Hi Robin, I don't know if Mangus is even making them any more. He's got to be getting up in years. The last I heard they were in Salem, Or. You might try super pages. His wife's name is Heidi. Gail
-----Original Message----- >From: Robin Hankinson <binniel...@yahoo.com> >Sent: Apr 2, 2010 3:22 PM >To: fibernet@yahoogroups.com >Subject: Re: [fibernet] Spinning Wheel Opinion? > >I have heard great things about Dudiks and might be interested in buying one >(in the next 15 months before I retire), but couldn't find a website. >Anyone got any info on how to get more info (or how to contact Magnus)? TIA~ >Robin in the Fartland > "Lord, we ain’t what we want to be; we ain’t what we ought to be; we ain’t >what we gonna be, but, thank God, we ain’t what we was." > >Martin Luther King, quoting a preacher and former slave. > > > > >Well behaved women seldom make history. >Laurel Thatcher Ulrich > > > > >________________________________ >From: Gail W (Ozark Carding Mill) <whit...@earthlink.net> >To: fibernet@yahoogroups.com >Sent: Fri, April 2, 2010 12:26:47 AM >Subject: Re: [fibernet] Spinning Wheel Opinion? > > >That was great!!! I've owned 3 "working" wheels. Started on a Traveler. Took >it on the boat in the >Sound, the horse trailer to the horse shows. Drove my daughter nuts, "Mom, do >you have to take that thing with us" >Of course, there was no option. While at a horse show, in Salem, got tired of >being wet down with squirt guns and hoses, so went to spin with the girls in >the home ec. building. Found my dream wheel, a Dudick. Convinced husband to let >me have it. Two years later the swing arm style came out, had to have it. >Parted with my Saxony and brought it back to the NW where it started, a cherry >tree in Mangus' neighbor's yard, for its new owner. Still have my dream wheel, >20 yrs later. Have added a great wheel for demos, a tiny parlor wheel for the >RV and an antique Saxony, which needs to find a new home. What joys our wheels >can bring us. Gail > >-----Original Message----- >>From: d2...@roadrunner. com >>Sent: Apr 1, 2010 8:48 PM >>To: fiber...@yahoogroup s.com >>Subject: Re: [fibernet] Spinning Wheel Opinion? >> >>>>I particularly loathe double treadle wheels :) I don't like the rigidity >>>>with which I have to sit, and in spite of manufacturers' claims, none that >>>>I have tried have been stable enough when used as a single treadle to spin >>>>well.<< >> >>Uh oh! I'm going to make a guess that it was a Lendrum wheel. As some of you >>may know, I loathe Lendrum wheels. I don't care how many bells and whistles >>that things have. If they're used as a >>double treadle, and you attempt to really treadle to get some speed, you can >>wind up with a dizzy attack, watching the flyer/orifice bob from left to >>right, or right to left. Lendrums are made with a lightweight wood, as >>opposed to say, hhhmmmm, red oak, walnut, etc. I borrowed a Lendrum from a >>dealer once upon a time. I sat down to use this paragon of wheels, spun on it >>for 10 minutes, 6 minutes of which was chasing it down as it 'walked' away >>from me. I really don't like Lendrum wheels. :) >> >> >>My all time favorite wheel to recommend to newbies, is Ashford's Saxony >>wheel. Or, maybe even the Elizabeth. I like the Ashford Saxony because it can >>grow right along with you. It has a 22" diameter drive wheel. Much larger >>than some of the more expensive wheels. Ashford provided a whole mess of >>bells and whistles for their Saxony. You can convert it to a double treadle, >>if you want double treadle. There are flyers and whorls that can be added, so >>that as you spinning ability grows, the wheel, with its add ons, can grow >>along with you. >> >>I acquired an Ashford Saxony a few years ago. It had been sitting out in a >>falling down barn, for over 20 years. The cobwebs on it were spider works of >>art. There was no rust on it. The drive wheel still spun true. It still had a >>drive cord on it. I sat down to spin on it, and it spun just as nicely as it >>would have, if it had been brand new. Yes, it needed some oiling, but I was >>impressed with the fact that it had been neglected for over 20 years and, >>other than spider webs and dust, it was still in excellent shape. >> >>The Ashford Elizabeth has a 24" diameter wheel. I don't know if it has the >>bells and whistle that are available for the smaller Saxony has. Ashford >>grows the wood they use in their wheels. >> >>I owned a Rick Reeves wheel for awhile. Back when Rick was still making his >>own wheels. It was a >>beautiful 30" red oak wheel. The wheel was actually 29". The explanation I >>heard, was that the spinning ladies could fit a smaller wheel into their car. >>My hypothesis is that, once the drive wheel hit 30", it had to be put into a >>larger box, which would make the shipping box so large, that UPS or USPS >>would charge a higher fee, for a non-standard box. The shipping fees on that >>would be so high, that people wouldn't be willing to the S & H. >> >>Me and the wheel didn't do well together. It was an almost constant stare >>off. I'd approach the wheel with the idea that it was going to spin up a >>bundle of fiber. The wheel would hiccup, belch, or burp, and the drive band >>would pop off. I fixed that. The wheel sulked. It refused to do anything for >>me. I was convinced that I hadn't been spinning for as many years as I had. I >>gave up. The wheel and the new owner have a mutual admiration society. >> >>I have a Schacht that I almost always go back to. It has a large single >>treadle, that will accommodate two feet. It's fitted out with a Woolee >>Winder. At the risk of waxing poetic about the Woolee Winder, just let me >>tell you to make sure, when you buy a wheel, that will take a Woolee winder. >> >>I have other wheels, but I'm going to avoid talking about them. One, in >>particular, I would gladly break up into fairly small pieces, grab the person >>who made it, and return the wheel, one piece at a time where the sun don't >>shine. >> >>But, as others will tell you, find someplace where you can go and test drive >>some wheels. Pacific >>wool and fiber, in Oregon, have a very nice tutorial on their web page. I >>have dealt with them. >>I can't say enough nice things about them. And they have wheels you can test >>drive. :) >>wrnk >>d2 >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> > > > > > > > >[Non-text portions of this message have been removed] >
