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Wiggly Wire | Hank's Wire Tool | Ball End Tool | Glaze Jet | Potter's StrongArm
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Fast Slab System: slice & roll

For small to medium slabs, this is the fastest, most economical system yet devised.

Just slice a slab from the top of your block of clay and then compress it to thickness with the roller. Perfect slabs are a breeze!

Acu-Slicer - $38
Glide Slab Roller - $62

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Fast Slab System: slice and roll
Copper Tile Cutter

Functionally superior, beautifully made. The way tools should be!

Designed for cutting tile from slabs of plastic clay, our copper tile cutters are constructed using 16 oz. copper sheet metal, allowing less displacement of the clay and less overall pressure while cutting.

Copper Tile Cutters - $32 plus $.50/perimeter inch.

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Copper Tile Cutters
Slicer 7

The SL7 is a one handed slicer sized wide enough for cutting from a standard pug of clay.

The positive tension bar holds the wire taut while giving the fingers a place to rest for excellent control. Whether making small slabs, portioning a pug of clay into smaller increments, or doing decorative faceting, this is a handy tool for any studio.

Slicer 7 - $36

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Slicer 7
Basic Bow Cutter

For general cutting and portioning this heavy duty little bow cutter makes work go fast. With approximately an 8" cutting width and 6 1/2" depth, you can easily cut with one hand and move clay with the other.

The handle is zinc finished and the wire is a heavy duty 7 ply stainless steel.

Basic Bow Cutter - $15

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Basic Bow Cutter
Carbide MultiTrim Tool

After 2 years in the design stage, the Carbide MultiTrim Tool is here, a well balanced and versatile trimming knife for the professional potter.

The solid tungsten carbide cutter is designed to offer a wide variety of trimming choices. Finding just the right cutting surface is a simple matter of rotating the tool to find the desired edge.

There is no iron in this tool at all, so no rust.

Carbide MultiTrim Tool - $30

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Carbide MultiTrim Tool
The Clay Hog Trimming Knife

The Clay Hog is a trimming knife for the serious student or professional. It has both curving "loop" cutting surfaces and flat profiles which add a degree of precision. The cutters are made from hardened chrome-moly alloy steel and attached to long comfortable aluminium handles.

The idea for this design derives from the Japanese kanna, which combines a corner (which acts like a loop tool) and a flat profile. The Clay Hog comes sharp for aggressive trimming in either a pointed version or one with a squared end.

The Clay Hog Trimming Knife (specify pointed or square) $14
Replacement blades $6.50

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The Clay Hog Trimming Knife
Kanna - Japanese Style Trimming Tool

The traditional choice of Japanese potters, the kanna, is a sharp, multi-sided trimming tool. It includes two corner sections that work much like the familiar "loop" tool, but also has a variety of flat cutting surfaces.

The Japanese use these tools with relatively low rotational speeds and clay relatively soft, which gives the pot that decisively cut look.

Kanna - $12

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Kanna - Japanese Style Trimming Tool
Wiggly Wire

Here is a cut off wire which makes a wonderfully decorative cut.

It is sized at 15", so you won't be tempted to wrap excess wire around your fingers. Kinking is the main reason for failure in a wire, so we have tried to eliminate this tendancy by making the comfortable handle free to rotate without bending the wire - Available in straight too.

Wiggly Wire - $5

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Wiggly Wire
Hank's Wire Tool

For faceting soft clay.

A 6 1/2" wide clay slicer with removable wires. The frame is constructed of stainless and bent to provide a comfortable grip and easy control for faceting wet clay. It comes with a set of 4 twisted wires which have different pattern characteristics when pulled through clay.

Hank's Wire Tool - $26

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Hank's Wire Tool
Ball End Tool

This is a unique tool developed for stretching clay forms from the inside.

A zinc finished handle culminates with 2 hard, high gloss plastic balls. Thrown, extruded, and handbuilt forms can be manipulated from within using the Ball End Tool to create wonderfully organic forms. The straight end is for initial stretching, the curved end is used to thin the clay further and create more bulbous forms.

Ball End Tool - $19

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Ball End Tool
Glaze Jet

For glazing interiors of tall forms such as vases, pitchers, or mugs.

Delivers up to a pint of glaze in a single push of the plunger.
Comes apart for easy cleaning (if needed).

Sized for a standard 5 gallon bucket.

Glaze Jet - $59

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Glaze Jet
Potters's StrongArm

Using a StrongArm is easy!
Save wear an tear on wrists and finger joints by increasing the mechanical leverage used in opening and spreading a ball of clay on the wheel. Get greater compression in the bottom sections of your flat ware.

Increase the production of your thrown pottery without sacrificing any of the artistic details you like in your work.

Potter's StrongArm - $279

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Potter's StrongArm
Power Sponge

Dual purpose finisher for greenware or glaze cleaning - NO DUST.

Greenware:
Leather hard or bone dry clay can be aggressivly shaped or delicately smoothed in a single dust free operation.

Glaze cleaning:
Total immersion dipping or spraying bisque ware is a snap when you can just wipe the bottoms clean without the need for waxing.

Power Sponge - $529 + S&H

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Power Sponge
The Production Wedging Table

A table specifically designed for the studio potter. Extra strong for wedging clay. Canvas covered top for handbuilding and assembly or use it as a glazing station.

Wedging Table -Two Sizes to Choose From:
30" x 48" $435
30" x 64" $445
Under Top shelf package (2 pc.) $30

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The Production Wedging Table
The Production Ware Cart

Your Versatile Studio Assistant

Add flexible storage space to your studio:
88 square feet of shelf space in only 8 square feet of floor space!
Holds 22 shelves measuring 12" x 48" with 6" space in between
Move your ware easily.
Use it throughout the complete production process:
Forming, glazing, firing & shipping!

Easy assembly (only 4 bolts) and quality finish make these attractive carts ideal for displaying your wares at craft shows and art fairs.

Ware Cart $395 for frame plus shipping & handling.
Shelves $90 for 8 piece shelf package.

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The Production Ware Cart

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