Sculpey Clay: Conditioning Machine

SCULPEY CLAY: CONDITIONING MACHINE - Sculpey Tools Clay Conditioning Pasta Machine, polymer oven-bake clay tool, 9 thickness settings, includes clamp and hand crank, great for all skill levels and craft projects. Whether you're a beginner clayer looking to buy your first machine or an experienced crafter needing an upgrade, the Sculpey Tools Clay Conditioning Machine is ideal for conditioning clay quickly and easily. Essential Tool for crafting with clay - The clay conditioning machine will make creating with clay easy! It helps with conditioning clay, make uniformly thick sheets of clay fast, you can even run texture sheets with your clay sheets through for a deeply textured sheet of clay. 9 THICKNESS SETTINGS: Includes 9 thickness settings #1: 0.099 in (2.5 mm) #2: 0.096 in (2.4 mm) #3: 0.080 in (2.05 mm) #4: 0.071 in (1.8 mm) #5: 0.054 in (1.35 mm) #6: 0.047 in (1.18 mm) #7: 0.042 in (1.09 mm) #8: 0.026 in (0.63 mm) #9: 0.025 in (0.63 mm) TIPS for using the Sculpey Tools Clay Conditioning Machine: If your work surface is too thick and the included c clamp doesn't fit you can get an extendable c clamp from a hardware store that will fit thick work surfaces. - For travel to classes or guilds simply take off the handle and stick it in your travel bag. - The following techniques are made easier using the clay conditioning machine. - Mokume Gane - make sheets of clay of the same thickness, stack, run through the clay conditioning machine and repeat - Skinner Blend - this blending technique created by Judith Skinner is easier with the clay conditioning machine - Always put the sheet of clay into the clay conditioning machine fold first so that air isn't trapped inside the clay. - To fully condition a bar of clay it takes 20 passes through the clay conditioning machine.