Gail Dapogny on sat 21 jun 03
Kelly and others,
Check out Seattle Pottery Supply. They have a portable wheel (tabletop)
called Artista. Looks very interesting,. Can take 25 lbs. $389.
Gail Dapogny in Ann Arbor
Greg Marshall on wed 10 nov 10
I'm thinking of purchasing a portable potter's wheel to take down to Mexi=
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brands or any other brands that I many not be aware of? Thank you.
Larry Kruzan on thu 11 nov 10
I use a Shimpo for school demos, works fine. Another thing is that smaller
kids who are a little intimidated about a full size wheel, have no fear of
the little shimpo. Fun. I do wish it had a foot control.
On a side note, sometimes folks have problems at the border with "equipment=
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that a Mexican border agent may see as having "import" value. We lived in
ElPaso for several years and did volunteer construction work across the
border in orphanages and schools. On occasion there would be a problem, a
$20 bill always solved it - lunch money. Carry your receipt to show the US
agents on the way out - do NOT apply the $20 bill on this side, just show
the receipt to prove it originated in the US. Do NOT show your receipt on
the Mexican side.
Don't anybody think for an instant that I'm degrading the Mexican
authorities, or most especially the Mexican people - no way! I love the
folks there, the culture, the lands, the whole package. When you work there
and move back and forth across that border a lot there are just some things
that you see that are reality there, a part of life that is different than
here. Not worse, not better, just different. Accept it, work with it, move
on - don't argue about it.
Larry Kruzan
Lost Creek Pottery
www.lostcreekpottery.com
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From: Clayart [mailto:Clayart@LSV.CERAMICS.ORG] On Behalf Of Greg Marshall
Sent: Wednesday, November 10, 2010 11:03 AM
To: Clayart@LSV.CERAMICS.ORG
Subject: Portable Wheels
I'm thinking of purchasing a portable potter's wheel to take down to Mexico=
.
It looks like the two main brands available are the Shimpo Aspire and the
Speedball Artista. Does anyone have any experience with either of these
brands or any other brands that I many not be aware of? Thank you.
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Robert Santerre on thu 11 nov 10
Hi Gregg,
I had a Speedball Artista. VERY poor performance! Not enough torque to
center anything more than a 2 lb. ball of clay. The foot pedal control is
nearly useless ... goes from totally off to quite rapid rotation with no in
between.
I would definitely not recommend this product for anyone with a serious
interest in throwing clay.
Bob
Bob & Ginny Santerre
Arrowsic Island Pottery
344 Old Stage Road
Arrowsic, ME 04530
(207) 443-5858
aipots@gwi.net
www.arrowsicislandpottery.com
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-----Original Message-----
From: Clayart [mailto:Clayart@LSV.CERAMICS.ORG] On Behalf Of Greg Marshall
Sent: Wednesday, November 10, 2010 12:03 PM
To: Clayart@LSV.CERAMICS.ORG
Subject: Portable Wheels
I'm thinking of purchasing a portable potter's wheel to take down to Mexico=
.
It looks like the two main brands available are the Shimpo Aspire and the
Speedball Artista. Does anyone have any experience with either of these
brands or any other brands that I many not be aware of? Thank you.
Jim Willett on fri 12 nov 10
We have been using a Shimpo Aspire for over a year now for demos and=3D20
workshops and have nothing bad to say about it. It is a real little workh=
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is very portable. Cindy routinely stands it up at a 45 or more degree ang=
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kids in the back can see. the plastic bats fit tightly on the wheelhead a=
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she hasn't lost one! It would be nice if it had a foot control but with p=
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soon manage quite well without. It also has enough power to throw a decen=
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piece without slowing or labouring. We have no experience with the other =
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wheel.
Jim Willett and Cindy Clarke
http://www.theclayteacher.com
May Luk on fri 12 nov 10
I have an Artista. I am not a production thrower. I bought it for
clean up work & prototypes for mould making and I hope to practice
making mugs eventually. I have it for throwing demo at shows, and
there are no complains.
Here's Lynn Goodman (my ex-studio mate) doing throwing demos with my
wheel and she's alright with it.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ceramicsbrooklyn/
May
On Wed, Nov 10, 2010 at 12:03 PM, Greg Marshall
wrote:
> I'm thinking of purchasing a portable potter's wheel to take down to Mexi=
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> It looks like the two main brands available are the Shimpo Aspire and the
> Speedball Artista. =3DA0Does anyone have any experience with either of th=
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> brands or any other brands that I many not be aware of? =3DA0Thank you.
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Edward Huml on sun 14 nov 10
I have a Shimpo Aspire also, great little wheel. Got it to do demos outside=
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. Lots lighter then my Bailey, which I had to load into the back seat of my=
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car to get to street fair. Luckily we had power tapped off a street light.=
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But when I wanted to do a fair in the park NYC Parks Dept wouldn't let anyo=
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ne use the electric from the lamp posts. Astronomer friend Roland told me t=
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volt to 110. Calculate power needed ofr how long and you know what capacit=
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y battery to use. Also get a charger for the battery too.
And it all fits in my trunk! Whoo Hooo!
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