I’ve had my Pugger (aka "Fat Baby") a couple weeks now. I’ve been reclaiming buckets and buckets of dry recycle. I would be lying if I told you that I pugged great clay right off the bat. Actually today was the first day I got a good consistency. There is definitely a learning curve.
My first batch was way too soft. Next was way too hard. Third sucked because I let the clay get too hot in the mixer and the log came out of the pugger with the sides ripped up and peeling. Last night I mixed a batch of dry recycle to what I hoped was a good consistency. I ran the pugger for 5 minutes and noticed that the clay was getting warm, so I shut it down and sealed it up. This morning that clay was nice and cool and a good consistency so I deaired and pugged. It came out smooth and a good firmness.
Monday I called Peter Pugger with a list of questions. They were pretty nice, but basically told me it’s a lot of trial and error. I’m getting there, but it's quite a process. Any helpful pugging hints would be cool.
