Thorough Tutorial - Making A Potters Kick Wheel

hey guys welcome back to the studio today we're gonna turn this pile of junk into an awesome potter's wheel let's get started okay so we got our timbers for our framing and then the expensive parts was this one-inch solid steel rod i think this was like 20 or so dollars and then we have one flange bearing this is also 20 bucks or 25 or something and in in the other movies i've seen people have built wheels like this they use two of these and that's not really right this one's for the upper just to stabilize in this direction and then for the lower to hold the weight is a thrust bearing this one is actually designed to take a load in this direction instead of like this way like a normal ball bearing bearing like a skateboard wheel so this is a thrust bearing sits that way that goes on the bottom and then we have a floor flange um this is actually a three quarter inch floor flange but the inside diameter of this is one and an eighth so that doesn't make any sense but we're gonna make this work this is a floor flange for um making furniture out of gas pipe basically it's kind of a popular etsy pinterest thing to do i guess this is at lowe's there's a couple bucks so this is going to go on the top and attach to our plate to then for our pots on and then we also have for the concrete weight we've got this um overflow pan there's a 26 id 28 od hot water heater overflow pan you can get a plastic one or a tin one or aluminum i think they are and this is only 10 bucks a lot cheaper than trying to make a perfect circle out of something else like try and form it out wood with some flashing you know this is already a good perfect circle so we're just going to fill this up with concrete and if you personally want to make it a little heavier all you have to do is build up these walls and i think that's what i'm going to do maybe we'll see when we get there build up these walls a little taller and make that slab a little bit thicker so the first step is finding a spot somewhere in your house that is decently flat and level to pour this concrete on because if it's not level then the weight is going to be all screwed up and you're going to have a hard time and this end of the garage is actually spot on level except for that direction it's off about a quarter in that direction [Applause] a little often that way so we'll shim up this side just a little bit because the floor is sloping this direction just about a quarter of an inch so we'll set that up set this pan down you see how this warped but that the weight of the concrete is going to fix that and then the only other thing we have to do is plug up this hole this is the drain hole um and it comes with the fittings you just throw those away you don't need them just put a piece of tape over this which i'll do all right that's done and then the only other thing is i do want the shaft to be mounted in the concrete so i'm gonna have to figure out a way to set this in the center have it poke through a couple inches and then support this somehow so that it's perfectly plumb plumb is up and down level is this way right so i'll have to think on that for a little bit okay so this is the setup i came up with instead of trying to build a whole frame to hold it up here i just use the flange that i'm going to use bolted that down to a 2x4 [Applause] because i do need a little bit of space below the concrete to go into the thrust bearing so that's mounted up it's pretty plumb this way but the 2x4 can roll this way so i'm just gonna shove these four by fours into each other and that'll hold it steady enough that it's not really going to move anywhere and then we're going to dress the wheel up later so then this pan cut a one inch hole in the top [Applause] that pan slips right over and uh we're ready to pour some concrete so i'll just put a little bit of caulk right here to seal between shaft and the pan [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] good [Music] [Music] [Music] okay so it's uh the next day concrete's dry enough to de-mold it and it came out super easy i was really happy with that put that vaseline on there so now um i want a little bit thicker so i'm going to cut this out put this on upside down and then use this wall to make a little bit taller and i intentionally left this all rough so that we'd have a good tooth a good bonding surface for the next layer so we'll mix up a slurry paint that on there and then pour another coat okay so top forms on there you can see that i ran a bead of caulk all the way around inside here it's uh master seal that'll focus master seal mp1 also known as butyl rubber most people use silicone for a step like this but i hate silicone for absolutely everything except for bathrooms so we're gonna use this stuff um that's just to seal it so based on my reading online um to bond two pieces of concrete together like this to do it in layers all we have to do is mix up a slurry with some pva glue brush that on and then pour our next coat so oh and the um you have to get this a little bit damp before you do that too so let's make sure we do that first so let's get mixing [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] so [Music] so [Music] [Music] so [Music] [Applause] [Music] so [Music] [Music] it took some doing but i got it on there and you can see that uh a little bit off on my depth of cut on those lap joints but this is spinning really well just all on its own so that that flange bearing will go up here and then we'll dress this wheel so that it's all even and balanced before we really get it spinning up but just by itself that spins for a long time i'm really pleased with that so i left this one long one inch on both sides on this inside measurement so the wheel is 28 inches this inside measurement it ends up being 30 and a quarter and then overall it's 38 inches wide and this way is 24 inches so it's a really simple construction we just got to put legs on it and build a little seat we're getting there so it's a little noisy because it's storming outside but we're still working hard in the garage we got this crappy old stool that i got for free years ago and it's just been kicking out in the garage you see i spray painted it a couple times it's coming apart a bunch of different places so we're gonna pop the top off of that reupholster this and uh stick it on our wheel has a nice little cushion and just like that we've got a new seat i put an extra little padding in it wrapped it with leather and i did the hide side instead of the suede side this time because of all the clay and water that's going to get on it so you know easier to clean okay so here's the rough assembly so far nothing's screwed together it's just kind of stacked and i left these long so that we can remount the flange bearing here and then be able to shift it this way and that way to get that shaft plumb and then screw this down and have that perfect otherwise it's a mess and then we can also because this is a two by four which is three and a half inches and these are true four by fours they're four inches by four inches we can shift it this way in this way too a little bit and it's like it's not the prettiest connection over here but i really don't care and the the joints aren't perfect they're not even good but oh well that's how you do because i'm like i'm practicing i'm learning i'll get better at it [Music] [Applause] [Applause] [Applause] decided to add a little foot rest so i just uh chopped out three quarters of an inch out of the corners of both of these posts and then slapped this piece of scrap plywood in there and then put a little six inch piece here to support the end and it's plenty strong to stand on so nice little foot rest while you're kicking back in the studio now we've got this roughly 14 by 14 piece of 7 16 osb we've got our flange uh connected with a couple half inch screws and we are going to attach this onto this cutting board it's super flat and super strong and i thought it would be a good surface to work from that would be really weather resistant because this thing's going to be outside 100 of the time so we're going to glue these two together with contact cement now i'm using weld wood contact cement for this the original fast dry formula whatever but you can use super 90 super 70 um whatever 3m spray it is if we want to try and use i don't really think it matters all that much or if you want to just go with a piece of plywood for your decking you don't have to you can skip the glue all together just screw it right on it's whatever you can make work for your purposes and your budget so it's not that big a deal so i'm going to do one coat on the plywood let that set up while i do a coat on the cutting board and then i'm going to put another light coat on the plywood because the wood is going to soak up a lot of this glue and i want it to be super super super strong and then once we get it all glued together and mounted on the wheel then i'm gonna make it into a circle so that it'll be perfectly centered because the flange there's a lot of play there there's not you know the tolerances are not the best for the rod that i'm using so you know it is what it is so we've got the plate on um that's all secured it's just got a set screw in there and now we're gonna adjust the wheel [Applause] i've got an angle grinder with a diamond blade on it and i've got uh all my safety equipment even though it's really not safety stuff like i got eye protection ear protection and nose protection so let's get to grinding [Music] mm-hmm [Music] [Music] so [Music] hmm [Music] [Music] mm-hmm [Music] now we'll finish it off with an 80 grit flat disk [Music] so [Music] camera's starting to overheat so not much time it's 100 degrees out before the camera totally dies but um she's all done on the next video we're going to uh make some clay we're going to dig it up in the yard sift it dry it out and throw a pot on this sucker anyway don't forget to subscribe thank you for all your support and we'll catch you in the next one ciao for now you

Channel: Devin's Art Studio

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Keywords: pottery, potters wheel, wheel, kick wheel, fly wheel, diy kick wheel, diy potters wheel, how to make, how to build, build, make, how to make a potters wheel, cheap potters wheel, art, making art, how to make art, concrete, wood working, woodworking, project, devin blanch, devins art studio

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Length: 20min 12sec (1212 seconds)

Published: Thu Jun 04 2020