I decided to be more ambitious with my custom dies. I wanted to make some custom hollow dies for my 3-inch wall-mounted extruder from Endless Mountain Clays. Attempt number one was a pair of all-in-one hollow dies that I printed up at Shapeways.com, in the same plastic that I used for the dies in my […]
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Experiments with custom extruder dies – Part 1
20 years ago, inspired by ‘The Extruder Book’ by Daryl Baird, I tried to make some custom extruder dies, with very limited success. My best attempt was a hollow, rounded triangular die. If I remember correctly, I made it from a thick white plastic cutting board material, and the center piece was held in place […]
Recycling clay
For many years, I didn’t recycle my clay scraps. The process seemed arduous and messy, and the results less than satisfactory. Since I belong to a co-op, I just donated all of my scraps to their bucket, and they recycled it, pugged and bagged it, and re-sold it to students.