clay extruder - CAD model of an existing clay extruder which I am soon going to fabricate
clay extruder - blue lever ratchets on yellow bolts while the green plunger presses clay through the red barrel
clay extruder
welding up the extruder - welding up the extruder no final product yet but I should have two of them over the next couple days
clay extruder
clay extruder taken apart
clay extruder detail
clay extruder detail
products of the clay extruder - these were made from a larger 4" diameter clay extruder. The main bottle body and top were created separately and then combined on a kick wheel.
couple of bottles after salt firing - pirate beer bottles in front of the salt kiln
extruded cup with texture for grip
The singer finger zinger. extruded and modified mug. Part of the delight of this series of mugs is the variance in handles, some will love handles like this and some will hate handles like this, I am just sick of seeing the same handle on everything ever made.
extruder constructed mug. Ch ch charlie brown mug
extruder constructed mug
Extruded ceramic burner heads. These heads produce a very efficient burn and are able to sustain high temperatures for long periods. They are designed to be used in glass equipment because they will not rust like steel or iron when a temperature of 1500F or higher is maintained. Took me three tries but I built the extruder die for these myself.
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Clay Extruder project
CAD, design, build, and use this wonderful tool. I do not have any pictures posted of the dies I use, as you can imagine they are different for each shape I would like to extrude. The last couple images are of my large 4 inch barrel extruder and blower burner head die and extrusions. These white extrusions are ceramic burner heads for pottery kilns and glass equipment, they do not flake off rust as a steel burner head would at high temperature.
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