Make an Electric Pottery Wheel from a Scrap Washing Machine 

Love a good stone thrown at Bethesda in the middle of something 100% unrelated. Man I like your channel :D

This is why I watch your channel! Your creations are almost as crazy as mine.... 😄 Keep up the awesomeness!

Brilliant work.... you just turned a load of old ******** into a real potters wheel.... You sir, are a genius! Merry Christmas.

How fun. Nice job bud

It makes me really happy to see this channel growing. You put alot of time and effort into this and I hope it makes you rich fo real!

That’s quite impressive I must say. You brought that thing out of old junk, which I always think is cool. The vessels are looking good, it’s a difficult mastery that pottery wheel...

Now all you're missing is the ghost of Patrick Swayze to guide your hands.

Wild ride

I love this! I’ve also used the outer washer cabinet shells to make some really cool rolling tool/parts cabinets for my bike shop: swap in a frame made from bed rails (perfectly legit angle iron), beautiful wood drawers, 1/2” thick rubber stall mat for the top, quality 3” castors, tool drawer liner, painted it “oil rubbed bronze,” and because I had or found most of the stuff for free, just makes it extra glorious.

i grew up in a pottery and i wasn't ever good at throwing, however i will say that if your wheel is at all off-centre then you're making your life 10x as difficult. get something heavy to be the actual wheel itself, like a steel plate, then the inertia in the plate will smooth out any minor inconsistencies in speed and make balancing inconsistencies impossible to ignore.

Paul always enjoy the content brother keep up the great work!

I love this channel with a passion. It perfectly captures my thought process when making anything

This is awesome!

Oh my gosh, this was so AMAZEBALLS! I loved watching this process and journey, and honestly made a pretty alright backyard fabrication pottery wheel. Best potter's origin story ever! I look forward to checking out more of your videos. ^_^

you look very proud in the end. I would probably just screw this up beyond repair. So i would stick to buying stuff. Congratz to you. And happy christmas ...

Great! my old potters wheel motor blew after a lot of trial and error I fitted a DC washing machine motor and a new controller - works a treat!!

Could you use a foot pedal from an old sewing machine to control the speed? But other than that and a proper stand to mount it to, it looks good. 😁 really like the splash guard idea

I just started making a 2 X 72 belt grinder and those treadmill motors would work fantastic in one of those. Strong motor, variable speed, the motor controller in with the treadmill, and they can be had for free if you look hard enough!

Cool contraption you got there! I took a few pottery classes years ago. I'd recommend a smaller diameter splash guard so you can hug it with your knees. Then you can stabilize your elbows on your knees and it'll be much easier to center the clay. Pretty cool way repurpose a washer! Wonder if you could make a ball mill from a front load, you could "mull" casting sand and make gunpowder!

Good morning, God bless you, and have a good day.

Hey love your channel

Paul... My 2 cents to you. Go to some stores that sell beds and ask for old bed frames or look for them on craigslist. That makes for free or cheap angle iron. Also go to goodwill store or some other thrift store and get a used large plastic cutting board. The white nylon type ones are about 1/2 inch thick. Great video...

I have a GE that broke where the small part ( spindle? ) holds one side of the belt. I guess the part that actually turns the larger wheel. I thought about making a kick wheel out of the washing machine. I came across your channel when I was looking for someone who has tried this. thank you for doing this video.

Awesome! :)

"what could possiblay go wrong?!" 😂 subscribed! bosh!

Not a bad idea. Once you find a foot pedal for speed control you will have it. Old sewing machine?

That was an interesting build sir!

I'm really liking your channel educational fun and a great escape from politics. By the way I had to rewrite my comment because voice typing made some serious typos. To everyone that reads this be careful when you use voice typing.

11:29 might be the biggest mouthful known to mankind

CHAIN GUARD! For the love of god! Before that thing takes your manhood, fit a chain guard! Great video. Keep up the good work.

SPEED CONTROL A MUST

Not bad at all 👌🏼

You could.use the switch of a dimmable led downlight for voltage control

Now i get why paul is making this thing! Those electric kilns he got last vid

Maaaann, you're hilarious !!

that first tornado pot was awesome! are you making a kiln from an easy bake oven next? ;-)

That was so goofy a video I was instantly converted into a loyal fan!

That was hilarious...you can make me one next !!

This video needs more 1990's Demi Moore (=

That thing on the bolt is called a flange for those who don't know.

If your motto is "I'll go with the process that looks the most ridiculous" I would recommend getting approval from your wife before doing any home improvement projects.

You can place an insulation pipe wrap on top of the splash guard this will make a cushion for your hand. Also put sewing machine motor with pedal that works with speed control. Overall you did a great try.

“Which brings us to the woodworking portion of this washing machine razor scooter pottery wheel” 😂🤣

Brilliant idea! Only thing is, speed control is essential... if it can't be controlled by a foot pedal like a regular wheel then a switch with slower speeds might do. But I know nothing about engineering to be able to say how to do that :)

Great job! I just had the same idea and wanted to see if it could be done :) how come you didn’t use the motor from the washing machine? Was it broken? Or does it not work for this purpose?

You could've tested the washing machine motor, if I was correct it was a universal motor and if it was it works also on DC. So theoretically you could arduino control it using an H-bridge. I'm gonna make a video about that. Hope you didn't throw it away

From 3 years in highschool ceramics I'd recommend a wire tool a wood tool and a few ribs to start out with. For speed control maybe try wiring a dimmer switch into an extension cord and see how that does. I tried that for controlling fan speed in my foundry torch.

Hahaha... Great comedy 👌👍

13:21 "This way i can work out all the bugs, or just release it to the public. I'M LOOKING AT YOU BETHESDA!" Hahaha, epic!

what the watage of the razor scooter motor ? i got a 100watt 24v motor found in 1 of these similar scooter lying around for year

Lol it's way to fast . Lol . great job brother super fun to watch . thanks for the video

Now you have the world's loudest way too fast potter's wheel

Did you say scrap shed😃😃😃I only have access to scrap bin you have a whole shed. 😳😳😳😃😃

It could also be a great starting point for a jigger jolley machine... if you find yourself further down the line with ceramics.

Great videos Paul. No pretentious crap here. 😀👍

lmaoooo "lookin at you bethesda" great video!!

Looking at this project makes me think of a muller, how is your petrobond doing?

Hi Paul, I am determined to make a potter wheel on following your lead 😊. Any idea on the age of your GE washer? Some of the take part RU-vid for GE washers show a different pulley system. When did GE stop using the one big pulley at the bottom of the shaft? I need to know the year of the change up. Diann in St Paul. Thanks,, This video was so ingenious and very humorous. I WANT TO MAKE ONE ALSO 😊❤😂

@Paul's Garage I found some cheap steel in weyauwega WI. LMK if you want the information. It is all new stock and about the 1/3 the cost of a scrap yard.

Hi great video. Would the original washing machine motor be too strong? I ask because I have an extra washing machine (older) and I really want to make a pottery wheel for zero euro 🇮🇹. I'd be very grateful for a response. Thanks again for your videos 👍

A normal light dimming switch should work as a speed control.

Turn it on it’s side and You finished the lathe hahaha

The pot exploded because it was spinning too fast. You need speed control. To achieve that without wasting power (or too much power) you need a DC PWM controller. Fortunately Amazon is full of them. Here's an example: www.amazon.com/RioRand-7-80V-Motor-Controller-Switch/dp/B071NQ5G71/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&qid=1546729501&sr=8-5&keywords=dc+pwm And if you need more than 80V/30A you can find plenty others. (edit) In fact you know what, I have a few DC PWMs laying around, I'll just send Paul one. It's only 20 amps but should be enough.

Told ya it was too fast! lol. Not as fast as I thought tho. I thought it would just throw the clay off when you turned it on. And you cut the circle exactly as I expected you to. As you were screwing the plywood on I thought to myself... Just turn in on and get out the angle grinder!! IDK if you should take comfort in the fact that I had the same idea.... Or if it should make you rethink your entire existence... probably the rethinking one... BUT THATS NO FUN!!

Awesome project. Unfortunately I'm still at the Play-Doh skill level

Nice carpet cleaner. I have one of those. Use a potentiometer to adjust the speed. ( edit again) or use a tig foot pedal or your wife's sewing machine foot pedal

Cut circle out of a large plastic cutting board to throw the mud on. This is the extent of my pottery knowledge and I am just guessing.

👍 Is a 6v motorcycle battery in the forecast? So did yuh keep a few rags handy when you practiced throwing clay, or did Sarah get mad and make you wash the door knob? I'm glad you got the hot spatter in your ears problem solved. 🙃

The post apocaliptic inventor made time ago a video on wiring woshing machine to work as a DC motor. May be original motor of washing machine is more suitable than the scooter

I get the feeling that this is going to be a very permanent "temporary" solution.

i have built a chicken thing out of a washing machine before... full disclosure, it doesnt work properly. i always found it very important to have a clean result while butchering animals, the cleaner the job the better the food - that beeing said, tell your friend to look into wax feather removal, thats small pellets, most likely beeswax or something else food safe, dip it in, peel it off, what works for womens primary sex organs cant be wrong for chicken. takes a bit of time, but most likely your friend wont do more than 5 chickens at once anyways so maybe worth a shot. he can build a nice firepit out of the old drum and cook the chicken on it, that would be better :P

Would you be willing share the 3d print file?

Remember no preorders my brothers

0:52 the what does what where now?! O_O

You just created a giant centrifuge capable of centrifuging gallons of liquids and you decide to make a pottery spinner. Interesting where smart peoples minds go.

think you could use a lot of those side panels for sheetmetal , though you do need to get the paint off the plastic sheet off the drum looks use able too good idea for the scooter motor , at least it isnt that strong it will stop before the torq takes youre arms of think the speed is too high might need to take one of the batteries away and try half the power and now i have to clean up............ think he still would have his eyesight if he slaps his wife on the but with those hands ,,,, they be mostly clean though

Bro. Too soon on the epic Bethesda burn ouch

Chain wiggles a little bit, "Chain is too loose", over-tightens it, GRIND, GRIND, GRIND, says nothing.

My toxic trait is that I wanna marry a man like this...but I also wanna be a man like this😒

He said shaft

😂😢😮😂

Sadly the pla printed part won’t last long with water exposure.

Hahaha

teach to fire this clay for mating pottery.

What no Agitator! you are not a youtuber LOL

Hole Hole Hole or Ho Ho Ho

It's too fast.. lol. duh. :D

I have a GE that broke where the small part ( spindle? ) holds one side of the belt. I guess the part that actually turns the larger wheel. I thought about making a kick wheel out of the washing machine. I came across your channel when I was looking for someone who has tried this. thank you for doing this video.