Anybody have a pottery wheel to sell?

[detmatt]

Yes I said pottery wheel! My sister would love her own and asked me to keep an eye out for one.

Maybe you know someone that has one they don’t use anymore?
She’s about to retire after teaching K through 12 art for 30+ years and so far she’s put an addition on her house for a studio and I found her a nice deal on a kiln last year. She just needs the wheel now so I thought I’d put the word out here.

Anybody?

 

[cm23uoc]

Sorry, negative, but keeping this thread up.

 

[bajajoaquin]

No, but I am trying to get a pottery setup for my wife to use when our little animals are old enough to give her a bit more time. Can you share the kiln you got and the price? I missed out on a free kiln several years ago, and have started looking around for a good deal myself. I don't know what a good deal is, or what to look for in a kiln.

 

[Big_John]

You have to be careful with the kilns.

Sophomore Dies In Kiln Explosion

Liebowitz Only a Sophomore

Flinnage, PA (Associated Press) Tragedy struck the small, close-knit Emily Dickinson College community Thursday when a kiln explosion on campus took the life of one of its students.

Fawn Liebowitz, 20, a sophomore Home Economics major from Ft. Wayne, Indiana, was working near one of two large kilns in Meredith Hall when it exploded, killing her instantly. Flinnage Fire Chief David Hawkins confirmed that over sixty pieces of pottery were being fired for the first time in the DuKane Craftmaster when the mishap occurred. "We have no knowledge of any problems with the unit ever," he said.

Students and faculty are mourning the untimely passing of Liebowitz. "She was a spirited, vivacious, intelligent girl with a beautiful smile and always a kind word," said Shelly Dubinsky, Liebowitz's roommate. "I loved her like a sister and will miss her like one, too."

Boyfriend Frank Lymon of nearby Faber College, who had just talked to her last week, was devastated as well. "We were engaged to be engaged," he said. "She was going to make a pot for me."

 

[MarPar]

 

[detmatt]

Sorry, negative, but keeping this thread up.

Lol! My money was actually on Mario to post that video or the one that inspired it.

 

[MarPar]

Lol! My money was actually on Mario to post that video or the one that inspired it.

Ya, he stole my thunder. I was going to put the one from Ghost one up.

 

[detmatt]

You have to be careful with the kilns.

Sophomore Dies In Kiln Explosion

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Liebowitz Only a Sophomore

Flinnage, PA (Associated Press) Tragedy struck the small, close-knit Emily Dickinson College community Thursday when a kiln explosion on campus took the life of one of its students.

Fawn Liebowitz, 20, a sophomore Home Economics major from Ft. Wayne, Indiana, was working near one of two large kilns in Meredith Hall when it exploded, killing her instantly. Flinnage Fire Chief David Hawkins confirmed that over sixty pieces of pottery were being fired for the first time in the DuKane Craftmaster when the mishap occurred. "We have no knowledge of any problems with the unit ever," he said.

Students and faculty are mourning the untimely passing of Liebowitz. "She was a spirited, vivacious, intelligent girl with a beautiful smile and always a kind word," said Shelly Dubinsky, Liebowitz's roommate. "I loved her like a sister and will miss her like one, too."

Boyfriend Frank Lymon of nearby Faber College, who had just talked to her last week, was devastated as well. "We were engaged to be engaged," he said. "She was going to make a pot for me."

That’s horrible, did they ever figure out what caused it?

 

[MarPar]

That’s horrible, did they ever figure out what caused it?

Overstuffed kiln?

 

[detmatt]

No, but I am trying to get a pottery setup for my wife to use when our little animals are old enough to give her a bit more time. Can you share the kiln you got and the price? I missed out on a free kiln several years ago, and have started looking around for a good deal myself. I don't know what a good deal is, or what to look for in a kiln.

The school where she teaches has one that was donated but they can’t use it so I actually have it listed for them on Craigslist.
Crusader Ceramic kiln
The one I found for her last year was the same size and maybe a little more used for about a hundred bucks less.

 

[68PK21 440.6bbl]

Hey Matt there's got be a bunch of old abandoned State Mental Hospitals up there you could pilfer one from right? Or have the scrappers stripped everything to the bone by now?

 

[commando1]

Yes I said pottery wheel! My sister would love her own and asked me to keep an eye out for one

You mean to tell me you can't build this??

 

[detmatt]

I’m booked solid for I don’t know how long and I’m hoping I couldn’t make one for cheaper than can be bought.

 

[68PK21 440.6bbl]

FFS IT'S A SAWHORSE WITH A WHEEL!

 

[azblackhemi]

https://www.amazon.com/Potters-Pott...0566&sr=8-6&keywords=potters+wheel+for+adults

Pretty proud of these aren't they.

 

[78Brougham]

 

[Zymurgy]

Can't help you with the wheel, but my wife's an art teacher. The tragedy that happened with the young woman could never happen on a home kiln they are small and electric. I would bet money that was a gas kiln and a gas leak caused the explosion.

My wife's kiln is in her her classroom if she has an explosion from a wet pot, it might take out a couple of projects beside it, that's all.

 

[78Brougham]

 

[commando1]

Only on FCBO could a thread about potting wheels, of all things, go this far.
And still no potting wheel.

 

[Big_John]

Can't help you with the wheel, but my wife's an art teacher. The tragedy that happened with the young woman could never happen on a home kiln they are small and electric. I would bet money that was a gas kiln and a gas leak caused the explosion.