Pug Mills
The first Peter Pugger was born in 1973 in sunny San Luis Obispo, California. It was a collaboration of a then-little-known architect/potter named Gordon Motta and an even lesser-known engineer named Randy Wood. Gordon wanted a pugmill; Randy had ideas. After many long nights of welding, cutting, banging, bending, consulting, and a little swearing, a very strange pugmill emerged, made mostly of recycled parts from abandoned garlic factory processing equipment. This long-nosed monstrosity was aptly named "Peter Pugger" by a friend with an active imagination. At that point no one imagined Peter Pugger would ever begin manufacturing. "If I had it to do over, I'm not sure I'd call it Peter Pugger", says Randy, "but it sure is a name people don't forget."
Today, Peter Pugger has become a reliable name in clay pugging, de-airing, and reconditioning. The workhorses will make pugging your clay a breeze; for true studio freedom, consider purchasing a Peter Pugger VPM model, which means vacuum-mixing-pugging. These machines truly CAN do it all, making the most of your time, materials, and studio space.
| Model | VPM-7/SS | VPM-9/SS | VPM-20/SS | VPM-30 | VPM-60 | PM-50 | PM-100 |
| Batch Capacity | 14 lbs. | 25 lbs. | 45 lbs. | 85 lbs. | 140 lbs. | 135 lbs. | 250 lbs. |
| Hopper Door Size | 4.5" x 4.5" | 5.25" x 5.25" | 7" x 7" | 8" x 8" | 9" x 9" | 8" x 11" | 9" x 14" |
| Mixing Rate | 100 lbs/hr | 150 lbs/hr | 180 lbs/hr | 240 lbs/hr | 500 lbs/hr | 300 lbs/hr | 600 lbs/hr |
| Pugging Rate | 350 lbs/hr | 500 lbs/hr | 600 lbs/hr | 800 lbs/hr | 1500 lbs/hr | 1200 lbs/hr | 2000 lbs/hr |
| Pug Size Diameter | 3" | 3" | 3" | 3" | 3.5" | 3" | 4" |
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