Two things to try
1. Use a clay bat ring instead of the pins
Take about 1/2 pound of wedged clay & center it on the
wheelhead. Open it to the wheeelhead and slowly make a ring
about 1/2 inch wide that is slightly smaller than the
diameter of yur bat. Pinch the clay between you fingers and
thumb holding your thumb steady and let the clay go up.
Then, press down on the clay, holding the inside of the ring
steady to let the clay move out from the senter of the
wheel. Just repeat this a few times until you get the ring
the size you want. It should be about 3/8 inch high when
you're done. Place a dry bat on the ring, tap it in the
center a few times & you're goo d to go.

2. Batgrabber
You can buy a batgrabber at www.batgrabber.com that is
placed under your bat. It's a rubber-ish material that will
hold the bat from moving . It also seems to do a great job
of helping with warped bats as well.

Good Luck!



Hi folks!

I am finally back at my wheel after many months not being
able to use it for one reason or another.

I realize that it will take me a while to get "the
feeling" back, but in the mean time, I have a rotten
dilemma.
If I throw on my wooden bats (I have 2), the holes are
slightly bigger than the screws, so the whole bat goes
kachung-kachung as I am trying to center - so I can't
center. I put some toothpicks into the spaces, but it
still seems as if the bat is not "solid".

If I throw directly on the wheel, I center pretty good and
can make "something" - but!!!! When it comes time to take
my work off the wheel, I use my "topfheber"
(http://www.michel.ch/michel/images_k...toepferscheibe
/topfheber.jpg), I end up making the nice round pot
crooked somehow :-(
Any tips/suggestions would be gratefully read and tried!

Marianne