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[HorseloverFat]

There's been a TON of discussion here of tools, lately. MOST having different specific items and methods they use in their clay process...

I believe in familiarizing one's self with as MANY methods as possible allows for a balanced, steady "Baseline Skill"

So I have begun making "Poor-Folk-Style" tools and equipment... I will share, the good, bad and the experimental here. (and results) I hope for brainstorming, refining, and to demonstrate what I do to POSSIBLY help with what you do.

 

[HorseloverFat]

First up.. Susan!

 

[HorseloverFat]

Susan!... continued..

January 29, 2022

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[HorseloverFat]

Others sharing THEIR "Dr. Frankenstein's Monster" Tools, here, is highly encouraged.

 

[penumbra]

Having worked with many professional potters over the years, I have found that many of them use common kitchen aids and tools for clay work.
I'm guilty.

 

[HorseloverFat]

I also found this neat little plastic apparatus.. for an original use obsolete. When opened up, it can serve several purposes... Just gave it a quick little "buff"

(Yup... pink pants.)

 

[HorseloverFat]

Also.. after a little sanding.. THIS tool proved interesting. It's a twine holder.. I believe.

 

[Firstflush]

You, friend, are a tinkerer. Very astute and technically minded…a modern Geppetto, if you will.

 

[HorseloverFat]

You, friend, are a tinkerer. Very astute and technically minded…a modern Geppetto, if you will.

Thank you!!

 

[penumbra]

Thank you!!

You, friend, are a tinkerer. Very astute and technically minded…a modern Geppetto, if you will.

So true, but you don't follow the easy path. Or should I say you avoid the well traveled path.

 

[HorseloverFat]

Hehe!! Thanks!

I'm VERY into the "Re-Use" portion of the Recycling Trifecta.... So I will FIND the materials, If i can.. amongst all this crap that my parents accumulated for years.



I've been digging through piles of junk, disassembling/reassembling things for as long as I can remember.

I SHOULD have, though, looked FOR a "lazy susan"... because I have JUST been informed that my Mother found one in the attic... and I can have it.

 

[19Mateo83]

Hehe!! Thanks!

I'm VERY into the "Re-Use" portion of the Recycling Trifecta.... So I will FIND the materials, If i can.. amongst all this crap that my parents accumulated for years.



I've been digging through piles of junk, disassembling/reassembling things for as long as I can remember.

I SHOULD have, though, looked FOR a "lazy susan"... because I have JUST been informed that my Mother found one in the attic... and I can have it.

But would a lazy Susan have the character of the one you willed out of the “piles of junk”?

 

[HorseloverFat]

But would a lazy Susan have the character of the one you willed out of the “piles of junk”?

Yes, yes.

The KNOWLEDGE gained was the real treat... I've never made a ball bearing bushing and suspension system from varying sizes and thicknesses of plastic tubes/straws... I'm SURE that was a useful "Theory-To-Physical" Relation built for use later in my Mental ToolKit.

Aaaand my Sons can work with which ever Suz'n that I'm not Uz'n.

 

[19Mateo83]

Yes, yes.

The KNOWLEDGE gained was the real treat... I've never made a ball bearing bushing and suspension system from varying sizes and thicknesses of plastic tubes/straws... I'm SURE that was a useful "Theory-To-Physical" Relation built for use later in my Mental ToolKit.

Aaaand my Sons can work with which ever Suz'n that I'm not Uz'n.

Richard Dean Anderson would be proud

 

[Hack Yeah!]

 

[HorseloverFat]

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I altered it.. and it actually works pretty good!

Those are Powell Swiss Ceramic "Bones" Bearings in that wheel... Abec-7 ...

 

[Huggz13]

Very cool.
I’ve got a few rotating desk chairs that I’m about to repurpose into turntables.

I’m a teacher at a pretty big high school and they’re forever throwing out desk chairs and replacing them as they get worn out so I have a never ending supply to work with.

 

[HorseloverFat]

Very cool.
I’ve got a few rotating desk chairs that I’m about to repurpose into turntables.

I’m a teacher at a pretty big high school and they’re forever throwing out desk chairs and replacing them as they get worn out so I have a never ending supply to work with.

Awesome!!!

I only found one similar device.. and it was attached to a bent platform, bolted to an old musty Lazy Boy.. and would've required some more... digging ...to remove completely.

For the bent platform I chose to pass.

 

[Clorgan]

First up.. Susan!
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Haha I love your threads! Do you still skate?

 

[HorseloverFat]

Haha I love your threads! Do you still skate?

I actually picked it up again (loosely) within the last couple years.. I used to skate FOR a shop and FOR a skateboard company, in a different life. all AM-atuer stuff, but fun.

Now I just cruise around.. I still practice "tricks" too.. just to teach the boys when they ask.

I don't remember how to... um... "Fall" as PROPERLY as I did as a younger me.... you STAY "down" when you get old.. no fancy rolls/bounces.. just the flat "Slap" of your body hitting the concrete.