![Measure twice cut once](http://redfoxpottery.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/Making-pottery-wires-red-fox-pottery-Still002-1024x576.jpg)
![Laziness is my middle name](http://redfoxpottery.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/Making-pottery-wires-red-fox-pottery-Still003-1024x576.jpg)
![a drill press means I don't have to hold the handle and the drill at the same time](http://redfoxpottery.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/Making-pottery-wires-red-fox-pottery-Still004-1024x576.jpg)
![seriously the simplest tool to make](http://redfoxpottery.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/Making-pottery-wires-red-fox-pottery-Still005-1024x576.jpg)
![Twist twist twist](http://redfoxpottery.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/Making-pottery-wires-red-fox-pottery-Still009-1024x576.jpg)
![this goes a lot faster](http://redfoxpottery.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/Making-pottery-wires-red-fox-pottery-Still014-1024x576.jpg)
![and if it swells it will stay in the hole](http://redfoxpottery.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/Making-pottery-wires-red-fox-pottery-Still006-1024x576.jpg)
![we want a neat and tidy job](http://redfoxpottery.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/Making-pottery-wires-red-fox-pottery-Still007-1024x576.jpg)
![you could always use some epoxy I guess](http://redfoxpottery.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/Making-pottery-wires-red-fox-pottery-Still008-1024x576.jpg)
![Smooth](http://redfoxpottery.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/Making-pottery-wires-red-fox-pottery-Still011-1024x576.jpg)
![saw through that clay](http://redfoxpottery.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/Making-pottery-wires-red-fox-pottery-Still013-1024x576.jpg)
![finished wires](http://redfoxpottery.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/Finished-Pottery-wires-red-fox-pottery-1024x576.jpg)
What would can you do differently?
- alter the length of the wire
- change the number of wires that are twisted together
- try different materials for the wire
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