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updated wed 5 sep 01

 

Lori Leary on tue 4 sep 01


Lori,

Find out the shrinkage of your clay ( make a clay ruler or ask
your supplier) Let's say it is 11%. Find an enlarging copy machine
and copy the original switch plate at 111%. Use the photocopy as a
template.

Hope this helps.

Lori L.

laleary@earthlink.net

Mountaintop, PA



----- Original Message -----


From: Lori Bernstein

To: CLAYART@LSV.CERAMICS.ORG

Sent: 9/4/2001 7:10:11 PM

Subject:





I was in a local gift store (here in Port Townsend, Washington) and
came

across some lovely ceramic light switch plates. I bought one,
hoping that

I could figure out how to make them myself.



A dozen tries later, I'm still struggling with making a plate where
the

screw holes and "switch opening" line up properly. I'm also
puzzling over

how to recess the back so that the plate fits flush against the wall.



Any suggestions would be
appreciated. Thanks!