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Ed, Shannon uses treadle wheels, much like the kick wheels you used a **few** year ago, but with more control and less kicking required. Her new class space will have three of them. They are better than kick wheels. The problem with building a kick wheel is that the kick wheel is solid stone or concrete... very very heavy and balancing is difficult in home made versions. There are books on wheel building, but if you do not have a kiln... you will need to build or buy one of those too! I get my clay shipped in by the ton from Australia and CA.
As Carey said, Shannon does have a great high fire gas kiln. I share space for firings with her at her home studio. The class space will have a smaller electric kiln.
Ed, I have a Brent electric wheel, extruder and slab roller to play with. You will have to pay Shannon to fire them as my clay & glazes are high fire (^10), or you can buy ^6 clay from her and glaze in her classes.
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Ralph, thanks for explaining.
It seems odd to me that they don't bring a ramp as part of the delivery service, when they do bring a ramp on the mainland end for loading (or did for us).
As I said, when we shipped over, Matson's part ended at the port. Sounds like things have changed. That was seven years ago.
We were in Waikoloa and we hired Kona Trans to deliver and unload our container. They had a guy who picked up our big and incredibly heavy Sony TV by himself and took it upstairs without breaking a sweat, even though it was middle of summer in Waikoloa. (That was a two man TV.) They had the whole container unloaded, upstairs and in place in 2-3 hours, so I definitely felt it was worth it. Hope you find someone like that guy to help you out.
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if you can't find a ramp to rent...you might be able to get any handyman to build you a temporary ramp with leftover 2x4's you can contact me if you need referrals.
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Sometimes this works:
Rent a flatbed truck from Harper's with a hydraulic lift gate. Back it up to the container
and load and lift.
Sometimes a day rental is cheaper than buying and building a ramp... especially if there might be another use for the truck.
Assume the best and ask questions.
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Rob is right, our crew of Samoans from WestPoint Movers arrived with a shuttle moving truck that had a lift, the really heavy things and boxes were loaded into that by backing up to the container, and then they drove it down our steep driveway to unload it. The laborers who flew over from the main office in Oahu carried incredibly huge and heavy/awkward pieces that did not fit in the smaller truck with no problems whatsoever. It took 8 hours to unload and uncrate(lots of art and stone/glass pieces)a 45' high top container in a three story house & art studio with only three big guys. It was amazing. I hope you find some equally capable help.
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I like Rob's suggestion. It makes a lot of sense. When our Bamboo House arrive in 40' trailers, our contractor got a friend with an flat bed auto carrier to unload the panels. The trucker couldn't navigate our winding driveway.
We'll find out soon. Both vehicles are now in the Port of Oakland and we catch the 8:20 flight out of here in the morning. Goodbye and farewell California!
See you all soon! Thanks for the great ideas and help over the last few years!
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ALOHA Ralph & Ed!!!
I hope that you are now settling into the island, letting your bamboo "shack' cradle you & the little frogs lull you with a soft gentle (hopefully distant) call
A Hui Hou!
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Aloha Carey!
I will write a memoir or maybe just a journal entry about our last days in San Jose and our transition here some day soon. Emotionally, the LEAVING of our house/home of 30 years, was not a problem. We worked very hard for months to get the place as ready to market as we could. Amazing what two focused people can accomplish.
We returned to our place here to find the rainforest really wants back what we have taken. Ed spent the day with the weedwacker clearing the 1000' driveway today, and I planted an avocado tree given us by a very nice neighbor last year.
We are so happy to finally be home and looking forward to meeting all of our Punaweb friends. Just give us a few days to cut back the forest!
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Welcome "HOME" Ralph and Ed!!! We can totally relate, as it was just a year ago we were making that same one way flight. The jungle does want to take over, but that is a constant here. Just thank God you do not have to pay those California water bills any more!
We are looking forward to seeing you soon.
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