Thank you for this! I bought my Amazon wheel about a year ago and love it accept lack of bat pins. Just love your hack and I’m heading to my lanai to go throw with ceramic tile bats that I usually use to just let my pieces dry upon. ❤ Sending aloha from Honolulu 🌺
Thank you for this video! I had watched it awhile back, when still thinking about getting a Vevor wheel. Now that I have the wheel, I tried this with a regular composite bat, but it just kept sliding off of the clay. I'm wondering if my clay is too wet, or if the composite material is just too slippery? Would it be better to just go ahead and use heavy canvas, because maybe the fabric would have a little more grip? (I had not realized that the square bat was a bisque tile, and just assumed it was composite, so maybe the composite is my problem...?) Appreciate you so much! 🙏
@KaransPotsAndGlass I'm about to purchase an inexpensive starter wheel from Amazon and don't want to use just the wheel as is but was wondering how best to accomplish it without bat pins and this video was perfect for solidifying my decision. I'd love to know which alternative shown in this video is your favorite. The tar paper is intriguing to me.
@@KaransPotsAndGlass thanks so much for the quick response! Crossing my fingers this goes well ... wheel arrives 12/3 ... will be watching your videos in the meantime!
it's very interesting but unfortunately I can't figure out what materials are used as bat. I'm Italian and a few words escape me. can you please write so that i can understand. a thousand thanks.
Hi Fla! So, in the video, I showed a bisque fired tile for the first one, then I showed a square cut pieces of heavy canvas, then the third was the black "tar paper". It is roofing paper that goes under shingles in the US. It is a felted paper that has tar on it. It helps to make it water resistant. Also, I held up the orange piece of craft foam also as a suggestion of a bat!
@@KaransPotsAndGlass I have tried using craft foam, and it was really hard getting it to stick to the wheel head. Also, the ridges in the clay pad push through the foam. Do I make the pad smooth instead? Does the bottom surface need roughing up for it to stick? Any ideas?
Do you have a special cover for your Apple Watch? I have taken my watch off while throwing, which is a bit aggravating because I lose my step counts when I am not wearing it. Also, I lose track of time. Any tips?
I DO have a cover for mine... bought it off Amazon! It keeps most of the clay off, but I still am careful around the stem. Every once in a while water gets between the cover and the watch face, and I have to take it off and wipe it well to dry it. That's exactly why I got mine- I wanted credit for my steps! Lol!! This is my current one, and I really like it! I wear it all day at school too, unless I am doing a REALLY tall piece on the wheel and need to remove it! a.co/d/4k7sf7z
A genius video that came at the right time for me. Thank you so much
Thank you for this! I bought my Amazon wheel about a year ago and love it accept lack of bat pins. Just love your hack and I’m heading to my lanai to go throw with ceramic tile bats that I usually use to just let my pieces dry upon. ❤
Sending aloha from Honolulu 🌺
Knowing me I'd constantly clip my finger with the square tile, will try a round bat. 😊👍🏻
I got the small Amazon pottery wheel for Christmas and have been wondering what to use for bats , thanks for the information
Glad it was helpful!
Thanks for this lesson. I’m just starting and wondered how to do this
Thank you for this video! I had watched it awhile back, when still thinking about getting a Vevor wheel. Now that I have the wheel, I tried this with a regular composite bat, but it just kept sliding off of the clay. I'm wondering if my clay is too wet, or if the composite material is just too slippery? Would it be better to just go ahead and use heavy canvas, because maybe the fabric would have a little more grip? (I had not realized that the square bat was a bisque tile, and just assumed it was composite, so maybe the composite is my problem...?)
Appreciate you so much! 🙏
Can I use the clay make a piece a slab like 8” diameter 3/8” thick, then bisque fired, then use it as a bat? I learned a lot from you, thank you.
Yes! I’d recommend drying it between something flat and absorbing like drywall sheet scraps- to keep it from warping!
@KaransPotsAndGlass I'm about to purchase an inexpensive starter wheel from Amazon and don't want to use just the wheel as is but was wondering how best to accomplish it without bat pins and this video was perfect for solidifying my decision. I'd love to know which alternative shown in this video is your favorite. The tar paper is intriguing to me.
Oh wow, I would say start with whatever materials you have on hand that would work! I don’t know that I have one particular favorite over another!
@@KaransPotsAndGlass thanks so much for the quick response! Crossing my fingers this goes well ... wheel arrives 12/3 ... will be watching your videos in the meantime!
Love your videos. Thank you.
Can you link the tar paper you used?
it's very interesting but unfortunately I can't figure out what materials are used as bat. I'm Italian and a few words escape me. can you please write so that i can understand. a thousand thanks.
Hi Fla! So, in the video, I showed a bisque fired tile for the first one, then I showed a square cut pieces of heavy canvas, then the third was the black "tar paper". It is roofing paper that goes under shingles in the US. It is a felted paper that has tar on it. It helps to make it water resistant. Also, I held up the orange piece of craft foam also as a suggestion of a bat!
Tar paper might be called this??? carta catramata,
@@KaransPotsAndGlass Спасибо, за подробный ответ! Ваш совет очень поможет мне👍
@@KaransPotsAndGlass I have tried using craft foam, and it was really hard getting it to stick to the wheel head. Also, the ridges in the clay pad push through the foam. Do I make the pad smooth instead? Does the bottom surface need roughing up for it to stick? Any ideas?
Do you have a special cover for your Apple Watch? I have taken my watch off while throwing, which is a bit aggravating because I lose my step counts when I am not wearing it. Also, I lose track of time. Any tips?
I DO have a cover for mine... bought it off Amazon! It keeps most of the clay off, but I still am careful around the stem. Every once in a while water gets between the cover and the watch face, and I have to take it off and wipe it well to dry it. That's exactly why I got mine- I wanted credit for my steps! Lol!! This is my current one, and I really like it! I wear it all day at school too, unless I am doing a REALLY tall piece on the wheel and need to remove it! a.co/d/4k7sf7z
im sorry i watched like 10 times the beginning but can't figure out what that first bat is made of
Ohhhhhhh- my apologies- it is a bisque fired tile!!