When at NCECA in Kansas City, 2016, I bought several products from CI Products .  Amazing!!!

One of the products is the Diamond Grinding Disk

I’ve attached it to a bat with the adhesive backing that it comes with – super sticky and adheres easily.

The grinding disc needs water to work properly.  So… my husband (he is awesome!!) created a water pumping device that pumps water from a bucket onto the wheel, then the water is recycled back into the bucket from the wheel.

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diamond grinding pad, grinding pottery
A small water pump, set on a brick, in a bucket of water, will pump a stream of water onto the wheel head and the grinding disk.
diamond grinding pad, grinding pottery
Water is recycled from the wheel bowl into the bucket.
diamond grinding pad, grinding pottery
A piece of flexible metal in the plastic tubing allows for easy manipulation of the placement of the stream of water coming from the small pump in the water bucket.

Here’s a short video on how it works!

We gave it a massive trial this week as Lyndall Bensley had a bunch of pieces that needed to be ground before delivery to the customer.  It worked so well!  In less than an hour, she had cleaned up the bottoms of over 45 pieces!  DSC_0100

diamond grinding pad, grinding pottery
The finish on the bottom of the pots is great! Even on very gritty clay! A diamond coated grinding sponge will help to take off any other rough spots that the wheel missed.
diamond grinding pad, grinding pottery
The piece can be placed, moved and edged on the diamond grinding disk to hit all the rough spots.
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All done and packed up! Saves so much time!
diamond grinding disc, grinding pottery on a potters wheel
Lyndall Bensley was super happy with the process – took about an hour!

I understand that the diamond grinding discs can be acquired here in Australia from Gemcuts,

Go get grinding!

marian williams pottery