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wedging table(slanted)

updated mon 5 apr 99

 

Tim Skeen on sun 4 apr 99

Dale
When you used the slanted table, did you find it was easier on your wrists
to wedge? Not being able to wedge more than 3lbs.(wrist problems). Do you
think one could wedge more clay on this type of table because of the slant?
TIA
Audrey

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From: Ceramic Arts Discussion List [mailto:CLAYART@LSV.UKY.EDU]On Behalf
Of Dale A. Neese
Sent: Friday, April 02, 1999 10:20 AM
To: CLAYART@LSV.UKY.EDU
Subject: Re: Wedging Table


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Michael,
the book "Building Pottery Equipment" by Roger Harvey and Syliva and John
Kolb, 1975 Watson-Guptill Pub. describes building a wedging table. I
expanded on their design by building mine somewhat larger and adding a
cutting wire to one side. The wire is piano wire or I have used hay bailing
wire from atop a 2x4 that is part of the rear leg of the table. I used
marine grade plywood for the table top and covered it with the heaviest
canvas I could find. I added a shelf underneath and keep a couple hundred
pounds of clay on it so the table won't "walk" while wedging. It is better
if you can place it against a wall.
While I was in China last summer, the Chinese were using sit down wedging
tables. A slanted table that you sit at the higher end and the wedging area
was below in front of you. These tables had been put together with pegs and
had been in use for so long that the wooden wedging area was worn
beautifully smooth. It was really a pleasure to use. I took pictures of the
tables from several angles so that one day I'll be able to somewhat
reproduce one.
Dale Tex
-----Original Message-----
From: Michael Pressman
To: CLAYART@LSV.UKY.EDU
Date: Thursday, April 01, 1999 12:12 PM
Subject: Wedging Table


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I'm new here and fairly new to pottery. After taking a course for a few
months,
my wife bought me a wheel for my 50th birthday (not a bad present?) I read
all
about wheels in the clayart archives and talked to my teacher-- I was going
to
get a Brent B but I needed a reversing switch since I throw clockwise... all
the
discount places I could find (Bennetts, Kickwheel...) said it would cost a
lot
more to get the switch on a B or C because they don't stock the wheels with
them. So... they convinced me that I'd be better off with a CXC, since that
comes with the switch... so I got it (it hasn't arrived yet) and feel plenty
guilty that such a novice got such a wheel. I hope I do it justice.

But this post is about something I couldn't find in the archives--wedging
tables. The ones where I take class seem to be wood frames filled with
plaster.
Is that recommended?... if so, regular all purpose plaster? how thick
should
it be? do I pour all at once? Or is some other surface preferable?

thanks