Ceramic - Pottery Dictionary

by Susan Mussi

GUNS: Extruding clay

ca: PISTOLA D'EXTRUSIÓ

es: PISTOLA DE EXTRUSIÓN

Clay – Guns work in the same way as Dod boxes or Extruders the difference being that they have to be held, and cannot be attached to a table. They are hand-operated tubes made of metal used to make strips of clay of different shapes and sizes. At the bottom they have different die-discs; the handle pushes the clay down through the tube so it comes out at the bottom as a coil with the shape formed by a die-disc. They are good because as you hold the gun, you can move and place what you are pressing out exactly where you want it.
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