| Pottery Batts or bats (either spelling is
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| | slowly.
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| acceptable) are round covers that go over
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| | 4. Keeping the wire flush to the bat's
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| the head of a potter's wheel when
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| | surface and as taut as possible; bring
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| throwing a pot or vase. It protects the
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| | the wire toward you in one slow,
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| wheelhead from getting gummed up with
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| | continuous motion.
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| clay and can be removed, vase and all to
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| | 5. Stop the wheel and carefully remove
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| allow the vase time to dry elsewhere
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| | the bat from the wheel head. The pot is
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| should another project require the
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| | probably still too wet to touch, but it
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| immediate use of the wheel. Originally
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| | has been cut from the bat. The suction
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| these bats where made of wood or plaster
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| | between the two has been broken and you
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| and it can be very difficult to remove a
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| | need not worry of them reattaching. Place
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| dried vase or pot from one without
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| | the bat with the pot somewhere to dry.
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| damaging the unfired clay. Here are
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| | 6. When the pot is hard as leather
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| step-by-step instructions on how to
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| | (Approximately one to three days) gently
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| safely remove a pot or vase from a bat.
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| | lift it from the bat and store it to dry
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| 1. Begin with the bat still firmly
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| | sufficiently before it's fired.
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| attached to the potter's wheel and the
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| | Tips- New bats made from flexible
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| pot attached to the bat. The pot should
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| | silicone or rubbers exist now which can
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| still be slightly wet, it's best to cut
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| | make this task much easier. Generically
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| them from the bat immediately after you
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| | they're called Plasti-bats. With one of
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| finish shaping them.
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| | them you needn't cut the pot from the
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| 2. Get a good grip on the wire; wrap the
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| | bat. Simply wait until the pot has dried
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| ends around your hands if it helps.
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| | a bit and peel the bat right off.
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| Stretch your wire as taught as possible
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| | Warning- Wait too long to cut your pot
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| across the far end of the bat. The pot
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| | free from the bat and it will likely
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| should be between you and the wire.
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| | crumble.
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| 3. Start the potter's wheel rotating very
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