North
Star Polaris CT-500
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Polaris CT-500
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Combine the North Star 24" Standard slab
roller with a specially designed set of Table Toppers and you have the
North Star Polaris CT-500. We designed the Polaris CT-500 for teachers
and studio potters who need a fully functional slab roller but have
limited space.
Like the other North Star slab rollers, the Polaris CT-500 has two
rolls, much like the wringer of an old-fashioned washing machine. Both
rolls have a small diamond pattern ("knurling") machined directly into
the metal to grip the canvas. The bottom roll is turned by the handle,
but cannot move vertically. As it turns, it drives the top roll
through a train of gears. The upper roll both turns and can be
adjusted up and down. The two rolls turning together pull slabs
through easily, and the vertical adjustment of the top roll gives an
easy-to-set and infinitely adjustable thickness from paper-thin to
over 2 inches. A reference scale allows setting and repeating openings
to within 1/100 of an inch.
The design gives great flexibility in making slabs. Very thin,
translucent porcelain slabs and thick, heavily textured architectural
slabs are equally easy. A wide variety of other texturing materials
and objects can be passed through the machine along with the clay.
Slabs can be rolled either direction or reversed on all North Star
machines.
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CONSTRUCTION
The Polaris CT-500 body and rolls are made of cast and carefully
machined high-strength special alloy aluminum. Gears are made of the
strongest material available for this application, nylon or steel.
Bushings are nylon and the remaining parts (except plastic gear covers
and knobs) are machined steel. The Table Toppers are made of
moisture-resistant Medex with a melamine surface. Metal surfaces are
zinc plated or coated with a durable powder coat finish. Virtually no
maintenance is required, and the simplicity of the design ensures that
any repair ever needed will be quick and easy.
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HIGH DESIGN & GREAT ADVANTAGES
- Every part carefully designed and made
for its intended purpose. No off-the-shelf or inferior parts or
material.
- Rust free and virtually maintenance
free.
- No clumsy heavy shims or boards.
- No chains, cables or cast-iron gears.
- Thickness infinitely variable from 0
to 2-3/4 inches.
- Slabs can be rolled in either
direction and clay can be added or subtracted at any time.
- Roll slabs up to 22" wide. The length
of the slab is limited only by the space and canvas available.
- Tapered slabs are quick, easy and
precise.
- Warping, curling and cracking are
drastically reduced.
- All machines accept press molds and a
wide variety of texturing material such as burlap, plant materials,
rope, cork and bark.
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