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Now in order to make a matching set of these tea cups, I'm going to have to set, what I
call a a pointer. In order to determine where my clay will be stopping. So I've drilled
a hole, in the edge of my slash pan. And I just put a rod through there. And smash some
clay, up against it. So that it will stay in place. They do sell commercially made pointers
that have several adjusters. But this is way of having a pointer, without spending any
money. What I've got here, is a lump of clay wrapped in plastic. And I've stuck a long
rod through it. And I'm setting it on a turntable. I've just got this little bisk mold as a spacer.
You can use wood. Or anything that you can find in your studio to set it up, to get it
to the height that you need. And you want to make the edge of this pointer, point at
the corner of your piece. Just got to smush on it and adjust it until it's right. And
now, it's a little high still. You want the bottom corner of the pointer to point at the
top corner of your piece. And then, when you turn the turntable away. The pointer comes
away, you can take your piece off the bat. And then when you spin it back, it's right
in place for the next one. Now it's not quite right, yet. So I'm going to adjust that a
little bit more before I start the next step.