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Fw: Clay Extruder

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Cynthia Davies (CynthiaDavies)
Sat, 20 Feb 1999 15:07:37 -0500

Thank you all for your recommendations on the North Star, I'm ordering 1st
thing Monday morning. To the person ( sorry I deleted your question by
accident), an extruder is like a HUGE cake icing?frosting bag for clay.
Its usually wall mounted, and various die plates can be inserted in the
nozzle end to give you anything from uniform coils to hollow
cylinders/rectangles.

Regards Cynthia

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> From: William Norton <alethiap>
> To: CynthiaDavies
> Subject: Re: Clay Extruder
> Date: Thursday, February 18, 1999 6:46 AM
>
> >I have a "golden opportunity" to buy a wall mounted extruder for my
> >ceramic classes. Any recommendations?. So far " North Star" looks like
> >fitting the bill . Anyone out there wth any experience of these?. Thanks
in
> >advance
> >
> >Cynth
>
>
> Cynth:
>
> I just got a new North Star extruder last year. Before this one I had a
> Brent extruder. The Brent was constantly breaking down at the pusher
part.
> The North star is far more stable, and well built. It's parts are
> expensive, but worth it. The only problem is that the tube is small,
holds
> a small amount of clay.
> And the arm acts funny because it doesn't engage until the very end. In
> other words, no long shapes. It has to be filled often.. I called the
> company on this and they said they did this because of efficientcy (sp).
I
> accept that and it works for me!
>
> Hope this helps!
>
> Bill Norton
> Menomonie High School
> Menomonie, WI
>