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CLOSE THIS BOOKForming Techniques for the Self-Reliant Potter (GTZ, 1991, 194 p.)
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VIEW THE DOCUMENTAcknowledgements
VIEW THE DOCUMENT1. Introduction and scope
2. Products and options
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VIEW THE DOCUMENT2.1. Market sectors and forming considerations
VIEW THE DOCUMENT2.2. Investment decisions
VIEW THE DOCUMENT2.3. Choosing your product line
3. Main product lines and forming options
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VIEW THE DOCUMENT3.1. Household ware, crockery, decorative and novelty items
VIEW THE DOCUMENT3.2. Tiles
VIEW THE DOCUMENT3.3. Refractories and miscellaneous industry support products
VIEW THE DOCUMENT3.4. Pipe
VIEW THE DOCUMENT3.5. Electrical products
VIEW THE DOCUMENT3.6. Miscellaneous products
4. Plastic clay forming
VIEW THE DOCUMENT4.1. Plastic clay preparation
VIEW THE DOCUMENT4.2. Hand-forming
VIEW THE DOCUMENT4.3. Potter’s wheel
VIEW THE DOCUMENT4.4. Joining techniques
VIEW THE DOCUMENT4.5. Jigger
VIEW THE DOCUMENT4.6. Extrusion
5. Semidry foaming
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VIEW THE DOCUMENT5.1. Advantages and disadvantages
VIEW THE DOCUMENT5.2. Press machines
VIEW THE DOCUMENT5.3. Semidry pressing with leather-hard clay
VIEW THE DOCUMENT5.4. Pressing with powder clay
6. Mouldmaking and Plaster of Paris
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VIEW THE DOCUMENT6.1. STAMPS
VIEW THE DOCUMENT6.2. Moulds for plastic clay pressing, biscuit clay moulds
VIEW THE DOCUMENT6.3. Plaster substitutes
VIEW THE DOCUMENT6.4. Plaster of Paris
VIEW THE DOCUMENT6.5. Plaster mould making
7. Slip casting
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VIEW THE DOCUMENT7.1. Casting body
VIEW THE DOCUMENT7.2. Slip building and fiberslip
8. Finishing and quality control
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VIEW THE DOCUMENT8.1. Importance of finishing
VIEW THE DOCUMENT8.2. Steps in finishing
VIEW THE DOCUMENT8.3. Methods of finishing
VIEW THE DOCUMENT8.4. Quality control
9. Drying of ware and moulds
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VIEW THE DOCUMENT9.1. Drying systems
VIEW THE DOCUMENT9.2. Drying of plaster moulds
10. Work flow and factory layout
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VIEW THE DOCUMENT10.1. Work flow example
VIEW THE DOCUMENTGlossary
VIEW THE DOCUMENTTables of weights and measures
VIEW THE DOCUMENTTable of sieve mesh sizes
VIEW THE DOCUMENTDensity
VIEW THE DOCUMENTTwaddell scale
VIEW THE DOCUMENTDry content of liquid
VIEW THE DOCUMENTPint weights
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