I don't know what it is about people who design and build yachts or sailing boats but they seems to be able to put their hand to anything. Very nice overview of where you work. Thank you
Very interesting setup! To your question on what we’d like to see, I think just seeing your process would be fun. I feel like a lot of people enjoy seeing artists at work, and the art come to life. It’s inspiring and calming. 😊
Thanks. Stay tuned. Once I work my way through a potter getting started I'm going to do vids around specific projects. I am actually more of a hand builder.
thanks again! my first attempt at stand-throwing was awkward and less than successful.... your way seems much better... I'll be raising my Soldner tomorrow.
I had a soldner. I had to drill two small holes in the metal pedal to hook two springs through. That was by far the the trickiest pedal to use this way. That big half round aluminum cover for the electronics, geez. Let me know if you need help.
Thanks so for showing us what’s possible in a small space, you’re quite amazing. I would love to see some of your work. Happy creating you good man. Old potter from Oz 👍
Thankyou so much for your kind words. Folks have asked to see my work; maybe I should do a slide show. Literally a slide show because I will need to take images off of old. slides somehow.
I have a few pics posted on Instagram at two locations if you are interested. Its Clear As Mud and Constellation Pond Yachts. I love pond yachts so thats my other outlet with lots of crazy jeff stuff.
Its a bit like a "15 puzzle ". But that also means flexibility when reconfiguring for different projects. I used to have 2000 sq ft studio and 6 kilns. I worked in about the same amount of space; the rest was used for ware racks and kilns.
Just found your channel. I would love to see how you make bats. I have 10 students and need a cheaper more efficient way to make more bats. I can't imagine the dryness of AZ. I'm in Utah and it's back enough here.
This system has a lot of the same characteristics of commercial models . Its great to be able to store 100 bats in a 7"x7" footprint. The big advantage is cutting so many batts out of a single 4x8 sheet of material. In order to do that you have to start there and design the master batt to fit what us cut from the sheet.
i'm a former working pottery owner since retired. building a home studio and incorporating your wheel designs. so a spring loaded pedal eh? ill be in touch on insta. great video... more please!
I am also in AZ. I purchased a small kiln with the intent of setting it up on my garage, but Scott indicates that the counter not operate when ambient temperature is over 100. Do you have air conditioning in your studio? Do you fire in the summer?
@@plus2606 No Ac. I fire at night. But if you look at the bottom of the red sheet metal control box mounted on the side of the kiln; you will see vent holes matching those on the top of the box. Those are designed to allow cross ventilation over the circuits and help keep things cool. I purchased a small square electric fan designed for computers to keep the tower cool. I mounted the fan shooting up from the bottom vent moving cooler air from ground level over the electric stuff. This is what my local clay club uses in their kiln room that has 10 or so kilns enclosed and often firing or cooling at the same same time.
thanks for sharing.. questions re: standing whilst throwing.. do you lean against the back wall to keep your back straight? how are your legs positioned to work the pedal with your knee? do you throw at a constant speed? or does it vary?
I stand on a thick cushy rubber mat; very often barefoot. I keep both feet on the ground and operate the pedal with my knee. The pedal is spring loaded with a thich rubber ban and mounted on the front side of the plywood box my wheel sits on . And I put some foam rubber on it for knee comfort. Very quickly you mentally lose track of using your knee and the speed changes are automatic. Thats kinda cool. Sort of like driving down the highway and suddenly remembering that your driving. Speed starts to happen subconsiously.
I free stand with out support. I do wear an elastic back brace. And i take frequent coffee breaks. That being said three hours can go by in the blink of an eye. I also do a special yoga stretch every morning. I should probably do a video on it. Very simple. If i remember to do I stay out of pain. If i forget i can be in trouble.
Hi - can you tell me about your dowel and 2x4 ware shelves? Do the dowel holes go straight in, or are they slightly angled upward? How far apart are the 2x4s, and what size boards do they support? Thanks!
Yes, the dowells are drilled straight in and go completely through the 2x4. I used a Forstner bit to drill very smooth and consistent holes and I would recommend using a drill press if you can. The spacing is determined by your shelf length. I have several rolling racks that take a 32 inch shelf. 32 inches is even spacing for a 4'x8' sheet of ply. So to use the same ware boards on both the peg shelving and the rolling rack I spaced my 2x4 uprights at 24 inches with enough space to allow 4 inches between the ends of the 32 inch ware boards. Sometimes with bowls I wish I had 6 inches. Its possible to get a super tight fit between the dowel and the hole in the 2x4. This is a blessing and a curse. So I have ended up giving the ends of the dowels a very light sanding and using a bees wax mixture, ( Snoseal) to lube the dowels and holes for ease of removal. The vertical distance between dowels is subject to your needs. Mine are spaced at 6 inches so if I need to store 12 inch pots I can pull out some pegs. I rarely use the bottom two shelves. I wish I would have used that space to increased the spacing to 7 or 8 inches. Remember the ware and batt boards will decrease the available space and you have to adjust your ware to miss the pegs. Plus having a bit more gap makes it easier to pull a loaded ware board to work on pots with out banging a pot lip or knocking work off the ware board; and covering a ware board with plastic with out having to pull the board. All in all this is a very cheap and usefull system. I also scavenged my ware boards from dumpsters in a subdivision under construction. Ask a job mgr. They are happy to give it away.
One more thing. Try to find some older and very dry 2x4s. Wood shrinks as it drys out. It also swells when it gets wet. Both instance make the dowels a bear to remove. So getting really dry wood helps solve that problem. Its ok for the dowels to be easily removed and wiggle just a bit. Even with a downward slope of a few degrees the ware boards are stable. Why I recommend the Forster bit and drill press is you want any downward angle to be consistent between both pegs supporting a ware board. Other wise you have a ware board that rocks snd twists.
@@itsclearasmud7718 Thank you for your quick and complete reply! Am always looking for ideas for cheap shelving. My studio is a classroom in an old school building, and I have clay, glass, printmaking and junk assemblage stuff to store and organize. So there is enough room to work, but only if I can corral the metal bits, the round things, the paper, sheet glass, wooden doodads, glaze buckets, fasteners, etc. etc. Probably have to put up a plastic curtain to keep the clay dust out of the paper and glass.
@@skcamerican i recently built a shelving unit in our 6'×13' storage shed. The unit is 3' x 13'x69", and consists of 18 -2x4s and asst scrap ply. It will accept 32, full sized, 30 gallon plastic storage tubs. And the whole thing resembles the pot rack in my first studio. DM me on instagram if you want more info.
As accomplished internet detective I can certainly conclude that this dude lives in British Columbia. 1. His accent. 2. His dog is fluffy. 3. Camera shake? Shivering cold? 🥶
Great little tip how to set up studio! thank you!!
I don't know what it is about people who design and build yachts or sailing boats but they seems to be able to put their hand to anything. Very nice overview of where you work. Thank you
You kept a kiln in a dorm room?! That is impressive.
Thanks for the studio tour, compact and functional!
Please consider doing a video on how and what you need to set up a “glaze lab”!
@@LorileeCrane ill do that next. I set up a simple lab recently and i can show you what i did. Thanks for the idea.
Just found you. I also love having everything right at hand while working. Very nice set up. It's given me a lot of ideas for my own setup. Thanks =)
Thank you. That makes me very happy.
Very interesting setup! To your question on what we’d like to see, I think just seeing your process would be fun. I feel like a lot of people enjoy seeing artists at work, and the art come to life. It’s inspiring and calming. 😊
Thanks. Stay tuned. Once I work my way through a potter getting started I'm going to do vids around specific projects. I am actually more of a hand builder.
thanks again! my first attempt at stand-throwing was awkward and less than successful.... your way seems much better... I'll be raising my Soldner tomorrow.
I had a soldner. I had to drill two small holes in the metal pedal to hook two springs through. That was by far the the trickiest pedal to use this way. That big half round aluminum cover for the electronics, geez. Let me know if you need help.
Loved seeing your space and yard! Just moved to CT from AZ and finally get to set up my own studio. Best to you!!
Having even a small place that is your own will be a joy.
very organized!
It's. super. interestingg ~:)
Thanks so for showing us what’s possible in a small space, you’re quite amazing. I would love to see some of your work. Happy creating you good man. Old potter from Oz 👍
Thankyou so much for your kind words. Folks have asked to see my work; maybe I should do a slide show. Literally a slide show because I will need to take images off of old. slides somehow.
I have a few pics posted on Instagram at two locations if you are interested. Its Clear As Mud and Constellation Pond Yachts. I love pond yachts so thats my other outlet with lots of crazy jeff stuff.
Looks very functional. You have made great use of the space.
Its a bit like a "15 puzzle ". But that also means flexibility when reconfiguring for different projects. I used to have 2000 sq ft studio and 6 kilns. I worked in about the same amount of space; the rest was used for ware racks and kilns.
Just found your channel. I would love to see how you make bats. I have 10 students and need a cheaper more efficient way to make more bats. I can't imagine the dryness of AZ. I'm in Utah and it's back enough here.
Went looking through videos and found that do a video. Sweet! Going to go watch it.
This system has a lot of the same characteristics of commercial models . Its great to be able to store 100 bats in a 7"x7" footprint. The big advantage is cutting so many batts out of a single 4x8 sheet of material. In order to do that you have to start there and design the master batt to fit what us cut from the sheet.
i'm a former working pottery owner since retired. building a home studio and incorporating your wheel designs. so a spring loaded pedal eh? ill be in touch on insta. great video... more please!
We can do a video chat on instagram and I can show you what I've done.
I am also in AZ. I purchased a small kiln with the intent of setting it up on my garage, but Scott indicates that the counter not operate when ambient temperature is over 100. Do you have air conditioning in your studio? Do you fire in the summer?
@@plus2606 No Ac. I fire at night. But if you look at the bottom of the red sheet metal control box mounted on the side of the kiln; you will see vent holes matching those on the top of the box. Those are designed to allow cross ventilation over the circuits and help keep things cool. I purchased a small square electric fan designed for computers to keep the tower cool. I mounted the fan shooting up from the bottom vent moving cooler air from ground level over the electric stuff. This is what my local clay club uses in their kiln room that has 10 or so kilns enclosed and often firing or cooling at the same same time.
thanks for sharing.. questions re: standing whilst throwing.. do you lean against the back wall to keep your back straight? how are your legs positioned to work the pedal with your knee? do you throw at a constant speed? or does it vary?
I stand on a thick cushy rubber mat; very often barefoot. I keep both feet on the ground and operate the pedal with my knee. The pedal is spring loaded with a thich rubber ban and mounted on the front side of the plywood box my wheel sits on . And I put some foam rubber on it for knee comfort. Very quickly you mentally lose track of using your knee and the speed changes are automatic. Thats kinda cool. Sort of like driving down the highway and suddenly remembering that your driving. Speed starts to happen subconsiously.
I free stand with out support. I do wear an elastic back brace. And i take frequent coffee breaks. That being said three hours can go by in the blink of an eye. I also do a special yoga stretch every morning. I should probably do a video on it. Very simple. If i remember to do I stay out of pain. If i forget i can be in trouble.
instagram.com/p/BP1ks5QBpyK/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA== this is link to a photo on Instagram .
instagram.com/p/CHBaAscDvk2/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA== another link showing the knee pedal.
Hi - can you tell me about your dowel and 2x4 ware shelves? Do the dowel holes go straight in, or are they slightly angled upward? How far apart are the 2x4s, and what size boards do they support? Thanks!
Yes, the dowells are drilled straight in and go completely through the 2x4. I used a Forstner bit to drill very smooth and consistent holes and I would recommend using a drill press if you can. The spacing is determined by your shelf length. I have several rolling racks that take a 32 inch shelf. 32 inches is even spacing for a 4'x8' sheet of ply. So to use the same ware boards on both the peg shelving and the rolling rack I spaced my 2x4 uprights at 24 inches with enough space to allow 4 inches between the ends of the 32 inch ware boards. Sometimes with bowls I wish I had 6 inches. Its possible to get a super tight fit between the dowel and the hole in the 2x4. This is a blessing and a curse. So I have ended up giving the ends of the dowels a very light sanding and using a bees wax mixture, ( Snoseal) to lube the dowels and holes for ease of removal. The vertical distance between dowels is subject to your needs. Mine are spaced at 6 inches so if I need to store 12 inch pots I can pull out some pegs. I rarely use the bottom two shelves. I wish I would have used that space to increased the spacing to 7 or 8 inches. Remember the ware and batt boards will decrease the available space and you have to adjust your ware to miss the pegs. Plus having a bit more gap makes it easier to pull a loaded ware board to work on pots with out banging a pot lip or knocking work off the ware board; and covering a ware board with plastic with out having to pull the board. All in all this is a very cheap and usefull system. I also scavenged my ware boards from dumpsters in a subdivision under construction. Ask a job mgr. They are happy to give it away.
One more thing. Try to find some older and very dry 2x4s. Wood shrinks as it drys out. It also swells when it gets wet. Both instance make the dowels a bear to remove. So getting really dry wood helps solve that problem. Its ok for the dowels to be easily removed and wiggle just a bit. Even with a downward slope of a few degrees the ware boards are stable. Why I recommend the Forster bit and drill press is you want any downward angle to be consistent between both pegs supporting a ware board. Other wise you have a ware board that rocks snd twists.
@@itsclearasmud7718 Thank you for your quick and complete reply! Am always looking for ideas for cheap shelving. My studio is a classroom in an old school building, and I have clay, glass, printmaking and junk assemblage stuff to store and organize. So there is enough room to work, but only if I can corral the metal bits, the round things, the paper, sheet glass, wooden doodads, glaze buckets, fasteners, etc. etc. Probably have to put up a plastic curtain to keep the clay dust out of the paper and glass.
@@skcamerican i recently built a shelving unit in our 6'×13' storage shed. The unit is 3' x 13'x69", and consists of 18 -2x4s and asst scrap ply. It will accept 32, full sized, 30 gallon plastic storage tubs. And the whole thing resembles the pot rack in my first studio. DM me on instagram if you want more info.
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As accomplished internet detective I can certainly conclude that this dude lives in British Columbia.
1. His accent.
2. His dog is fluffy.
3. Camera shake? Shivering cold? 🥶
So much for obfuscation on my part, eh. Dang you are good. Its aboot time I came clean.