Do-it-yourself potter's wheel from a screwdriver

Today, more and more people begin to engage in creativity. For example, the pottery craft begins its rebirth, thanks to talented people, the oldest profession in the world is not forgotten. Also clay modeling is very useful for both adults and children, it develops motor skills and gives joy.

Many novice pottery masters are faced with such a problem - it is the purchase of the circle itself, the most simple domestic samples cost at least 15 thousand rubles, and there is nothing to talk about foreign analogues.
If there is no start-up capital, then it is not worth starting, many would say, but not our author, who invented and made this machine do it yourself from improvised means.

Taking a screwdriver as a motor and a pump from an old foreign car for the place of the axis of the circle, he made a pottery machine.

Why did the master choose to take a screwdriver? The reason is that the main part of electric motors has a large number of revolutions of more than 1000, but the circle needs from 50 to 300, the difference is noticeable of course. That's why a screwdriver is just in the subject with its leisurelyness, and a suitable engine.

So what should go directly to the author’s work, but first you need to study the list of necessary tools and materials.

Materials
1) screwdriver
2) pump
3) pulley 2 pcs
4) clamp 2 pcs
5) bolts
6) nuts
7) bucket
8) basin
9) belt

Instruments
1) set of wrenches
2) drill
3) knife
4) pliers
5) hammer

And so at first the author took a screwdriver.
But first, the master wanted to use the engine from the washing machine, but refused because of high revs.
Then comes the turn of choosing an axis for the circle, and now the master found such a massive thing - this is a shaft with a pulley for sharpening cuttings, but due to its weight and inertness, it also did not fit.
As a result of a long search, a pump was found from an old foreign car, which was ideally suited to the requirements.
The circles were selected directly.
The torque will be removed from the screwdriver due to the pulley and belt drive.
To protect against moisture and excess clay, the author has provided such fixturesis a bucket and a basin.
Further, the author simulated the assembly process on a computer.
The pipe is welded to the disk.This is what the circle looks like.
And so is the protective casing and at the same time the seat.But in the end, the author improved his development by making it collapsible, as needed, he simply and quickly assembled into a single design, and for the convenience of storage, everything looks like this.
That's actually all I wanted to write about. Using this idea, many novice potters will be able to try their hand and hone their skills. Cheap and very simple, the author is just a genius!