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I am looking for a set of plans for a double peddle spinning wheel.
I have pretty much exhausted the search thing and found a couple but the pics are very bad so it's hard to tell the true look of the finished product. I am hoping someone here knows of some. Thanks to all in advance, Lee |
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walnutlvr wrote:
I am looking for a set of plans for a double peddle spinning wheel. I have pretty much exhausted the search thing and found a couple but the pics are very bad so it's hard to tell the true look of the finished product. I am hoping someone here knows of some. Try doing a Google /image/ search to narrow down the choices visually. -- Morris Dovey DeSoto Solar DeSoto, Iowa USA http://www.iedu.com/DeSoto/ |
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Thanks Morris but I really am looking for plans and that search didn't seem
to work. I use metacrawler and uses several search engines including Google "Morris Dovey" wrote in message ... Try doing a Google /image/ search to narrow down the choices visually. -- Morris Dovey DeSoto Solar DeSoto, Iowa USA http://www.iedu.com/DeSoto/ |
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"walnutlvr" wrote in message ... Thanks Morris but I really am looking for plans and that search didn't seem to work. I use metacrawler and uses several search engines including http://images.google.com/images?as_q...images&as_st=y Will this help? |
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A bit but still no decent plans.
Won't be able to read replies til around midnight cst gotta go to work "Lee Michaels" wrote in message ... Will this help? |
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wrote: I am looking for a set of plans for a double peddle spinning wheel. I have pretty much exhausted the search thing and found a couple but the pics are very bad so it's hard to tell the true look of the finished product. I am hoping someone here knows of some. It's only a single pedal wheel, but the 1929 Popular Mechnics Shop Notes has a pretty comprehensive plan for a colonial-style spinning wheel on pages 25-32. The book is available in reprint from Lee Valley. It seems to me it wouldn't be altogether impossible to come up with a redesign of a single pedal wheel to have two pedals; I don't begin to know enough about spinning to know if double pedal also generally implies additional changes, though. To be honest, I'm not completely sold on the styling of this design; it looks rather too heavy and highly styled for my tastes--a little too much turning and not enough general proportion, I guess. -- Andrew Erickson "He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain that which he cannot lose." -- Jim Elliot |
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walnutlvr wrote:
I am looking for a set of plans for a double peddle spinning wheel. I have pretty much exhausted the search thing and found a couple but the pics are very bad so it's hard to tell the true look of the finished product. I am hoping someone here knows of some. Thanks to all in advance, Lee ] Lee, I was just looking for the same thing. The best I found is listed below, though they are single pedal and not dual. However, converting them to dual pedal is "a piece of cake." All you have to do is make a slight modification to the way the pedal attaches and put an extra crook in the axle. Also, looking at the Ashford of a friend of mine, I am going to modify the Maidens to accept sintered bronze bearings, like the Ashford uses. http://www.woodcraftplans.com/fd181.htm http://www.woodcraftplans.com/fd182.htm I ordered both sets and had then in about four days, not bad. I built the Popular Mechanics wheel and it is not bad. Since it was my first, I really cannot judge the plans but they appear easier to follow than the ones mentioned above. The reason I am going with the above is that I (my daughter actually) want a larger wheel than the 17/18" in the Popular Mechanincs plans. If I can be of any help, give me a shout. Deb |
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Dr Deb, Thank you for the suggestion and link. I was looking at those plans but wasn't sure if they where what she wanted. Turns out if I can convert it to two pedal she would like the large wheel. Again thank you. Lee "Dr. Deb" wrote in message ] Lee, I was just looking for the same thing. The best I found is listed below, though they are single pedal and not dual. However, converting them to dual pedal is "a piece of cake." All you have to do is make a slight modification to the way the pedal attaches and put an extra crook in the axle. Also, looking at the Ashford of a friend of mine, I am going to modify the Maidens to accept sintered bronze bearings, like the Ashford uses. http://www.woodcraftplans.com/fd181.htm http://www.woodcraftplans.com/fd182.htm I ordered both sets and had then in about four days, not bad. I built the Popular Mechanics wheel and it is not bad. Since it was my first, I really cannot judge the plans but they appear easier to follow than the ones mentioned above. The reason I am going with the above is that I (my daughter actually) want a larger wheel than the 17/18" in the Popular Mechanincs plans. If I can be of any help, give me a shout. Deb |
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Dr Deb, Thank you for the suggestion and link. I was looking at those plans but wasn't sure if they where what she wanted. Turns out if I can convert it to two pedal she would like the large wheel. Again thank you. Lee I have a naive question: What is the advantage of dual pedals? I forget what the similar piece of equipment was where I had a single pedal keeping a wheel going, but the flywheel action was such that a single wheel was no problem. FWIW ... -- Best regards Han email address is invalid |
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My wife says it's easier to start and keep going in the correct direction
and it's less tiring............that said it's what she wants and I am not going to argue as she bought me a lathe to turn the spindles )) "Han" wrote in message ... I have a naive question: What is the advantage of dual pedals? I forget what the similar piece of equipment was where I had a single pedal keeping a wheel going, but the flywheel action was such that a single wheel was no problem. FWIW ... -- Best regards Han email address is invalid |
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walnutlvr wrote:
My wife says it's easier to start and keep going in the correct direction and it's less tiring............that said it's what she wants and I am not going to argue as she bought me a lathe to turn the spindles )) I was going to suggest a variable speed drive with pedal control (kinda like a sewing machine), but that pretty well blows away any further debate. :-D Geek response: Dual pedals will help to preserve bilateral symmetry, a Good Thing(tm) since it doesn't lead to walking/running in circles... -- Morris Dovey DeSoto Solar DeSoto, Iowa USA http://www.iedu.com/DeSoto/ |
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"walnutlvr" wrote in :
My wife says it's easier to start and keep going in the correct direction and it's less tiring............that said it's what she wants and I am not going to argue as she bought me a lathe to turn the spindles )) Fair enough !! -- Best regards Han email address is invalid |
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Still not your double treadle, but I bought a set of plans for a nice
30" wheel from Fine Woodworking in 1991. Have you tried contacting any spinning groups? People who sell products to spinners? My wife takes a mag called "Spin-Off". Don't remember if it has plans, but sure has a lot of ads. In May, on Mother's Day weekeend, there's a pretty big get-together of folks who raise and process fiber just east of St. Paul, Mn. It's called Shepard's Harvest. Many people to talk to to ask such questions. Pete Stanaitis ------------------ walnutlvr wrote: I am looking for a set of plans for a double peddle spinning wheel. I have pretty much exhausted the search thing and found a couple but the pics are very bad so it's hard to tell the true look of the finished product. I am hoping someone here knows of some. Thanks to all in advance, Lee |
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"Han" wrote in message ... "walnutlvr" wrote in : My wife says it's easier to start and keep going in the correct direction and it's less tiring............that said it's what she wants and I am not going to argue as she bought me a lathe to turn the spindles )) Fair enough !! -- Best regards Han email address is invalid |
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