> My new Timbertops Sherwood spinning wheel arrived on Friday! .... Lovely wheel! For double drive, the smaller the whorl you use (and there are usually two sizes of groove on each timbertops whrl) the faster you turn the flyer - so that mean the smaller diameter groove on the smallest whorl will turn the flyer fastest. Also..... the difference in size between the whorl groove and the bobbin whorl sets how fast the yarn winds on ie how hard in pulls the yarn in.
So use the smallest whorl for fine yarn which needs a light pull and more twist and the big one for heavier yarns with less twist and a higher pull in rate. > 2. It has a Scotch tension option. On the side of the mother-of-all > towards the drive wheel, there is a rod with a hole in it that I assume is > to tie fishing line (?) and adjust the tension, and a little peg on the > other side of the mother-of-all. There are no instructions or other parts. > Is a spring necessary? Hmmm.... I've got a couple of timbertops wheels, but they don't have the Scotch tension option. I suspect you're right about the pegs on the side of the MOA since I don't have those, only two bobbles on the top which are screw hole covers. Is it easy to turn with your fingers, so that you can tighten the brake band tension? and do they line up with the bobbin or flyer whorl? For Scotch tension wheels I usually prefer to use a rubber band rather than a spring (though it's not very elegant) - you get a lighter touch. There's usually a peg in the table to the left of the MOA, but that's to hold the screw tensioner in place. All the best Chris Chris Jordan, Jodrell Bank Observatory, Macclesfield, Cheshire UK For private replies mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To stop mail temporarily mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: set nomail To restore send: set mail
