Problems with Throwing Tall Cylinders and How to Fix Them — Spinning Pots

Throwing tall cylinders isn’t easy to accomplish, and it does take both time and skill to learn how to do this. Fortunately, you can learn pretty easily, and here, we’ll tackle the main issues that come with tall cylinders, and why you must know how to do this.

There are many problems with throwing tall cylinders and how to fix them that you should know about, and here, we’ll tackle what these are, and why it is important to know how to fix these issues as they crop up.

The Pulls Ruining the Pottery

This is a common problem when you start to work on the walls and pull it. That is because these later pulls create the following problem:

• The walls get too thin
• They collapse on one another

The solution to fix this problem is quite simple, and that is the following:

Usually, it can be easier with time, but you should watch how you are pulling the clay since it can be quite frustrating when you begin, and you should make sure that you take your time with this.