3. Equipment

• Wheel: Most wheels are around $2000 . A Brent C is about $2400
• Kilns: Don’t buy an electric kiln without computer controls if you plan on using it for firing glaze ware. A small electric kiln plus kiln posts and shelves is about $3000. A 1027 (10 bricks around and 27 inches high on the inside)will be around $6000.
• Bats: $150 (~$5 each)
• Buckets: $150
• Giffen Grip: 300
• Kiln Vent $300
• Fans $50
• Electric drill with Jiffy mixer blade: $200
• Triple beam balance scale, accurate to 1/10 gram for small batch testing
• Digital Scale capacity 5000g accurate to 1g
  Glaze Sieves, 30, 60 and 80 mesh $100
  Clay: $250 for 250 pounds
• 240 Volt line and outlet, installation $400 to $800
• Glazes: Amaco Glazes $4.00 per pint. Dry mixed glaze $3.50 to $8:50 per pound. (28 pounds of dry glaze will make 5 gallons wet.
• Metal shelving units from Costco: $100 each
• Fireproof enclosure and ceiling with curtain walls with exhaust fan $500 (if you build it yourself).
• Tables: The folding kind from Costco are about $100.
• A solid wedging table with a formica or cement board top is something you will have to make. It should be anchored to a wall so it doesn’t wiggle.

Total: Even you get used stuff and build things yourself you will probably spend at least $5000. 
It you are planning on doing production and selling your work you could be looking at $10,000