Comments on: Coming up for Spring Air

By: Linda Starr

Linda Starr — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 06:34:00 +0000

How nice to have a little kiln like that; that’s some special building skill, I’d like to learn one of these days. Sorry about your wheel and three illnesses. My friend brought over his ancient Shimpo so he (and I) could throw outside here. I was kind of worried about it so I covered it up with a special cover to protect it from the weather.

By: Undaunted

Undaunted — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 16:57:15 +0000

Sounds like you have been busy! No wonder you haven’t blogged in a while!

Sorry to hear about the wheel. The little kiln is looking great!

By: cynthia

cynthia — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 15:47:41 +0000

Great little test kiln - makes me wish my husband was a potter - he likes to putter and make stuff once in awhile.

You’ve been busy, Anne! Bummer about the wheel - too bad you don’t live closer…I’d let you borrow mine. Mine is too often a table top for hand building. I’m not throwing much anymore.

By: annewebb

annewebb — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 19:19:47 +0000

Hey Brian.. Hey thanks, Brian. Hoping I can get more into the swing and routine of blogging more regularly again. Its just a crazy time of yr here.

re your email..Can you send it again? I know I saw one come in from you, and I planned to go back to it when I had a chance, but I couldn’t find it last night.

By: annewebb

annewebb — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 19:16:51 +0000

Hey, thank you Gary! I really appreciate you sharing that info.. I really hate how manufacturers strip all the info panels off their motors etc and are not forthcoming with any specs.
I hate to hear that about a Shimpo.

We’re still troubleshooting the prob on the wheel here. The company suggested that we send the motor, panel and foot pedal in so they could test it and diagnose the problem (which we haven’t done so far).

By: HoustonBrian

HoustonBrian — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 14:55:06 +0000

Hey,
Nice to see you posting again.
I hope you received my email a few days ago.
Let me know, if not I’ll resend.

-Brian

By: Gary Dexter

Gary Dexter — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 13:56:12 +0000

Anne, I had my Shimpo controller go out twice in one year. The part was around $250! I started looking and learning about these little circuit boards and found a company in California that made them. I had to wade through pages of product, but finally found a compatible one at a fraction of the cost of ordering from Shimpo. The company is Minarik Drives.