Abstract: A system for securing a pottery bat to a pottery wheel is provided. The system ensures that the pottery bat is securely held to the pottery wheel and that the attachment can be appropriately tightened, eliminating any movement between the bat and pottery wheel, even when rotating at speed. In one embodiment, a pottery bat having special retention features for positively engaging the bat to the bat pins is provided. These features include one or more set-screw that impinges and tightens upon a bat pin while being secured to the bat by threads. In another embodiment, a specialized fastener is threaded to a specialized nut or receiver with the bat and pottery wheel sandwiched in between.