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NOTE - click on any highlighted thumbnail photo to see a larger
version:
"I designed this kiln to facilitate firing the plates and other
flatware that I love to make, as well as to be fuel efficient and easy to
load. It turned out to be far more useful than I imagined, and I have
built a dozen more in America and Canada.
"The furniture was designed
specifically for this kiln. A fuller discussion of the design was
published in the September 2001 Ceramics Monthly, and at their site: www.ceramicsmonthly.org/mustreads/shinofire.asp" |
"The
idea came from using a tea cozy, later building this lifting Raku kiln at
Anderson Ranch, and seeing film of a lifting fiber annealing
oven." |
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"Of course, it helped to remember how I
got into pottery at Oregon."
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| "I built my ball-mill to use both 1.5 and 3 gallon jars for
grinding the natural materials I prospect and mine. It has a variable
speed controller to tune the speed for each size of jar. I intend to build
a fifteen-gallon mill for larger batches of my wild porcelain." |
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HANK'S
BALL MILL, up to 3 gallon capacity jars, variable speed,
chain-driven |
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"I borrow this machine whenever I need to crush rock down to 10
mesh for ball-milling. It has a 5-horse motor, crushing up to half a ton
per day of rough ore." |
| "CRUSH-N-MILL",
5 Hp Jaw Crusher, 10 mesh and below |
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NOTE - click on any highlighted thumbnail photo to see a larger
version:
"Joe Bennion demonstrated soft-facetting several years ago, and
after trying his method for awhile, I developed 'Hank's WireTool' for the
purpose.
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"My tool has interchangeable wires which yield different patterns in the wet
clay, and the patterns stretch out when the piece is further opened with a
rib from the inside. (availability)"
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"I make 'Hank's CutOff Wires' in different lengths and patterns
for separating the pot from the wheelhead or a batt. When used in tandem
with Hank's Roller Trimmer, the bottom of a plate may take on
extraordinary beauty & utility. (availability)"
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"I adapted my ball-bearing vulcanizing roller for a method of
trimming based on clay displacement rather than clay removal. The method
produces a compacted footring while leaving the original wirecut intact
and showing through semi-opaque glazes. (availability)" |
| HANK'S ROLLER TRIMMER, ball
bearing, single yoke, 1.5" x 1.5" plated roller. |
See next page, below, for a
tutorial on use of the Roller Trimmer |
(Coming soon: pic of Hank's Trimming Stick with pots set around it)
"I make special trimming sticks to roll the excess clay around the
bottom of cylindrical forms into a footring. Suggest you make one
too."
next page: Tool Tutorials
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