A few months ago, Stephenie Gaustad told me that if I really wanted to spin fast, I should go to an e-spinner or motor spinner. I had a bunch of reasons why I did not want to start motor spinning.
However, last month I helped my sister move her gold smith shop. At the end of the day there was a 1/4 hp, 18,000 rpm industrial motor left, over and my sister suggested that I take it home with me ( Across country.)
It sat in the corner of the shop for a few days, then a rebuild kit arrived from Grizzly, and in a couple of hours, it was a good as new.
Then, it wanted a purpose in life. It wanted to spin. There were a dozen prototypes, including one with a Ashford Jumbo ST flier that actually did several hundred yards of ~9,000 ypp single before being disassembled.
However, one cannot keep nice little motor like that in a drawer. It wants to spin.
Much, much faster for high twist singles. This is a prototype but as a workstation, it works so well that I am not in a hurry to build the Mark II version.
Speed is controlled by a "router speed controller" with a foot pedal (like a sewing machine) for a soft start. (This approach works on "universal wound" motors with brushes.) The flier is a #1 double drive by Alden Amos. I turned the bobbins to have correct DRS and core diameters to insert the correct twist for the singles that I spin. The MOA is standard Ashford.
I would not have bothered if I was spinning low twist (less than 5,600 ypp) yarns, and I think that yarns thinner than ~ 30,000 ypp are too fragile for this machine, but for garment weight singles, it is wonderful.
However, last month I helped my sister move her gold smith shop. At the end of the day there was a 1/4 hp, 18,000 rpm industrial motor left, over and my sister suggested that I take it home with me ( Across country.)
It sat in the corner of the shop for a few days, then a rebuild kit arrived from Grizzly, and in a couple of hours, it was a good as new.
Then, it wanted a purpose in life. It wanted to spin. There were a dozen prototypes, including one with a Ashford Jumbo ST flier that actually did several hundred yards of ~9,000 ypp single before being disassembled.
However, one cannot keep nice little motor like that in a drawer. It wants to spin.
The new spinning workstation.
Speed is controlled by a "router speed controller" with a foot pedal (like a sewing machine) for a soft start. (This approach works on "universal wound" motors with brushes.) The flier is a #1 double drive by Alden Amos. I turned the bobbins to have correct DRS and core diameters to insert the correct twist for the singles that I spin. The MOA is standard Ashford.
I would not have bothered if I was spinning low twist (less than 5,600 ypp) yarns, and I think that yarns thinner than ~ 30,000 ypp are too fragile for this machine, but for garment weight singles, it is wonderful.
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