How to build / make an adjustable speed electric home made potters / pottery wheel

[sohappychic]

So. What did you use before you buitl this amazing thing? I have never tried to use a pottery wheel and would like to have one until I saw they were super expensive.

[drphosferrous]

Nice! thanks for posting. I'm trying to figure this out and find your video helpful. Why did you opt to control your speed with the pulley system? Isn't there a potentiometer in available used pedals?

[andrdreg3]

Yeah at slow speed on this wheel would such cuz the belt would slip so it would stop at slow speed so yeah and if u want it to turn in the other directions just place the motor upside down and it spin in the opposite direction but ud have to change the design a bit

[rockershocker89]

How is the speed adjustable? it just seems to me that you can increase or decrease the amount of torque being applied to the wheel. At slow speeds the wheel would stop spinning if you barely touched it.

[NeilEvan814]

Thank you very much for taking the time to make such an informative video. I think it is the best potter's wheel ever. You are a great teacher.

[me41ca]

how much did it cost to make?

[PedoCat]

God damn it. How many times did you say "Go ahead" or "Went ahead"?

[MetalManMustang]

does any one know were you can just bye a pottery wheel disk that the clay goes on

[towneedogg]

nice job very creative thats my style

[buchananfibbing]

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[Brazy1822]

I have just finished my version of this pottery wheel, and realized that it spins clockwise and I am right handed.... is there any way to revere the spin, or should I learn to throw clockwise?

[GrantLogan2]

wow...you are a genius...however i probably wont be building this...it would take me forever!

[MadcapDaze]

Do you have video of table at work

[ZenofSoundRecordings]

Hi

I really like the design of this wheel, do you have any plans available. ?

[rdoniseti]

Congratulations for your project. I would build one too. it is possible to send me the list of plant and materials.

thank you. Reinaldo-SP / Brazil

[abinum]

Hey dear first of all thank you so much for usloading this video, it really helpsful. I love pottery but i didn't know where to get the wheel from, I have a creative mind i always wanted to do this but i never knew its so easy to build the wheel at home. Could you kindly list the things we need to build it and please kindly give a picture idea how to joined them togather. Thank so SO MUCH dear i really appriciate it i am very thankful to you for uploading this so sweet of you. May GOD bless you.

[simdude2u]

Is it better to use a pulley system or a direct drive with a rheostat foot pedal?

[post2dennis]

Looks good.

Nice video... gives me some ideas.

Dennis

[pottersplacestudio]

i have not yet filmed a video yet of myself throwing on this specific wheel. i will try to film a clip tomorrow.

[Amgenhammer]

@pottersplacestudio

Could you build one for my Fiancee? She is finishing her B.A. in Ceramics. I would pay.

[kennethdante]

looks like a lot of friction between belts and pullys. What's that smell? lol

[kittiesincatnip]

i dont wana pay 400 dolars for a good pottery wheel....im leaning tward making one would it be better to make a motorized one like this or a kick one witch one would cost less yet still be practical plz get back..thx

[charliex909]

How well does the wheel work when throwing your clay. I didnt see a video of you using it? Thanks

[newearthclaypottery]

Does this design hold torque at all speeds?

[pottersplacestudio]

Ya, it does. This is a very similar design to the old Shimpo wheels. With a few exceptions. Theirs had another pulley system involved. Instead of the wheel head pulley (the pulley directly under the wheel head) being belted directly to the pulley that controls the tension, it is belted to another pulley system that just slows the speed (so the tension pulley would be attached to another set of pulleys that we be then belted to the wheel head pulley).

[rockershocker89]

@newearthclaypottery Doubtful, the wheel is probably useless at slow speeds, but her design is far more economical than yours. Even refurbished Zero-max drives cost $200.

[newearthclaypottery]

@rockershocker89 I didn't know you could get ZEROMAX rebuilt.. Still, with a free motor you can have a very strong wheel w plenty of touque at low speed for a fraction of the cost of new wheel with similar power

[pottersplacestudio]

I know you can google ac motor and a frequency regulator and there are some sites up that describe how to use the two together. I am not sure if an AC motor can be used with a PWM (pulse wave modulation) which I think is what you have? But about the petal, yes, when I lower the petal, the belts tighten up and create more or less speed the tighter it get's. The speed varies from 10rpm to 250rpm

[wsempel]

No you cannot use PWM with AC. you need a DC motor. Connect the motor to the PWM and the PWM to a potentiometer to control speed. I have a leeson 3/4 hp motor with controller. Make sure the PWM voltage matches the motor voltage. larger motors are usually 90v.

[starblocketp]

Hi, thanks for this video ! I'm serously thinking about building my own potters wheel, but all I could find was including some... frequency regulator to deal with the speed of the AC motor (sorry if i'm not clear, I'm French :>)

So when you lower the pedal, you're using the friction to make the wheel turn right ?

And, another question, what's your wheel speed when you re using it ? about 2 rpm right ?

Thanks again :)