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BOBBIN BOY

THIS PAGE HAS THREE PARTS.
THE FIRST EXPLAINS WHO WE ARE & GIVES CONTACT INFO.

THE SECOND HAS ALL THE INSTRUCTIONAL VIDEOS/ALBUMS.

THE THIRD HAS RESTORATION & DIY INFO.

. All our wheels now have 2 tension springs, 1 attached to the brake band either side of the bobbin whorl. These allow the brake band to work freely when both spinning & plying. If your wheel only has 1 tension spring, add a second on the opposite side. Bobbin Spin the bobbin. It should rotate freely.
Scotch tension brakes the bobbin. Irish tension brakes the flyer. You, the spinner, make the bobbin turn or not turn, depending on whether you allow the yarn to feed through the orifice. If you hold tight to the yarn, then the bobbin cannot turn, so the flyer twists. When you release tension in the yarn, the bobbin starts to turn and winds on.

The yarn not winding onto the bobbin can be an indication that the brake tension is too low. Try taking the brake band off, then putting it back on with the tension very loose. Then slowly increase the tension until you can feel the wheel pulling the yarn into the orifice.

PART I: WHAT IS BOBBIN BOY?
Alan & Milissa Dewey are 'Bobbin Boy', a husband & wife team based in Asheville, North Carolina. Alan is a master woodturner from Yorkshire & London, England, and has worked with antiques & antiques restoration for nearly 30 years. Milissa is a PhD educated historian, a journeyman woodturner, and also has worked in the fiberarts for over 20 years.

- How to find us:Bobbin Boy

- How to contact us: BobbinBoyMail@gmail.com
This will route you to an email processor that will send the email to us. Please note that due to the email wars between Google and Yahoo, those with Yahoo-based accounts may experience difficulties getting mail to or from us. We cannot help this, and deplore it, but wanted to give you a heads up. We ourselves have had to switch to gmail as a consequence.

- How to estimate costs & know what to send to us: Prices & Procedure

PART II: SPINNING & OTHER FIBERARTS SKILLS
If you have a question about technique, history, or repairs that is not answered here, pop us a note! If we can do what you need to know how to do, we will make a video for you.

- hand spindles (drop & otherwise)

the basics with a bottom whorl(much of this applies to any drop spindle)
how to tie onto a bottom-whorl drop spindle

- general info useful for most flyer-based wheels (modern & antique), especially double drive

'Help! My bobbin won't draw the thread on!' double-drive spinning wheel start-up process & trouble-shooting
- Country Craftsman wheels
  - testing our high-capacity bobbin on regular flyer & low-speed whorl
  - full distaff assembly replication
- Canadian production wheels
  - Annette's CPW by Oellet: spinning again
  - tips on handling the CPW drivecord whilst changing bobbins
- Finnish wheels
  - the cleaning of the Smurf
- Louet
  - tending to a circa 1994 Louet 'Exerciser' wheel
- ornamental wheels
  For the record, we do not use the acronym 'SWSO' ('spinning wheel shaped object') to denote wheels that were meant to be decorative rather than functional. We feel this term is incirrect historically & also derogatory. So we use the term 'ornamental wheel'. Some of these can be pushed into being working wheels, for they are extraordinarily close to being able to spin anyway.

- great / walking wheels

putting on the direct drive spindle + drivecord + tensioning + beginning to spinthis may be our best video on GW spinning
Introducing...The Dewey Doubler!Alan explains his & Milissa's invention for the Great Wheel, which has a spindle that can be direct driven as well as accelerated with an additional pulley as you would with a Minor's Head / other antique accelerator.
- Granny Grier Great Wheel in Tasmania: custom-designed direct drive spindle with accelerator option
Minor's Head for a great wheel: how to assemble & how it works
Lynette's great-grandmother's wheel: spinning again
making a whorl for a Great Wheel spindle

- looms

Lazarus the Loom: restored Harrisville Designs 4H/4S, 36'

- tools & toys

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orifice hooks

PART III: RESTORATION & DIY HOW-TO

- at home without specialized equipment

using your homemade bobbin winder as a spinning wheel

- in a woodturning shop (i.e. you probably need a lathe)

making bobbins
making a flyer and repairing chips

Below is specifically related to Schacht Wheels, But many suggestions will work with many spinning wheel.

Flyer won't turn.The drive band is not over the flyer whorl, or the drive band is too loose. Make sure the drive band is positioned correctly in the flyer whorl. Tighten the drive band.

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Yarn won't wind on. There may not be enough tension. Tighten the drive band or the Scotch tension band. - In double-drive mode, the whorl on the bobbin should be smaller than the flyer whorl. If it isn’t, use the smaller end of the bobbin, or change the flyer whorl. - Check to be sure that the yarn is not wrapped around a flyer hook.

Yarn takes up too fast. Slow your treadling, or loosen the tension on the drive band.

Yarn doesn't have enough twist. The yarn is probably being drawn onto the bobbin too quickly. Hold back on the yarn to allow for more twist to be transferred to the yarn, treadle faster, or change to a smaller whorl.

Yarn has too much twist. This is a common problem for new spinners. Generally, when the yarn overtwists it kinks up and results in yarn breakage. Usually overtwisting is caused by holding the yarn too long before allowing it to take up onto the flyer. Try slowing down your treadling and drawing out the fibers faster so that they can be taken up more quickly. Also, you can try tightening the tension so that the yarn takes up faster.

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Scotch tension rod slips and doesn’t hold tension. Tighten the thumbscrew underneath the mother-of-all. If your wheel does not have the thumbscrew, you have a couple of options to try. You can put a couple of drops of water in the holes for the end of the scotch tension rod. This will let the wood swell a bit, and hold the rod better. Or you can widen the end of the rod by hitting the end of the rod with a hammer and nail set.

Bobbin isn't turning on the flyer shaft. Check to see if the wood of the bobbin has become swollen. First remove the flyer assembly from the wheel and try spinning the bobbin on the shaft with your finger. If the bobbin doesn't turn freely, it needs to be reamed. Contact Schacht Spindle in Colorado to set up service.

Treadling is too hard. The tension on either the drive band or the Scotch tension band is too tight. Loosen and then retighten the tension only enough to make the yarn start to draw in. You may also want to try a lower or higher seat.
Yarn draws in erratically. If you tied your drive band, check to see that the knot isn't too large or too hard.

Bobbins are noisy. Climatic changes may cause a bobbin to become noisy. Also, bobbins may become noisy when they are very full. To fix noisy bobbins use white grease. Place the bobbin on the flyer shaft. Then place a small amount of white grease on the flyer shaft at either end of the bobbin. Put a drop of oil on top of the white grease. When finished spinning wipe the white grease off the flyer shaft to prevent the shaft from becoming sticky.

The problem could also be a noisy whorl. To determine if the noise is coming from the bobbin or the whorl, place the drive band (or bands) first over the whorl, then treadle and listen for noise. If the whorl is quiet, place the drive band (or bands) over the bobbin, then treadle and listen for noise. A noisy bobbin should be treated as discussed above. To fix whorl noise, the flyer and all whorls should be sent to Schacht for tightening. Contact Schacht Spindle in Colorado to set up service.

Schacht Spinning Wheel Care
1. Try to keep the wheel in a dry, moderate climate.

2. Try to avoid temperature extremes (i.e. keep out of direct sunlight and really damp and cold climates).

3. Do not use Liquid Gold or other water-based cleaning products.

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