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weird kick wheel

updated sat 17 oct 09

 

Bill Merrill on fri 16 oct 09


DJ
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I got one of those little concrete wheels at NCECA in '97 for a friend. =
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I threw on it and made mostly tea bowls , small loose jars etc. It =3D
doesn't maintain much momemtum, but the wheel was cheap and fun to throw =
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on. I have used Randall wheels all my career and that little wheel was =
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fun, but not a Randall wheel.
=3D20
Bill

Lee Love on fri 16 oct 09


It would work similar to a Korean wheel, if you tread/pulled with a
bare foot rather than kick it.

On Fri, Oct 16, 2009 at 6:18 PM, Bill Merrill wrote:
> DJ
>
> I got one of those little concrete wheels at NCECA in '97 for a friend. =
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=3DA0I threw on it and made mostly tea bowls , small loose jars etc. =3DA0I=
t do=3D
esn't maintain much momemtum, but the wheel was cheap and fun to throw on. =
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=3DA0I have used Randall wheels all my career =3DA0and that little wheel wa=
s fu=3D
n, but not a Randall wheel.
>
> Bill
>



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