{"id":18551,"date":"2014-05-08T03:05:30","date_gmt":"2014-05-08T10:05:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/?p=18551"},"modified":"2014-04-29T18:15:21","modified_gmt":"2014-04-30T01:15:21","slug":"makins-vs-walnut-hollow-polymer-clay-extruders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/makins-vs-walnut-hollow-polymer-clay-extruders\/18551\/","title":{"rendered":"Makins vs. Walnut Hollow Polymer Clay Extruders"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/?p=18551#video\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" style=\"margin: 0px; border: 0pt none;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/images\/blog\/2014-05\/08-90519-extruders-makins-vs-walnut-hollow.jpg\" alt=\"Walnut Hollow vs Makins Polymer Clay Extruders\" width=\"255\" height=\"146\" \/><\/a><strong><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Video #519:<\/span> The biggest difference between these two clay extruder brands is how the crank handle is designed and how it works.<\/span><strong><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080; font-size: large;\"><strong>Topics Covered In This Video:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">A comparison between the Makins Professional Polymer Clay Extruder and the Walnut Hollow Clay Extruder.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">I have owned the Makins Professional Extruder for several years now, and I just purchased my Walnut Hollow tool.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">These tools can be used to extrude polymer clay for all kinds of projects.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Examples of tutorials I used an extruder are the Snowy Tree Pointillist Cane Tutorial, Gingham Cane Tutorial, Extruded Flower Cane Tutorial, Micro Mosaic Pins Tutorial (see resource links just below today&#8217; video).<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Both of these extruder tool brands come in hard plastic cases.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Both come with 20 stainless steel dies (these metal disks in both sets are identical as far as I can tell).<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">The round dies are the same size for each brand and are interchangeable.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">The Makins barrel is longer and holds more clay than the Walnut Hollow Extruder.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Both are made of aluminum, though I think the threads on the Walnut Hollow machine may be steel.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">The crank handles are quite different. The Walnut Hollow handle design is much nicer to grip with your whole hand, and therefore easier to use, especially if you are using a vise to hold the extruder.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">However, you can back out the plunger from the Makins Extruder barrel much faster, because of how you can quck spin the handle rod with just your finger.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">The Walnut Hollow barrel has a nice rubber coating for easier gripping.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">The plunger end looks stronger on the Walnut Hollow Extruder than the one on the Makins.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">When using either of these brands, make sure that your clay is well conditioned and soft, place die in the end of the extruder, and crank the handle slowly. Don&#8217;t force it.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Dry clay will crackle on edges&#8230; which can be used to your advantage in my Jupiter Bead Tutorial (resource link included below).<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Extruders are the perfect tool for making fine threads for hair or filigree.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Walnut Hollow makes a large die adapter that does fit on the Makins Extruder as well. This is an optional <span style=\"font-size: medium;\">accessory.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">In the future I will show you some other dies and extruder products in follow up videos.<a name=\"video\"><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ZvUmETJ0mF4?rel=0\" width=\"575\" height=\"323\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Related Video: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/?p=14728#video\">Snowy Tree Pointillist Cane Tutorial<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Related Video: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/?p=6977#video\">Extruded Flower Cane Tutorial<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Related Video: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/?p=12333#video\">Gingham Cane Tutorial<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Related Video: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/?p=17344#video\">Micro Mosaic Pins Tutorial<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Related Video: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/?p=4601#video\">Jupiter Bead Tutorial<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Related Video: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/?p=1884#video\">Makins Professional Ultimate Clay Extruder<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Related Post: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/?p=5206\">Extruder Cleaning and Maintenance Tips Plus Project Ideas<\/a><br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: #993300;\">Do you have any suggestions for videos on tips, techniques or products you would like to learn more about? Let me know in the comments section below!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">My goal is to help you to learn quicker and easier ways to bring up the professionalism in your polymer clay art.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium; color: #808080;\">Oh and don&#8217;t forget to give these videos a<em> Thumbs Up<\/em> click at YouTube if you are enjoying them. The more <em>Likes<\/em> a video gets, the higher it rises in the searches. And that means even more people will be able to join in on this polymer clay journey of a lifetime.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Also, by subscribing to our YouTube Channel directly, you will receive notifications as soon as new videos are uploaded. To subscribe, click here&#8230; <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ZvUmETJ0mF4\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"external external_icon\">Polymer Clay Extruders: Makins vs. Walnut Hollow Review<\/a><span style=\"color: #808080;\"> The Subscribe Button is right near the top of that YouTube page.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Looking forward to hearing from you!<\/span><\/p>\n<table style=\"width: 575px;\" border=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 200px;\"><\/td>\n<td align=\"right\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/images\/blog\/cindy-sig.jpg\" alt=\"Cindy Lietz Signature\" width=\"114\" height=\"99\" align=\"right\" border=\"0\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/images\/blog\/polymer-clay-tutor.jpg\" alt=\"Polymer Clay Tutor\" width=\"200\" height=\"26\" align=\"right\" border=\"0\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Video #519: The biggest difference between these two clay extruder brands is how the crank handle is designed and how it works.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2665],"tags":[1707,2740],"class_list":["post-18551","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-pct-product-demos","tag-polymer-clay-extruder-projects","tag-polymer-clay-tools-supplies-organization"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18551","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18551"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18551\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18551"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18551"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18551"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}