Thanks for your video. Inspiring and helpful… previously I ordered an eel nano but it got lost in the mail so I’ve decided to build one (just for fun)… wanting to brush up on my electronics I fell down a Mechatronics rabbit hole…. Fun 🤩
Super interesting. What I want to do is put the electrical motor directly to an existing - old fashioned - spinning wheel. Thanks for listing all the parts!
I love it! Since Im a new spinner and need to slow it down at times, I wonder if I could skip the knob controller and use a foot pedal setup like on a sewing machine? Lol i need both hands at times and I afraid if I take one hand away to adjust the control knob I would have a mess on my hands
I have an ordinary spinning wheel so wondering whether I can take the flier off that, use it interchangeably. Don’t see why not, especially if I can buy the bearings separately. It’s an ashford and I think ashford sell spare parts.
i drew them - i was confined by the size of the wood I had, but the most important thing is the length of your flyer and the height of the movement of your flyer so it can spin freely. Inside the box just needs to fit your controller and motor and if you want to put in a battery. i can see if i can dig mine out and share them somehow.
it creates the tension between the flyer and the motor which allows for the pull of the yarn onto the bobbin. all spinning wheels have a "brake" of some sort - these are either irish tension or Scottish tension. this spinner has Scottish tension.
Thank you so much for the video! I've followed your instructions and made my own, unfortunately it has bad tension issues and makes squeaky noises 😢. Do you think you could help find find the problem? 🙏
Yes! Do you have any sewing machine oil? You are supposed to oil the bearings. If the squeaking is coming from the motor, you will probably just need to replace it? Did you order the same flyer? The only other thing I can think of, is that maybe the distance between your bearings is to short and its squeezing the flyer?
sorry for the late reply - all spinning wheels have a brake system - its the way that the tension between the flyer and the bobbin allows for the yarn to be pulled on the bobbin. this is a scottish tension system - also referred to as a brake.
its surprisingly not that complicated! i was scared of the electronic stuff but when i got it all in the mail, i realized just how simple it could be! good luck with yours!
Hi. Very inspiring. I was wondering if you could possibly write the dimensions of the box, please? I am planning to make one. I have the same flyer. Thank you
essentially the size of the box height doesnt matter but the length between the bearings should be 8 and 3/4". that is just the length of your flyer. the height of the bearings just needs to be taller than your flyer. which im not sure what that is but on the woolery site they have the dimensions on the flyers.
here's one that i would buy with a speed control and a reversible switch. www.ebay.com/itm/164622896168?hash=item26544a0c28:g:cGUAAOSw-9Zf273Z i'm not sure if this one has an on off switch so you may want that feature. searching 12 volt motor controller with pentiometer and switch on ebay should help bring up other options. it seems that things are very pricy with all the supply chain problems, good luck.
I tried that but you don't get enough control believe it or not. I ended up having to buy a separate motor control to adjust the speed slow enough to spin
you know i contemplated just using a sewing machine or a drill to spin on at first, but those things are loud! a sewing machine motor is probably around the same price as this motor, but the motor plus controller was like 35 bucks. the expensive part was the flyer! and this motor is so quiet, im very happy with this setup. im sure you could probably use the wires from a pedal and attach it to the pentiometer output and see if it can function the same, i wouldnt be surprised if it did. conversely, i wonder if there are 12v motor switches with pedals attached. i dont even use the pedal on my sewing machine, so i wasnt interested in that.
