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Spinning Wheel Resto
Ginger Nut:
4 yrs ago I was given a restoration project to do I handed it back on Sunday.
Hebrides born, English Oak, well worn and used, parts missing and broken.
micktoon:
Hi Ginger Nut, loks like you did a good job and got it back together , did you take more photos of the process ? Its just a friend of mine is wanting to make a spinning wheel so any detailed photos would have probably bee of interest to him.
Thanks Mick
nickle:
Thanks for posting this. It bought back some memories of the one my father made for my mother. The details were similar I remember being fascinated by it and seeing the leather bearings and hinges as well as the other mechanical joints in wood really brought it all back.
Great job. When do you get your woollen jumper?
vtsteam:
Wow great job! :clap: You kept it looking its age, but now in fine operating condition and finish. :thumbup:
Ginger Nut:
--- Quote from: micktoon on May 27, 2014, 04:15:38 AM ---Hi Ginger Nut, loks like you did a good job and got it back together , did you take more photos of the process ? Its just a friend of mine is wanting to make a spinning wheel so any detailed photos would have probably bee of interest to him.
Thanks Mick
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Hi micktoon thanks. Yes plenty photos over on the blog http://woolnwood.blogspot.com.au/ of the resto If you search spinnig wheel it should bring up all the links/posts done so far, for both resto and of the new build/copy.
There is a major flaw with the design of the flyer on the old one from all photos and info it went on for years in builds the same. I will rectify on the new one that is the length of the area from the orifice to the U over the bobbin I am making that distance 10mm shorter to clear the castle of the whorl and bobbin. The whorl has to line up with the wheel so some alterations there too. Until I make the wheel up I can't go any further to see how its going to line up.
I can do a list of measurements if need be and also there are links to wheel designs FREE on the net for different styles and sizes.
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