Cindi Anderson on wed 13 feb 02
But isn't everyone missing the point? The question wasn't ABOUT a wedging
table, it was a work surface!
Cindi
----- Original Message -----
From: "mel jacobson"
Subject: canvas/wedging
> first and foremost, i agree totally with ron roy.
> DO NOT USE CANVAS COVERS.
> reasons:
> they are dusty.
> dirty.
> hard to keep clean.
> health hazard.
> don't work as well as other surfaces.
>
> in my opinion:
> wood, best.
> masonite
> concrete
> plaster
> sandstone
> granite
> and a wonderful wedging surface,
> headstone from a gravestone maker.
> often a piece gets chipped or broken.
> inset it in a 2x4 frame.
> works like a charm.
mel jacobson on wed 13 feb 02
several thoughts.
first and foremost, i agree totally with ron roy.
DO NOT USE CANVAS COVERS.
reasons:
they are dusty.
dirty.
hard to keep clean.
health hazard.
don't work as well as other surfaces.
in my opinion:
wood, best.
masonite
concrete
plaster
sandstone
granite
and a wonderful wedging surface,
headstone from a gravestone maker.
often a piece gets chipped or broken.
inset it in a 2x4 frame.
works like a charm.
the big issure with wedging surfaces is that they should
be made like battleships. lag bolted into walls. sturdy as hell.
and above all, measure your body...get the height of the wedging
board to fit you. one size fits all, but no one correctly.
cutting wire.
THE BEST ONE IN THE WORLD
take a turnbuckle, bed spring, piano wire and two
sturdy eye bolts.
place one eyebolt into a stud in the wall, add the bed spring,
add the turnbuckle wide open. add the wire and run the
wire to the eyebolt that you have inserted into your wedging
board. pull it all tight as you can. then pull up the turnbuckle.
tight. i like the sound of high C. some like more of a G sound.
this wire will last you your entire life.
cuts through clay like a dream. the spring keeps it from getting
stressed and breaking. poing, poing. nice sound too.
THE GREATEST CUT OFF WIRE IN THE WORLD.
MELVIN LEE
From:
Minnetonka, Minnesota, U.S.A.
web site: http://www.pclink.com/melpots
Lexxy on thu 14 feb 02
Mel said"and a wonderful wedging surface,
headstone from a gravestone maker.
often a piece gets chipped or broken.
inset it in a 2x4 frame.
works like a charm."
Thanks for a great idea. I hadn't heard that one. I'd heard about marble
but didn't like the stickiness.
There is a place in NE GA just 70 miles from me that calls itself the
granite capitol, Elsworth, GA....every other building has a load of slabs
and gravestones out front, and I'll bet there are bunches of seconds. I had
wanted a stone in my garden but this is a better excuse to go looking for
one. How rough or polished should it be? I think my piece of marble is too
polished [a 2'x2' tile left over from a construction job] and I've
considered sanding it with coarse sandpaper....the next time I 'm looking
for a project!
Lexxey
East GA, Pottery & Gardening
http://www.flummoxed.org/lexxey/index.htm
Steve Mills on sun 17 feb 02
I agree with Earl; Slate is THE best: wedging, working, glaze mixing,
glazing, etc., etc., etc.
Steve
Bath
UK
In message , Cindi Anderson writes
>But isn't everyone missing the point? The question wasn't ABOUT a wedgin=
>g
>table, it was a work surface!
>
>Cindi
>
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Steve Mills
Bath
UK
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