whole different skill and takes just as much effort to
learn as the wheel.
Cindy Strnad
Earthen Vessels
Custer, SD
USA http://blackhills-info.com/a/cindys/menu.htm
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