[TheForge] Machinist needed?

[peter fels]

On Apr 5, 2011, at 4:15 AM, xlch58 at swbell.net wrote:

> On 4/5/2011 12:46 AM, peter fels wrote:
>> It always seemed to me that 1/2 of a  small rear end from and independent rear suspension car, turned on end,
>> was almost a ready made, for a potters wheel.
>> Just fill the wheel with plaster ( ditch the tire).
>> The driveshaft lets you put the motor wherever you want and you can have a gas pedal and a brake.
>> 
> I suppose it depends on just what period Phlips friend is re enacting 
> how well that will work for them.   Don't know why they would even need 
> a steel shaft for a potters wheel, much less a bearing capable of 
> supporting several thousand pounds of radial and axial load.   Hardwood 
> shaft and with hardwood or even leather bearings worked for centuries.   
> If the they want a little more friction free thrust bearing you could 
> make one easily out of hardwood, a ball nose router bit and a handful of 
> marbles.    If they absolutely have to have something modern, there's 
> plenty that can be adapted for free to be found on every big trash 
> pickup day, which I guess could lead you back to the back axle of a car.
> 
> Charles
I think the minimum version is a round of wood stump with a hole bored in the exact center of the bottom side, but not all the way through.
The round sits on an upright pointed branch, inserted in the hole.
Another hole is bored on  top, near the edge and another stick is inserted from above to whip it around till it's spinning fast enough to throw pots with the momentum.
I'd a friend who lived in an old school bus and made a living making cups and bowls with such a wheel.
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