The Country Potter - quick and dirty clay scale

When you are making a lot of the same item, you want every peice to be the same size and shape.
this takes a lot of practice, but the most important factor in making items the same size is starting with the same amount of clay each time.


Not wanting to invest in a 100$ postal scale, or a 50$ food scale, I decided to make my own.

for little or no cost. (made from junk)


you will need

A peice of wood, a foot long chunk of 2x4 or even a peice of scrap plywood.
some baling or structuaral wire. In a pinch, Use heavy guage monofiliment fish line.

two containers roughly the same shape (I used 2 plastic coffee cans.) (actually in this picture, im usnig a misfired coffee mug as a weight, with screws in it)

a weight with a hole in it, (I used one of my cutting wires, but you could use a biggish Nut, or a fishing weight.)

tools:  a drill (or somthing to make holes) , and a marker.

Step 1 Construction

first- drill 3 holes in your board.
one near the center close to the top,
and the other two in each of the lower corners.



attach a loop of wire to the center hole for hanging.


attach a loop of wire to each of the other two holes and attach  the containers.  in this expample, Im using a  old mis-fired coffee cup and a large plastic coffee can.