SHIMPO RK-3E without bat pin holes - PLEASE HELP ME

Hello to all

I bought a wheel Potter Shimpo RK-3E. O Wheelhead não tem bat pin holes
Attached photo of the Wheel
Is there any model for this type of bat Wheelhead?
Can you help me telling where I can buy?
Please send me a link where I can buy.
I'll be happy if you help me

Thank you

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Permalink Reply by Maria Correia on September 27, 2013 at 4:19am

Hi

Sorry. Here's attached a photo of the wheel.
Not advise to make the holes?
Could someone point me to a good bat
I'll be happy

Have a beautiful day

Permalink Reply by Rose Goodchild on October 5, 2013 at 8:14am

Hello. I have the same wheel.  I throw a clay pad to stick wooden bats to the wheel head (no pins) and this works very well.

Permalink Reply by Marina Reijsmeijer (Kleierij) on July 10, 2014 at 6:04am

I bought a wooden bat with holes and used it as a template to drill holes in the wheelhead. My pottery supply store sells those bats and bat pins (Keramikos, Holland). 

To avoid drilling holes in another wheel I also made some crude bats out of ply wood, slightly larger than the wheelhead that I attach with (plastic) corks (photo, up side down view). I just press this on top of the wheel head. Surprisingly they work fine. But of course Rose's way is also good.

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