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30"
Standard Slab Roller |
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Item No.
503 |
Description
30" Std Slab Roller Only (includes crank handle & canvas) |
Price
$1096.99 |
Weight & No. of Ctns
42 |
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POTTERS FOLLOW THE STAR! |
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(slab roller, handle & canvas) |
HIGH DESIGN &
GREAT ADVANTAGES
Every part carefully designed and made for
its intended purpose. No off-the-shelf or inferior parts or material.
Rust free and virtually maintenance free.
No clumsy heavy shims or boards.
No chains, cables or cast-iron gears.
Thickness infinitely variable from 0 to
2-3/4 inches on Standard series, 0 to 2-1/4 inches on Super series.
Slabs can be rolled in either direction and
clay can be added or subtracted at any time.
The length of the slab is limited only by
the space and canvas available.
Tapered slabs are quick, easy and precise.
Warping, curling and cracking are
drastically reduced.
All machines accept press molds and a wide
variety of texturing material such as burlap, plant materials, rope, cork and bark.
All North Star slab rollers have two rolls, much
like the wringer of an old-fashioned washing machine. Both rolls have a small
diamond pattern ("knurling") machined
directly into the metal to grip the canvas.
The bottom roll is turned by the handle, but cannot move vertically. As it turns, it
drives the top roll through a train of gears. The upper roll both turns and can be
adjusted up and down. The two rolls turning together pull slabs through easily, and
the vertical adjustment of the top roll gives an easy-to-set and infinitely adjustable
thickness from paper-thin to over 2 inches. A reference scale allows setting and
repeating openings to within 1/100 of an inch.
The design gives great flexibility in making
slabs. Very thin, translucent porcelain slabs and thick, heavily textured
architectural slabs are equally easy. A wide variety of other texturing materials
and objects can be passed through the machine along with the clay. Slabs can be rolled either direction or reversed on all North Star machines.
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