Friday, April 27, 2012

Understand the Spindle! Part IV

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I seem to have made a mistake in my calculations. A rim weighted whorl does tend to slow the copp/ spindle system after the copp has gott...
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A drop spindle for travel

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Rim weighted whorls do have their uses.  This compact spindle was make for producing 6,000 ypp singles while out and about.  The shaf...
Tuesday, April 24, 2012

High Whorl vs. Low Whorl Spindles

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The choice between high whorl and low whorl drop spindles in usually presented as purely personal choice.  However, there are rational fact...
Thursday, April 19, 2012

The sum of what I know about spindles

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I have often said that I do not really understand spindles.  It turns out that part of  the problem was that I did not like modern spindle ...
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Sunday, April 08, 2012

Understand the Spindle! Part III

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The next set of questions has to do with how the spindle is spun-up, and how much energy is in the "flick". There are several ...
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Thursday, April 05, 2012

Understand the Spindle! part 2

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In Part I, I mentioned mass that is farther from the center of rotation slows the rotation of the spindle.  This is a dramatic effect.  Supp...
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Wednesday, April 04, 2012

Understand the Spindle!

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What could there be to understanding a simple spindle??? What could I say, that other spinning teachers have not already said?  This post is...
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Monday, March 05, 2012

Spinning Stash

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Spinners brag about how big their fiber stash is.  Sometimes, they will even say that their fiber stash is so big that they have raw fleece ...
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Sunday, March 04, 2012

More on how I spin

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Fiber gets combed, and then I diz off using a diz with a 3/32" or 1/16" hole.   The sliver goes into a bin, and I wind it tail ...
Thursday, March 01, 2012

A finer flyer

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Last night Stephene Gaustad delivered a new #0 flier from Alden Amos. The bobbin has this morning's play on it.  Note where the sing...
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Sunday, February 26, 2012

Bobbin Winder

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I spin on a little spinning bobbin, and then I suck the spun yarn off  (technical term meaning wind off  : ) with a bobbin winder that is a ...
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Monday, February 20, 2012

Spindle vs. wheels

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I say, " wheels can be faster than spindles." That is not a value judgment, that is a demonstrable fact. Spinning slowly may be a...
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Saturday, February 18, 2012

Science, spinning, and illusion

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For a long time, one of my jobs was to evaluate technologies, first for Bechtel and its clients, and later for the US Department of Energy. ...
Tuesday, February 14, 2012

Large needles

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I like the fabrics produced by fine needles, and thus I have not been making the needles/adapters for large needles.  I have suggested that ...
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Thursday, February 09, 2012

Esty

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I have stopped obsessing over spinning, and am again making knitting sheaths and needles that are listed on Esty. There are some new tools...
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Monday, January 16, 2012

First conceptual project

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The start of the first conceptual project:  A Jersey The yarn is 6-ply sport weight. The construction is cabled 3 X 2-ply.  Two plies are ...
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Wednesday, January 11, 2012

Thunder and lighting

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Alden Amos has "FIXED" my wheel.  Now it is 10 to 15% faster, with measured flier speed in the range of 2,500 rpm, the disagreeabl...
Monday, January 09, 2012

Another video of spinning

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Spinning a thicker, thread that can be seen more easily by the camera: This is a Merdian Jacob fiber from a fleece I got in 2010.  I did a...
Wednesday, January 04, 2012

How I spin; A video

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Here is a better video of how I spin. From over my left shoulder: And from over my right shoulder: The fiber is an indifferent prep of ...
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First new tools of 2012

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I started off the year by making some new bobbins: The one in the flier is for singles in the range of 11,000 ypp (20s) and the one on to...