I have been busy in the Fall of 2018 with work in the shop, and doing some work on an article that was co-authored with Madeleine Coomey. This article started with some posts on the Ceramic Arts Daily forum involving my problems with my thumb, and the use of a hand held extruder. The rest is explained in the article that I can now post. I hope that those of you that are looking for a smaller extruder, or a hand held power extruder will find this of help. It has certainly helped me with my arthritic problems.