Wedging Table: Plaster-Topped with a Cutting Wire (Binns, 1910)

The potter's wedging table Binns taught: a strong table with a 30 by 20 in top of two-inch plank, edged to make a trough filled with plaster, and a fine brass wire stretched diagonally from a post on one side for cutting the clay. Clay is cut on the wire and slapped down on the plaster, fifteen or twenty times, until it is even; wet the plaster if it stiffens the clay too fast. Source: C. F. Binns, The Potter's Craft (1910), p. 79. Picture: the book's text.

초급

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안내

Make the top

Build a strong table whose top, about 30 by 20 in, is of two-inch plank. Nail a raised edge 2 in high firmly to the sides to form a trough.

이 단계의 재료:

제재 판재1 two-inch plank, about 30 x 20 in

판자1 raised edge, 2 in high

쇠못1 개

필요한 도구:

손톱(핸드소)

망치

Pour the plaster

Fill the trough with plaster and let it harden.

이 단계의 재료:

소석고(플라스터 오브 파리)1 개

필요한 도구:

망치

Fit the post and wire

Fasten an upright post in the centre of one side and stretch a fine brass wire from its top to the other side of the table, making a diagonal. The worker stands on the side opposite the post.

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