Standing and throwing is better for your health, easier on your body, and increases productivity. Here is how to make a pottery wheel stand for your wheel #HuebnerPottery #Ceramics #Pottery
These are awesome!!! You have inspired me to make a set for my classroom. The wood block inserts are a genius idea for adjusting the height. Keep the videos coming.
Gosh just what I was looking for!! How did you know 💕 😉. I have had back problems for over 20 years, this is why I am retired from my nursing career early at age 45, now trying to get into pottery. I have found sitting at the wheel is just too hard so I am looking for the best way to raise it. Now, to get my husband to weld a stand for my wheel. That may take a bit of convincing but it is my only choice because I can not take the pain from sitting to throw. Thank you for this amazing idea!!
You have really given me hope. I retire at 53 and got into wheel throwing pottery. I was a slip caster before. After 1 year of throwing, my back really bothers me. I have started hand building to give my back a break. Are you selling these setups?
Hey there, :) I am curious to know how you protect yourself from various hazardous studio dust? Seemingly, asbestos tiles used to be on the floor where you were welding... Hope they were carefully removed. Silica dust has been elevated to the hazardous level of LEAD and ASBESTOS. The acceptable level of silica dust in the workplace has recently been reduced to 1/16 of the previous allowable amount.... That is a HUGE reduction and ceramic studios are slow to take action... especially in the academic arena, where OSHA seems only concerned with the health and safety of the instructor.... And, I am hoping that you were using a respirator when you were grinding and sanding rusty metal.. couldn't see your face at that time... But, I love the "clean" shaven look on you! :) ...... and all of your videos! Keep going..... But safety first! Am I right? ;}
Great working on the layout drawing! My second instructor was Jack Boyle at San Antonio Pottery who stood at the wheel. Therefore when setting up my studio I brought my Aspire up to belly button height and have not looked back. I don't know if you got to watch my saving power video. I made it because in class and at home I would forget to turn the wheel off and needed a fairly well seen reminder the wheel was on. It also brings the power strips up off the floor. Thanks for sharing the build!
I love those aspire wheels. I’ll check out your video. Currently I have all the power strips mounted under a table to keep water spills off of them. But it makes them impossible to see. I had this one on the floor so I could make the goofy video of me walking around the room throwing. I did purchase a timer switch for our hot box that turns off the power after 1/2 hour(adjustable to 6 hours). That may be a good solution for the wheels as well.
@@OceanwayArt Sounds like you have it covered.... I just bought a Terracotta flower pot to fit in my Fletcher clay reclaim system instead of a pillow case and clips. I think the transfer will be better as well as cleanup. Will let you know how well or poorly it works and I think it will have me doing reclaim more often as this will be my slop bucket from now on with a piece of screen in the bottom.
I’m just starting out in a ceramics class and I realize an injury I got 20 years ago, and that I currently get PT for 2x per week, is preventing me from throwing while sitting. I’m trying to see if my community college can make an accommodation for standing, but I would love to see a tutorial on how you actually throw while standing. Like where you brace your arms and such.
This is just what I need for my Skutt!! Just need to find access to welding/metal cutting space... If they are not against the wall and don't have wheels do they still get pushed around? Or are they pretty stable?
My aunt wants me to make one of these for her (I'm a structural welder) and I have no idea what you're doing with the adjusting and wood blocks, I'm so confused, please help. Also what you doing with the tubes? Is that part of the wheel? I don't even know what a throwing wheel (is that what it's called?) looks like.
Instructions not clear...windows broken..police called. Tried to explain I was practicing throwing pottery, wife has broken eye socket and I need a lawyer. Throwing is dangerous.
