Allcraft has the most extensive selection of stakes and hammers. Their website is currently having problems. I suggest emailing or calling to ask for a catalog. allcrafttools@yahoo.com.
Using a wooden or plastic stake for raising a bowl is fine. However, if you wish to raise a disc taller, as for a vase, it is important to compress the molecules by working with a steel hammer on a steel stake after every 3 to 5 courses. This can be planishing over a mushroom stake.
I agree that Seitz and Feigold is an excellent book.
stakes, Allcraft
Allcraft has the most extensive selection of stakes and hammers. Their website is currently having problems. I suggest emailing or calling to ask for a catalog. allcrafttools@yahoo.com.
Using a wooden or plastic stake for raising a bowl is fine. However, if you wish to raise a disc taller, as for a vase, it is important to compress the molecules by working with a steel hammer on a steel stake after every 3 to 5 courses. This can be planishing over a mushroom stake.
I agree that Seitz and Feigold is an excellent book.
Have fun!
Cynthia