Homemade pottery wheel

Well, here is the finished product. A homemade pottery wheel for under five dollars. Except for the stainless steel drain hole in the upper right hand corner of the table top the entire wheel was constructed with recycled or reclaimed found materials. This was a really fun project, so much so that I am going to build another wheel with a slightly different design. If you would like to see additional photos of the building process you can check out my slide show at my other blog that I write…

How to Build a Variable Speed Pottery Wheel.: 1. I am not a pottery expert. ( heck Im no good at all truth be told. So if after reading this you want to learn more about pottery work your going to need to ask someone else.2. We well be working with electricity that is going to be around w…

Everett Kinkade Smet on Instagram: "All my beginner students were successful with this project!! Been really enjoying my latest session with some pottery newbies @thepotteryatascadero 🎉 they are all doing great! #pottery #ceramics #wheelthrowing #potterswheel"

How to Make a $50 Pottery Wheel: You can use a ceiling fan motor and a plastic bucket to make a pretty decent pottery wheel for under $50. The most expensive part is the ceiling fan, and you can pick those up, on sale, for $30, or at a garage sale for even less. History: &nb…

Here is a potters wheel plan that uses an AC electric motor. Now, there are two different basic kinds of motors you can use for a potters wheel (actually, there are technically several different kinds of electric motors, but these two are the most common) an AC motor or a DC motor. The difference between the two (as pertaining to potters wheels) is that an AC motor is cheap but hard to control the speed. A DC motor is more expensive and harder to find (cheaply) but easy to control the speed…

andrettapottery on Instagram: "Have you ever seen handle making on the wheel? Well today I was demonstrating how to make handles on the wheel to students and this is how it went."

Did you ever wonder if you can make your own electric pottery wheel? With some spare parts and salvaged motors, you can. They're not a substitute for someth