The Ball Mill Revisited

Lateral thinking with a vengeance:ball-mills are supposed to do wonderful things for slips and glazes,but seem to cost unreasonably huge sums.My wheel goes round like a mill,but in the wrong plane:solution- [I'm sure I'm not the first to think of it] stand wheel on end,attach ball-mill jar [from Sydney,source of all good and obscure ceramic kit] with parcel tape [jar lid held closed,in absence of official metal rod,by convenient sponge tool] and off we go.I have yet to learn what is known as "mill practice",but gave it a whirl [there are porcelain balls inside- hence name] with some blue slip for a couple of hours.It's almost Shabbat now,so tests will have to wait 'til Sunday.Shabbat Shalom!