Thank you for this video. I just came across one of these sweet and beautiful wheels yesterday and only paid $40 for it. I am working on getting her up and running now so it was great to run across your video on it 😊
I just found a spinning wheel at the goodwill for $12.00 and because it is labor day everything was 50% off. It looks like I will have to replace the drive Band and reconnect the foot pedal to the arm of the wheel because it was connected with a strip of leather that has wone through. Other than that it seems to be in working order. I have no idea of the make or model because it is my first spinning wheel ever.
Thank you so much!!! I finally know what my wheel is and helpful fixes for it!! Same kind! Thank so much!! Thank youu!!!! MacGyver ( my wheel) thanks you as well !!!
I have a flax spinning wheel sorta looks like yours could you please show me how to put belt on seems like my bobbin is slipping thank you vicky by the way great video
maybe you could put a wedge in the table underside, to keep the legs in firmly.... and another thing: shorten the footman, and you won't need the three pads.
Why 2 strings to run the wheel? I have just bought one from a second-hand shop and the string it was going twice around the wheel but was broken at the end because it was tangled up in it. So why do some have one string and others two?
A single string or "belt" is used on a single-drive wheel, while a two-drive wheel has a string looped in a figure eight around the whorl and then the bobbin. A two-drive model has no braking mechanism, unlike single-drive systems.
If it's a single drive wheel you need a single drive band which can be a length of cotton, cord or wool, you can buy the bands for them it just comes down to what you want to use and what works! If it's a double drive wheel you need a longer band which goes around the wheel, onto the bobbin, around the wheel again and onto the whorl in a figure of 8 pattern. The band will cross over itself when you do this, if your spinning in a clockwise motion the crossover point will be at the bottom, if spinning anticlockwise, the crossover will be at the top. I too had a hard time finding out about my antique wheel, I wasn't sure what it was a double or single drive, but single drive wheels have a break mechanism on the mother of all, double drive wheels dont.
Hi I have been searching for someone to help me and found your old video. I have bought an old Wheel and the spokes keep jumping out as the big wheel goes around and I can not get it to spin. Do you know how to glue them or fix then so they are not loose? Thank you
Hello! Hopefully you have a spinning guild in your area so that someone can look at it in person - often the best way to decide on repairs since each wheel has its own story and oddities. Knowing nothing about your particular wheel, I'd say try wedging the spokes into place with paper or a small wad of fiber. There is also a glue-type product called something like Lock Tite that is designed to help stop chair leg wobbles. I'd leave this as a last resort, especially not knowing your situation and it's not undoable if a better fix is found.
@@sunshinespirit1877 I still have problems at times, but try spinning the wheel the opposite direction and hold the bobbin so the yarn leader doesnot spin on the bobbin.
