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Classic potter's kick-wheel in Erfurt, Germany An electric potter's wheel, with bat (green disk) and throwing bucket. Not shown is a foot pedal used to control the speed of the wheel, similar to a sewing machine. In pottery, a potter's wheel is a machine used in the shaping (known as throwing) of clay into round ceramic ware.
Spinner's weasel (left) and spinning wheel (right) Spinner's weasel or clock reel is a mechanical yarn-measuring device consisting of a spoked wheel with gears attached to a pointer on a marked face (which resembles a clock) and an internal mechanism that makes a "pop" sound after the desired length of yarn is measured (usually a skein). The ...
Potter A person who makes ceramic articles. Potter's clay The clay used by the potter (Potter's) Wheel Pottery All fired ceramic wares or materials which, when shaped, contain a significant amount of clay. Exceptions are those used for technical, structural or refractory applications.
The surf life saving reel was a beach life saving apparatus from Australia. Lyster Ormsby, Percy Flynn and Sig Fullwood are credited as the inventors of the first life saving reel in 1906. [ 1 ] [ a ] It was used for a display of proper methods to be employed in rescuing on 24 March 1907 and was named the "alarm reel". [ 2 ]
The potters used slab-built construction and the "coiling" method, [3] [4] which involved working the clay into a long string which was wound round to form a shape and then modeled to form smooth walls. The potter's wheel was not used by pre-contact Native Americans. Some decoration of the clay was done at this stage by incising, defenstrating ...
English: The cover drawn by Vine Colby shows two dragons looking at each other. Issue includes table of contents design and a short story titled "Sacrifice" by Vine Colby; a poem titled "A Birth-Month" by Guida Richey; a short story titled "The Soul and the Gifts" and a short story for children with illustrations titled "The Sum of Things" by Caroline Risque; a poem titled "Night Song of ...
A pottery gauge is one of various tools used in pottery to ensure that pots thrown on a potter's wheel are uniform in size or shape. Some pottery gauges simply ensure that the height and diameter are consistent, others are templates or shapers. [1]
Jigging gears are often involved with the luring of slow moving fish, most commonly during spawning periods. For successful jigging, the jigger needs to use a sensitive rod that is good for feeling a strike, and needs to stay in contact with the lure and get it to where the fish are. Most fish caught by jigs are on or near the bottom.