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I’m not exactly sure what this is, could you explain further?

Where can I find discount but in good condition pottery making stuff online? for example: wheel table, tools and so on

Used items can often be found for sale in thrift stores and pawnshops, auctions, garage sales, and in more recent times online auctions. Some stores sell both new and used goods (e.g. car dealerships), while others only sell new goods but may take used items in exchange for credit toward the purchase of newer goods. When an item is no longer of use to a person they may sell or pawn it, especially when they are in need of money. Items can also be sold (or taken away free of cost) as scrap (e.g. scrap metal). Owners may sell the good themselves or to a dealer who then sells it on for a profit. However, because the process takes some effort on part of the owner they may simply keep possession of it or dump it at a landfill instead of going to the trouble of selling it.
Try these sites below, they all sell used pottery tools and equipment. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Used_goods

GREAT free and second hand sites below;
http://freecycle.org/
http://www.epa.gov/jtr/comm/exchange.htm
http://freegan.info/?page=Freemarkets
"Freemeets". These events are akin to flea markets with free items. People bring items to share with others. They give and take but not a dollar is exchanged. When freegans do need to buy, we buy second-hand goods which reduces production and supports reusing and reducing what would have been wasted without providing any additional funds for new production.
http://freegan.info/
Only free website below;
http://www.ofree.net/canadian_freebies.html
http://www.urbanone.net/frequent_questions.html
http://www.google.ca/search?q=second+hand++and+free+items+website&hl=en
Type in the search fields once on the site, that this is what you are looking for;
http://ca.dir.yahoo.com/Business_and_Economy/Shopping_and_Services/Arts_and_Crafts/Visual_Arts/Ceramics/Supplies_and_Equipment
http://crafts.stores.ebay.ca/Ceramics-Pottery_Pottery-Tools_W0QQcatZ116496QQtZlw
http://search.stores.ebay.ca/used-pottery-tools_Pottery-Tools_W0QQcatrefZC6QQsacatZ116496QQstorehubsubmitZSearch
http://clayzee.com/Supplies/Equipment_and_Tools/Manufacturing/
http://www.directopedia.org/directory/Shopping-Crafts/Supplies-Pottery.shtml
http://www.monstermarketplace.com/search.asp?q=used%20tools
This is from the guy nelows site;
"There is a weekly newspaper called The Ad Trader. It’s full of adverts from people selling things cluttering up their garages. Let me tell you, I have found some real winners there. The raku kiln was 10 quid. The green kiln was 100 quid. The kiln on legs was UKP 160. I also got a scientific scale for UKP 25 that would have been UKP 400 if I’d tried to get it new.
It was at one of these I got my dental tools for making masks. Similar tools from potters’ supply stores cost UKP 7-11. Mine were 90p or less.
Newsgroups. People post adverts in the local newsgroups. Please don’t encourage this in groups that don’t allow them, but scan the newsgroups for your geographical area and look at ones beginning "FS:"
Second hand shops. A lot of good kitchen tools are also good ceramics tools. You can pick a lot of them up for a song at those places.
Close-out stores and tool sales. Sometimes a tool intended for another craft will do wonders with clay. I have wood carving tools, plaster tools, files, rasps, chisels, all sorts of things that wouldn’t be good enough for serious work in their intended materials.
Garbage. No, really. Sometimes people get rid of bits of wood suitable for carrying wares around on. Sometimes they throw away other tat that would actually be good for clay work. I am NOT saying you should rip open the bin liners along your block, but if you happen to be passing a dumpster and notice something good… it’s probably polite to ask though.
http://www.ozonelouise.com/equipment.php
Second hand tools below;
http://sources.sourcetool.com/results_gsa.php?mt=second%2520hand%2520tools
http://search.ebay.com/pottery-tools
http://ca.search.yahoo.com/bin/search?fr=ybr_rog&p=www.Kijiji.ca
Try potters or sculptor forums, they may be able to help you.
Listed links below
http://www.google.ca/search?q=+pottery+forums&btnG=Search&hl=en
http://www.google.ca/search?hl=en&q=sculptor+forums&btnG=Search&meta=
Interesting info below on the medium in general.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pottery
Hope this helped, Cheers!
http://www.pottery-magic.com/tools/

Assuming the larger mechanical pieces are already in place and I have something of a moving blank slate platform, what do I do next? What materials, tools and supplies will I need to make something basic?

this is going to depend on what you are going to do for your float.

Chicken wire is great for making forms, then you can paper mache over them.
Insulation foam boards are good for things that are more structured and then you can carve that with various cutting tools.

How they work specs and any other info my customers would need to know about each item how do i find a company or someone that can help

Hopefully, you are going to peddle quality products, no chinese junk, if so, all tool catalogs,whether from cornwell, mac, blue point, etc always has a product description & specifications. I’ve been on a lot of tool trucks, I’ve yet to see anyone ask how something works.
Most wrenches know what they want, the question is: Can you get them to buy what YOU have?
Good luck!!

need to manually pollinate tomatoes in greehouse due to lack of bees and need a tool called an electric bee or vibrating pollinator

You can go out and shake a tomatoe plant daily a few shakes by hand to pollinate them..unless you have an unusually large greenhouse..Read under pollination on this link..many cheaper ways to do this ..leaf blowers, by hand and many more ways

As I see it, I have the following options:
1. Get some pneumatic cutting tool – may be too expensive and I dont have mains power at the site …
2. use compound aviation tin snips
3. use a jigsaw with metal cutting blades
4. use a haxsaw

I am not exactly sure of the thickness/type of metal the shed is made out of … I would guess this would make a lot of difference as to which tool/approach to use?

I would plan to start by drilling a hole and eventually getting whatever cutting tool through it and start cutting, am concerned I wont be able to get the cut straight.

Any ideas or suggestions what may be the best way to approach this?

My first choice would be to drill a hole in it and then try some snips. Often the metal in sheds is thin enough to cut with some good quality hand cutters. Cutting a strait line can be difficult if you have the wrong snips. Your hand keeps running into the side, so get some that have an offset for easily cutting out a strait line.

Using a power tool may be disastrous. It may make a poor cut bending and stretching the material.

If it is too thick to cut by hand and you must resort to power tools, frame it with wood first, larger than the hole you want. It will then be easy to cut the metal out with a power tool. Just cut along the inside of the wood frame.

Frame it inside and out. Nothing fancy just something to keep the metal in place when you cut. If you are not sure how to do this. Just drill small holes in the corners of the size of the opening you want. Make sure the screws you place outside the opening area to hold the wood together, will be covered by the final frame,so the holes will not show in the end. You should be able to cut it with a saws all, electric saw with long blades made for metal.

I’m looking to buy new cordless power tools where every tool uses the same battery and these are my two choices. What is your opinion? Got any better suggestions? Thanks!

Dewalt is heavier duty than Ryobi. Motors and battery last longer with Dewalt.

I have a two foot level with two vials in the center and two on each end. I don’t know what the bubbles are supposed to do and I cannot find instructions anywhere for reading this tool . Are they supposed to balance simultaneously? I am attempting to install vinyl windows.

You only read one vial, depending on whether you are trying to level horizonally or vertically. Some tools also have a vial for 45-degree leveling.

The air bubble inside the vial will be perfectly centered between two lines when the tool is level for the given orientation.

Hold the tool horizontally level — one of the vials in the center is usually oriented parallel to the tool and will tell you if it is perfectly level.

If you hold the tool vertically level, one (maybe both) of the vials at the ends will tell you if you are tilted slightly to the left or right.

Place the tool on the sill of the new window, or hold it vertically against a jamb and read the proper vial.

DJ Copp, tire changer for #47 Marcos Ambrose NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Team demonstrates a tire change with the Ingersoll Rand NASCAR Thunder Gun and the Ingersoll Rand Street Legal Thunder Gun. Not much difference in time…take a look.

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In woodworking, most variable speed lathes have five or six different speeds, and the slower speeds are best for starting off work or working with larger objects. Discover why fast speeds are good for doing detailed work with help from an experienced woodworker in this free video on woodworking tools.

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