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So I've set my slab roller on both sides to just in between a quarter of an inch and three
eights of an inch. I really like that thickness for working with. It comes with two pieces
of canvas and you take your blank of clay and you set it in between your two pieces
of canvas. It's really important to have the thickness not be more than about three or
four times thicker than what your eventual slab is going to be, otherwise it's really
hard to push through the rollers. And it helps also to pat the edge, give it a nice taper
so that it can get started through the wheel really easily. Now you put your other piece
of canvas on top, you want to have a little bit of space here, so you can get it started
through the wheel. If you don't do that you're going to probably end up pulling your clay
down into the wheel mechanism and you don't want to do that. So we've got that taper right
up against those two wheels, and I use this large wheel to start rolling and you can go
back and forth a little bit to get it really going. And you can see this lump of clay is
expanding. Now I've made it all the way through, I'll pull it back. And I have this table right
on the edge where I slide my slab. And now we've got a nice flat even slab ready to work
with.