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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.
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Instructions
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1
Make the top
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.
Materials for this step:
Timber Plank1 two-inch plank, about 30 x 20 in
Board1 raised edge, 2 in high
Iron Nails1 pieceTools needed:
Hand Saw
Hammer2
2
Pour the plaster
Pour the plaster
Fill the trough with plaster and let it harden.
Materials for this step:
Plaster of Paris1 pieceTools needed:
Hammer3
3
Fit the post and wire
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.
Materials for this step:
Unknown Material1 upright post, material not given
Thin Brass Wire1 fine brass wireIron Nails1 pieceTools needed:
HammerHand SawMaterials
6- 1 two-inch plank, about 30 x 20 inPlaceholder
- 1 raised edge, 2 in highPlaceholder
- 2 piecesPlaceholder
- 1 piecePlaceholder
- 1 upright post, material not givenPlaceholder
- 1 fine brass wirePlaceholder
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