MWF Lid not fitting properly?

[nickelsig229]

I tried searching and haven't found this topic, if it's been covered I apologize.

I purchased a MWF bowl and puck from Westcoast which shipped quickly and packaged everything safely, thanks WCS. When I opened my MWF box everything was intact. I removed all the protective sheeting and put together my soap bowl and lid.

The lid however, does not sit evenly on the bowl. Now I know hand turned pottery doesn't always fit like something mass produced to specific specifications, so my question is this.

Is it common or normal to have a MWF lid that does not sit flatly on the ceramic bowl, or did I get a warped lid which mistakenly passed their QA?

If I'm being honest, for 20 dollars that the bowl cost me, I was expecting a higher quality.

Thanks.

 

[Schwert]

A picture seems to be required to evaluate.

My lid fits fine...but not a super flat machine made fit.

 

[luvmysuper]

Mine is a little "kilter" and it also has quite a bit of side to side slop.

 

[ambrose]

Mine is a little "kilter" and it also has quite a bit of side to side slop.

+1 I have no prob with it, I think this is the norm as Ive had two like this

 

[Crixus]

If I'm being honest, for 20 dollars that the bowl cost me, I was expecting a higher quality.

Although it sounds from other members that the askance lid fit is normal, I'm with you. For the price of that bowl, they should get it right.

 

[cegadede]

mine is a little "kilter" and it also has quite a bit of side to side slop.

+1

 

[luvmysuper]

It's supposed to look a little "rustic" and handmade.
There are folks who like that look. I do.
I'm sure you know of people who beat a piece of furniture with chains and the like so that it is purposefully "distressed" just for the look. It certainly doesn't add specifically to the intrinsic value.

 

[BladeRunner001]

Unless you have >0.2 inch or so of unevenness, I wouldn't worry about it. These, as you noted, are not perfect and you'd expect some variation

 

[Go West Young Man]

If you paid $20 for a bowl that you could buy at a pottery shop for $5, the ill-fitting lid is the least of your problems

 

[Seraphim]

Und if you vant a jar zat iz made to zee tightest tolerances, you should purchase un jar made by de TABAC! Un it eez ver gut!

 

[Bodach]

Mine is a little "kilter" and it also has quite a bit of side to side slop.

+1, mine is the same, but it doesn't bother me in the least.

 

[Rivguy]

I checked mine and it fits flat on the top but has some side to side play which is perfectly acceptable. I enjoy the presentation of this piece very much and don't think a little warp in the lid would bother me.

Regards,

Doug

 

[K.T.]

If you paid $20 for a bowl that you could buy at a pottery shop for $5, the ill-fitting lid is the least of your problems

It's the label, Man. The label!

 

[nickelsig229]

Und if you vant a jar zat iz made to zee tightest tolerances, you should purchase un jar made by de TABAC! Un it eez ver gut!

But I did!! I fully enjoyed the tabac this morning to boot That simple glass jar with resin top is a cleaner more quality appearance then a hand thrown ceramic jar with a lid that rattles and shakes in my opinion.

As for the gap, it measures 7/32's so that's just shy of a quarter inch.

 

[_MementoMori_]

It's supposed to look a little "rustic" and handmade.
There are folks who like that look. I do.
I'm sure you know of people who beat a piece of furniture with chains and the like so that it is purposefully "distressed" just for the look. It certainly doesn't add specifically to the intrinsic value.

I sell hardwood floors that are beaten with chains. They're more expensive than the floors that aren't beaten with chains.

 

[luvmysuper]

I sell hardwood floors that are beaten with chains. They're more expensive than the floors that aren't beaten with chains.

That's because it adds to the aesthetic value!

 

[Crixus]

I sell hardwood floors that are beaten with chains.

Just what kind of background is required when interviewing for a job as a chain beater?

 

[GFlanagan3]

Just what kind of background is required when interviewing for a job as a chain beater?

off hand I'd say a police record or really agressive tendencies

 

[StillShaving]

I am not surprised yours is a little off kilter. My lid fits fairly evenly but I can detect some variation. The most glaring defect in mine is that the outer wall thickness of the bowl lip varies, at one point there is a very slight crack at one edge of the bowl, just at the top lip, where it is most thickest, as if it was fired at too hot of temperature for the thickness of clay, but the crack is only at the surface. It has not affected the function and I am still a fan of MWF and the ceramic bowl, I think they got it the ratio on these items right so many years ago. Whom ever settled on the final design of MWF soap+bowl so many years ago was very perceptive.