Learn how to Tap Center on the pottery wheel 

Amazing demo. I have watched a dozen videos on tap centering and this is the ONLY one that I actually understand.

Thank you, your demonstration is the most useful centering tutorial I have ever found.

Love the arrow thing it really helped conceptualize what you were doing.

You’re awesome! I will try tap centering again. I have a lot of trouble centering for trimming but I can center pretty quick when I throw. It takes me forever to center for trimming and it feels like such a waste of time. I love the idea of tapping a chuck for practice. Thank you so much!!!

Thank you! I watched another video on tap centering and they used the stabby stab technique and it just wasn't working for me. I was looking up the Griffin Grip and the price made me think...hmm... maybe I should shop around for more tap centering advice. This video helped me nail it - swiping in from the side moving with the pot rather than stabbing at it. Gosh, it felt SO good to get that first piece centered right after watching your video! Thank you for making my day!!!

This video is loaded with practical tips. We can see you really know what you are speaking about ! Thank you very much.

Best centering lesson ever. Thank you.

This is the best video and explanation ever! Haven't seen any new videos. Hope we will see more from you soon.

Centering for trimming is one of the most frustrating things for me! I'm hoping this technique will be very helpful. Thank you posting it!

MANY THANKS John!! We've only been potting for 2 years and I tried to tap center for months...well, about one year into it, we got a Griffin Grip:) I had it in my mind that I would never be able to tap center. I just tried, after your vid and some advice from Blake. I grabbed a soup can and a can of SPAM, I centered them both! 🤯 I had learned tap centering completely wrong. I was tapping not ONLY when the pot would pass. I didn't keep my left arm anchored, like I do when I throw. Everything makes so much more sense! Even as I sat down 10 mins ago to try this, I went back to my first experience with tapping..which was tapping all over the place🤣🤣. Oh I can't wait to share this gem with my husband!!!🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

I have just start throwing and I’m totally obsessed. (Completely new!!) And of course I wanted to learn how to tap center…. Saw this video and I just say WOOOOW!!!! OMG I JUST TAP CENTERED EVERYTHING I found at home🤩🙌🏼 THANK you sooo much for this video!!

Fantastic demonstration of tap centering! Can’t wait to try this, myself. Thank you!

Thank you, great demo. I feel better about trying to learn this technique.

I just recently discover your channel. Thank you so much for all your hard work and sharing. I am new in ceramic and found so much truly helpful informations. Thank you.

I have been trying to get this figured out and this makes so much sense.

Simple enough technique hard to master, thanks for elaborating on the subject...good video!

Thank you!! I finally learned to tap center!!

It took me like 10min to center a piece recently using the classic technique and I knew there HAD to be a better way. Can't wait to practice this!

Wow! Awesome demo! Been wanting to teach myself how to tap center!!! Ive always been so nervous because Ive ruined pieces trying in my early years! Going to have to try your technique with the follow through! I will be making a video on my channel about this for sure and ill take you up on your challenge!

The Left-Hand vs Right-Hand was not something I had ever thought about with this. I think that may be my issue! Great content and thanks!

Excellent explanation and great examples! After trying with my left hand as you described (even though I'm right-handed), I can now get various items close to centered with just a few taps. I'll continue to work on it! Choosing the right wheel speed (slow, but not too slow) and training my eyes on the edge of the item around 8 o'clock for (for my left hand) seems to have helped me the most. An important (and should be obvious) tip for new potters: either remove the bat pins, or put a bat on the wheel before attempting to center for trimming. I've only been doing pottery for a few weeks now, and I ruined one of my first pieces when I tried to center it for trimming and turned the wheel on too fast. My bowl skidded across the bat pins multiple times which took several chunks out of it. Lesson learned. ;-)

Great demonstration, thanks!!!!

Great tips John, thanks so much!

Thank you! I’m definitely going to keep trying! I think I was trying to stab at it too much. Will try your technique. It makes sense. ☺️

Wow, thank you for this video! It helped to have the arrows on the pots for me to understand. I will definitely be learning this when I go back to the studio.

omg, I was doing it the completely opposite way (jabbing at it from the right side)s...which would make the pot skitter around at worst and never quite center at best. 🙃 Thank you! I'll give it some more practice and see what I come up with.

Great tutorials! Thanks for having the different angle shots. It really helps. When learning something new I watch a few different videos, but yours will be my first 'go to' :) So well explained!

Excellent demo! Your videos are fantastic! Thank you for sharing!

Thank you, Thank you, Thank you 😃

Compressed plate bottom to avoid cracking..any suggestion, do I need to do, inside and outside of plate ？ May be both？

Almost everytime I set down at the wheel I drop a coffee can with some clay in it onto the wheel and tap center it a couple of times. I also do the same after I clean up the wheel from throwing. Keep practicing.

do you always tap on the left only? I think you always throw on the right side between 3 o'clock and 6 o'clock correct? I wish you would do show taps from really close but not quite. I really appreciate your explanations

I struggle with this...