{"id":281,"date":"2010-12-21T23:53:30","date_gmt":"2010-12-22T05:53:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sector67.org\/blog\/?p=281"},"modified":"2010-12-21T23:53:30","modified_gmt":"2010-12-22T05:53:30","slug":"pottery-wheel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sector67.org\/blog\/2010\/pottery-wheel\/","title":{"rendered":"Pottery Wheel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sector67 picked up a pottery wheel from Freecycle a few months back, it was basically a heavy table in someones garage for a number of years and in pretty rough condition.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sector67.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/DSC00071.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[281]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-273\" title=\"Pottery Wheel Prep\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sector67.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/DSC00071-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sector67.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/DSC00071-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.sector67.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/DSC00071.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a>After some more wire brushing and investing in a few quarts of oil based paints (and several days of multi-colored hands) it&#8217;s looking a little better and far more impervious to water:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sector67.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/DSC00075.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[281]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-282\" title=\"DSC00075\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sector67.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/DSC00075-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sector67.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/DSC00075-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.sector67.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/DSC00075.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a>We finally got a chance to break out the 50# boxes of clay and try throwing some clay:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sector67.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/DSC_8271.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[281]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-283\" title=\"DSC_8271\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sector67.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/DSC_8271-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sector67.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/DSC_8271-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sector67.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/DSC_8271.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sector67.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/DSC_8275.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[281]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-285\" title=\"DSC_8275\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sector67.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/DSC_8275-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sector67.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/DSC_8275-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sector67.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/DSC_8275.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sector67.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/DSC_8300.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[281]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-287\" title=\"DSC_8300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sector67.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/DSC_8300-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sector67.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/DSC_8300-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sector67.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/DSC_8300.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sector67.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/DSC_8282.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[281]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-286\" title=\"DSC_8282\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sector67.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/DSC_8282-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sector67.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/DSC_8282-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sector67.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/DSC_8282.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sector67.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/DSC_8310.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[281]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-289\" title=\"DSC_8310\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sector67.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/DSC_8310-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sector67.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/DSC_8310-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sector67.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/DSC_8310.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sector67.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/DSC_8309.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[281]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-288\" title=\"DSC_8309\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sector67.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/DSC_8309-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sector67.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/DSC_8309-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sector67.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/DSC_8309.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Sometimes with varying success:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sector67.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/DSC00088.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[281]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-290\" title=\"DSC00088\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sector67.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/DSC00088-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sector67.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/DSC00088-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.sector67.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/DSC00088.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sector67.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/DSC_8272.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[281]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-284\" title=\"DSC_8272\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sector67.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/DSC_8272-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sector67.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/DSC_8272-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sector67.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/DSC_8272.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>All in all, running a manual wheel is pretty fun, I can see where some people like an electric wheel, and despite all the technology running around the place I think this machine will stay firmly rooted in its old world ways \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sector67 picked up a pottery wheel from Freecycle a few months back, it was basically a heavy table in someones garage for a number of years and in pretty rough condition. After some more wire brushing and investing in a<span class=\"ellipsis\">&hellip;<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sector67.org\/blog\/2010\/pottery-wheel\/\">Read more &#8250;<\/a><\/div>\n<p><!-- end of .read-more --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-281","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hardware","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sector67.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/281","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sector67.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sector67.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sector67.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sector67.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=281"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.sector67.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/281\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":291,"href":"https:\/\/www.sector67.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/281\/revisions\/291"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sector67.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=281"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sector67.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=281"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sector67.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=281"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}