Re: Cutting terra cotta pots

["Del Kail" <del@weberized.net>]

Hi John,

I really enjoyed your article. Thanks for sharing.

Would it be okay to reprint it, with you getting credit, in our clubs
newsletter. It is the Greater Portland Aquarium Society's newsletter, called
The Flash.

Again, thanks for sharing your information.

Let me know if it is okay to reprint it.

Thanks,

Del Kail
Board Member at Large
GPAS
AquaDel@Bass-Tournaments.com


----- Original Message -----
From: "John Wubbolt" <BigJohnW@webtv.net>
To: <Apisto@admin.listbox.com>
Sent: Thursday, April 25, 2002 8:37 PM
Subject: Cutting terra cotta pots


>
> Hello everyone
>
> Every so often i hear about people having a hard time cutting terra
> cotta flower pots to size that they want.  Or even just trying to cut an
> opening in the rim to make a cave out of the pot.
>
> Here is how i go about cutting my flower pots and getting them to come
> out just how i want them to.
>
> First off, you need a hack saw.   I then go to my local hardware
> store.... Aubuchons for me and purchase a blade that is made to cut
> tiles with.   This blade is long slender and rounded.    Sort of like a
> long file but that fits into the hack saw set up.    The blade costs
> about $2.50.
>
> I then go out a buy several different size terra cotta pots.   I buy
> mine at my local Walmart.   They are only $.50 - $.75 each there.   Ok,
> so im cheap!!    I then put them into a 5 gallon bucket full of warm
> water.   I let the bucket sit with the flower pots over night.   Bye
> letting the flower pots soak in water, they are much easier to cut and
> dont break or crack as easy.
>
> To make a pot cut completely in half so i have 2 caves... I just stand
> the flower pot up and start cutting with the hacksaw right down the
> middle of the bottom of the flower pot... make sure you cut the thing
> straight... this makes for more stable sitting caves.   When i get 3/4
> of the way thru the pot... i turn it over and cut from the other end
> till i meet my cut i started from the other end.
>
> To make just and opening to have a solid cave for the fish to hide in
> and defend.   I make 2 cuts into the top rim of the flower pot about
> 1inch apart... when each cut reachs thru the thick rim of the flower
> pot.. i take a pair of plyers and snap off the piece... using the blade
> from the hack saw i rub off any sharp endes left after snapping the
> piece out of the middle of my 2 cuts.     Bigger fish, i make a bigger
> opening, littler fish, smaller opening... makes sense!!
>
> Oh well if i bored some of you , sorry.... just felt like sharing some
> of my experiences tonight.
>
> John
>
>
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