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Helen Bates on fri 16 nov 01


As Janet may also tell you, the link is at the "Strictly Unofficial
Clay Art Web Site":
http://www.clayart.fsnet.co.uk/ (SUCAWS)
not at the Chapel of Art site:
http://www.the-coa.org.uk (COA).

The glaze fountain is:
http://www.clayart.fsnet.co.uk/technical02.html

Helen
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Ashburn Pottery Inc. on fri 6 jan 06


Hi all

Has anyone out there tried using a small submersible pump as a glaze =
fountain for glazing insides of vessels? I see that they are a bit =
under $100. I tried a small pump that you attach to an electric drill =
but it didn't work well. I tried to buy a "glaze jet" but they are no =
longer being made. The fountain glazer by Ram Products is more than we =
want to spend on that type of equipment.

John Bandurchin
Baltimore, Ontario Canada

steve graber on fri 6 jan 06


i don't see why this wouldn't work provided you end the day with a clean out procedure.

and you should be able to find submersible pumps for around $40 at the home depots, etc.

i used to have 2 fish ponds & used a couple "little johns" as pumps along with the main pump. they were course enough to pull the guppies thru the system, so glaze material shouldn't be a problem.

see ya

steve



"Ashburn Pottery Inc." wrote:
Hi all

Has anyone out there tried using a small submersible pump as a glaze fountain for glazing insides of vessels? I see that they are a bit under $100. I tried a small pump that you attach to an electric drill but it didn't work well. I tried to buy a "glaze jet" but they are no longer being made. The fountain glazer by Ram Products is more than we want to spend on that type of equipment.

John Bandurchin
Baltimore, Ontario Canada

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John Rodgers on fri 6 jan 06


You probably can find some info on glaze fountains in the archives. But
I have seen pictures somewhere on someones (sorry - i don't remember who
or where) web site and the basis for their system was a pump from
Grainger. Check their catalog and you may find the pump you need to
build a fountain.

John Rodgers
Chelsea, Al

Ashburn Pottery Inc. wrote:

>Hi all
>
>Has anyone out there tried using a small submersible pump as a glaze fountain for glazing insides of vessels? I see that they are a bit under $100. I tried a small pump that you attach to an electric drill but it didn't work well. I tried to buy a "glaze jet" but they are no longer being made. The fountain glazer by Ram Products is more than we want to spend on that type of equipment.
>
>John Bandurchin
>Baltimore, Ontario Canada
>
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>Send postings to clayart@lsv.ceramics.org
>
>You may look at the archives for the list or change your subscription
>settings from http://www.ceramics.org/clayart/
>
>Moderator of the list is Mel Jacobson who may be reached at melpots@pclink.com.
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louroess2210 on fri 6 jan 06


On Jan 6, 2006, at 9:54 AM, Ashburn Pottery Inc. wrote:
>
> Has anyone out there tried using a small submersible pump as a
> glaze fountain for glazing insides of vessels? I see that they are
> a bit under $100.
>

John, If you decide to try this, you can get pumps for a lot less
than $100. Try the Dick Blick catalog.
Regards
Lou in Colorado

Bill Karaffa on sat 7 jan 06


I have a fountain type glaze set-up that I made out of a boat bilge pump
that I bought at Wally World. These are cheap 12 volt submersibles, lower
GPM are fine. As I already had the battery charger and some extra car/boat
type batteries the power supply wasn't an issue. I made a cheap off/on
switch and connected some flexible plastic tubing to direct the flow and was
set to go. The one draw back I have found with this type of motorized set-up
is that the vibration from the pump can cause glazes to settle out kind of
quick.

Bill Karaffa
Firemouth Pottery and Gallery
http://fp1.centurytel.net/karaffa