Pugmill in Europe?
Hey, so I just posted a very long post about recently moving to France & a lot of the ceramic materials I am having trouble finding, so I won’t repeat myself. But a piece of equipment I’ve been needing for years, especially with my autoimmune disease in my hands/wrists/elbows & the fact that the only utilitarian type ware I make are big Onggi jars, where a pugmill makes a world of difference to produce the big long coils, I was wondering if anyone knows of someone looking to get rid of theirs for a reasonable price, even if it would require some fixing up. Or hell, I saw a YouTube video last summer of a potter making his own de-airing pugmill but that is quite beyond my technical knowledge, but I’d be happy to pay someone who feels they could pull it off!
I don’t care if it has a mixing container or not, but the extruder part needs to be over 3”, preferably closer to 4”, and it has to be stainless steel because actually the vast majority of the time I’d be using it with porcelain. And I’d really prefer de-airing or somehow to option to add de-airing to it (I don’t know if the manufacturers can do that). Willing to drive to hell and back for the right price.
Thanks!