**Dazhi** (搭只): Anciently called "zhui" (椎), this is a tool for beating clay coils and clay slabs. "Using wood with a weighted head to make a zhui, the zhui is used for kneading."[1] The dazhi evolved from everyday pottery forming tools. It has a semi-cylindrical shape with a handle, with the striking surface slightly convex in the center, slightly lower around the edges, and smooth and fine. It is typically made from hardwood. **Wooden Turntable** (木转盘): Anciently called "junlun" (钧轮), "Clay is too delicate to withstand finger pressure, so wood is used to make a junlun, with a hollow rim on its back, making it easy to rotate the clay left and right."[2] Because zisha clay is soft and pliable in texture, it is not suitable for finger manipulation and must be operated on a base shaped like a half-moon with a hollow rim around the back edge. The wooden turntable is a fundamental tool for fully handmade zisha ware forming. It requires the center to be slightly higher than the edges and uniformly smooth. When beating the body cylinder, trimming the lid plate, and shaping the large form, the turntable has obvious advantages over the wheel. Generally, each person needs to have at least two turntables of different sizes. The wooden turntable allows the maker to naturally rotate the vessel through inertia when beating the body, ensuring the body becomes round and true, and plays a significant role in verifying the integrity of the vessel's lines and surfaces. It is now mostly used in combination with the wheel. **Lunche** (轮车): An improved form of the wooden turntable, adapted from ceramic wheel-throwing tools. It consists of upper and lower circular plates with a cylinder in between. The internal bearing allows the plate surface to rotate freely. Compared to the wooden turntable, it offers greater stability and is easier to control. --- [1] Zhou Rong (Ming Dynasty), *Record of Yixing Ceramic Teapots*, in Han Qilou (ed.), *Modern Translation of Ancient Zisha Texts* (Beijing: Beijing Publishing House, January 2011), p. 31. [2] Ibid.