Bluebird Pug Mill 440 Manual



Updated catalog. Bluebird Pugmills. E q u i p m e n t. Model 440V Vacuum De-airing Pugmill. Collins, CO 80522 Designed to wedge clay, reclaim scrap or extrude special shapes. You need new instructions you can E-mail Bluebird at info@bluebird-mfg.com or you can call them at 970-484-3243. Good luck, Debby Grant in New Hampshire Paul Huel on thu 29 jun 00 Hi Millie, what model of bluebird pugmill is it? We have the 440 and we occasionally have to clean it out (once a year). Showing my Bluebird 440 disassembled. I am replacing two bearings. Www.ronphilbeckpottery.com www.ronphilbeckpottery.etsy.com. Self Feeding Pug Mill—designed & built at Water Stone Sink.

Below are links to a variety of documents and handouts in PDF form. Click on any title to access the PDF document, which can then be downloaded to your computer. The handouts are available for your own personal use or to pass out to students if you teach, with the clear understanding that most of them are my words and my work. They can be reproduced in multiples and distributed only with proper attribution to the author. If you have questions or comments, please contact me.

General Information

Food

Diagram
  • Vince’s Utopenci Recipe (Czech Pickled Bar Sausages)
  • Frank Pitelka’s Potato Salad Recipe – my dad’s excellent potato salad. Of course you can make it without the bacon and bacon grease, but it won’t be his recipe.

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Course Syllabi
These syllabi are generic versions of the ones I used for classes taught during my 24-year career at Tennessee Tech University’s Appalachian Center for Craft. They worked well for me. They are offered as guidelines for possible format and content for your own syllabi.

Miscellaneous Ceramics Handouts

  • In Ceramics, “Handmade” Still means “Hand”-Made – David Hendley’s excellent 1999 article from Ceramics Monthly
  • David Shaner: A Quest Worth Sharing, by Jack Troy

Clays and Claybodies

Throwing and Handbuilding

Surface Decoration

  • Amaco Velvet Underglaze Sample Chart – This chart is from the Amaco website. Note that each tile is glazed over half the surface, and with each underglaze color the three samples are fired to cone-05, cone-5, and cone-10.
  • Faceting, by John Baymore – a Clayart post written in 2002
  • Brushing Glazes – Advice from Bailey Pottery Supply

Bluebird Pug Mill 440 Manual Parts

Glazes and Glazing

Studio Tools and Equipment

Bluebird Pug Mill 440 Manual Diagram

Kilns and Firing

Bluebird Pug Mill 440 Manual Transmission

  • Aluminum Foil Sagger Firing, by Ken Turner
  • Kiln Shelf Options, by Bill Schran