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Introducing the

REDUCERATOR SERIES

OMG...June 20/07

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Okay, folks...LaserBoy took a long weekend! Well, they go out Friday. Thanks for a rather exciting response to this brand new tool. SHEESH, I was just showing you how to fix my old one up and BAM!

But your business is allthemore appreciated.

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We are onstream for weekly international shipping, bi-weekly domestic shipping(and USA).

NEW BUTTONS FOR FINAL MODEL KITS COMING MOMENTARILY.(1:35am, Wednesday)

REDUCERATOR
USERS PLEASE NOTE:

The smaller reduction rails in your kit have been drilled in order to ensure that they run through the planer precisely square during manufacture.

These drill holes have no further application, nor are they meant to match up or apply in any way to the mounting holes on the bed itself.

Sorry for any confusion!!

~WMW.

~REDUCERATOR BASIC~

DELUXE REDUCERATOR

Helps to GREATLY reduce effort and guesswork when reducing rectangular canes.
Interchangeable precision-ground rails for different stages of reduction
Laser-etched measurement guides
Comes with holes drilled and matching screws to mount unit to a base if desired.
Custom engraved with your name.
Add anything you prefer for further spacing possibilities!

I've been using a tool like this on my bench for over a decade, but this version is WAY better! I've reduced literally hundreds of rectangular canes using a more basic model, but using this one to shoot the demo was AWESOME. I had never used rails that were precision-planed to match, and it makes a WORLD of difference in the end.

Choose the right rails for the size of cane you're working down and squeeze your cane. Patience is key for perfect results. You don't have to squeeze much per stage to get your cane moving along. You can set your rails to the approximate cane size and use your brayer on it, just flipping the cane and repeating, but not rolling the cane longer. This is a great way to freshen up clay that's been resting too long.

When the cane is warmed up a bit, roll out some length after each squeeze. The rails are precision planed to match perfectly. Lifting the end of the cane and rolling will get the flow going nicely.

You can even use this unit without a brayer, and actually sometimes you'll like this better. Usually a combination of finger and brayer pressure is best to keep the temperature up.

You could also 'cap' the cane ends to minimize loss off the ends, using small plexiglas tiles. I'll give that some thought also as I continue to use the new version, and throw a couple in to get you started...please mention when ordering so I remember to charge you for them. Oh just kidding.

Minimal loss, and a freshly worked up cane to play with!

Now it will be easy to multiply this baby and reduce again. The best part of it(other than precision) is that your tendons are gonna thank you for this. It really saves alot of work, and guesswork.

Notice these? These risers add another great function! I'll explain even more uses for your Beado Reducerator in the coming days.

Lori asked, "But how small can you go?"

Well, let's keep going then!

We've got about 19 inches of cane at this stage...

I could have gone smaller(as you'll see), but this was a good time to quadruple it for my finished pattern.

The quadrants all lined up nicely, let's tack them together with a little pressure. The bit of overhang of the clay over the rails here is fixed by flipping the cane over and doing the same thing...until you're at the right heighth by rolleration at least

With the quarters now adhered together, we can continue on reducing.

A combination of lifting slightly and rolling, flipping, squeezing, and rolling again and in no time at all...(yeah, right!) But seriously, this cane was of 'medium' fresh FIMO.

We're onto the next stage of reduction.

Okay, this is about as small as I ever go.

With the cane design now reduced again with a 4X pattern, we can repeat the design at will.

I like this size. I can think of more impressive patterns I could have used to demonstrate, but this odd cane will now work well for making small beads.

Here is shown the total of the waste from the process. Not bad at all. You will find that the ends are easily controlled to minimize design loss.

So here is the full reduction. Have fun and avoid wobbly designs with the newly available Beadopolis REDUCERATOR!

coming soon:
REDUCERATOR XD!

MORE THAN MEETS THE EYE!