Colleen Rayner on wed 1 oct 97
Hi all,
I have made some great bats using a plastic flower pot base as a mold.
The bases come in all sizes although I have just made the smaller ones
as thats what I was in need of. They have the rings on the bottom which
may help in adhering to the wheel head.(?)
I think this was a suggestion that was posted to the list earlier this
year. And a good one too!
Colleen
Susan Fox on fri 5 nov 99
Hi, People -
A potter friend would like to know where she can buy plaster bats - big
ones. Any iseas? (We're in Connecticut) - TIA -
Susan
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Rod, Marian, and Holly Morris on mon 15 nov 99
Can't imagine why you'd buy one when they are so easily made. The first I
ever did was done on an old window which was out of its frame. We built a
wooden frame about 2' X 3' by 2.5" deep, set it down on the window which was
laying down on the ground, level. We ran a finger-sized bead of clay on the
inside, the a fat bead of clay all around the outside of the wooden frame to
attach it to the glass and keep the plaster from running out. Then we mixed
up a nice big batch of plaster, poured it in, and several hours later, we
removed the glass window, and voila! a glass-smooth, wooden framed bat! I've
probably made ten since then, large and small, sometimes on glass, or any
smooth surface (even contact paper). I even made one in those large plastic
covers to coldcut trays you get for parties.
You'll get ten of these for the postage you'd pay on a ready made one.
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> ----------------------------Original message----------------------------
> Hi, People -
>
> A potter friend would like to know where she can buy plaster bats - big
> ones. Any iseas? (We're in Connecticut) - TIA -
> Susan
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Liv Antonecchia on thu 29 aug 02
hey,=20
Has anyone used that plaster bat Slump Hump system? I really =
want to throw on some plaster bats but other than that Slump Hump kit =
advertised (kinda costly) I have found nothing. Any suggestions?=20
Thanks,=20
LA
Jon Faber on thu 29 aug 02
i have found that you can make plaster bats by pouring
plaster into something with the desired shape and
deepness (i have found aluminum pie trays to work
well)and then attached it to the wheel head with what
i call a button.
A button is a bit of clay, a little less than a
handfull, that you center and flatten as if you were
going to make a plate. Keep it about 1/4 inch thick,
then use the point of a wooden rib (or anything that
suits you) to cut some circles into the clay. put the
plaster bat on the clay, turn the wheel slowly, and
pound the bat straight down with both hands clasped in
a fist.
I had a great demo on how to use a button but could
not get it to work for the longest time.
I just had to keep at it but here are some variables
that i find need attention:
how wet is the clay?
I use masonite bats and find the dryer the clay the
better the bat sticks.
how wet is the bat?
--- Liv Antonecchia wrote:
> hey,
> Has anyone used that plaster bat Slump Hump
> system? I really want to throw on some plaster bats
> but other than that Slump Hump kit advertised (kinda
> costly) I have found nothing. Any suggestions?
> Thanks,
> LA
>
>
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Rikki Gill on thu 29 aug 02
Go to your local flea market and buy old metal pie plates. My earliest
bats were made that way. Use some form of mold release, like a spray [even
Pam will do it] Be sure to level well, and use a good plaster, such as
hydrocal. Good luck. I still use some bats I made 20 years ago. Rikki
Gill
----- Original Message -----
From: "Liv Antonecchia"
To:
Sent: Thursday, August 29, 2002 4:46 AM
Subject: plaster bats
hey,
Has anyone used that plaster bat Slump Hump system? I really want
to throw on some plaster bats but other than that Slump Hump kit advertised
(kinda costly) I have found nothing. Any suggestions?
Thanks,
LA
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Dan Bowen on fri 30 aug 02
Yes I have recently purchased the system. I like the wieght of the bats and
it has aided speed in working. I am geting much more hieght in porcelian
quicker. This is a great feature, to be able to remove and return after the
porcelian has firmed a little. I mounted the plastic wheel mount part on a
wood bat so I could remove it and use a giffen grip. The wheel head part
mounts to the holes used for bat pins with bolts. More important that the
price in the time investment. You can only do one at a time, mix plaster,
pour, wait till plaster cures enough then, start over in about 35-40
minutes. if you are geting more than one size purchace an extra bottom form
(not the part that mounts to the wheel, the part that formes the groves in
the bottom fo the plaster bat). Then you can work on pouring two bats at the
same time.
Dan Bowen
Eastville Pottery
between the Chesapeake and the Atlantic
Bruce Girrell on thu 3 jan 08
Add us to the plaster bat user list.
No wiring off problems. Faster, more uniform drying resulting in less
warping and cracking.
Never have we had a single lime pop.
Bruce Girrell
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