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TRADITIONAL SPINNING WHEEL
SINGLE DRIVE
Ashford Handicrafts Limited
Factory and Showroom: 415 West Street
PO Box 474, Ashburton 7700 New Zealand
Telephone 64 3 308 9087
Email: sales@ashford.co.nz Internet: www.ashford.co.nz
INSTRUCTIONS
DOUBLE DRIVE
Ashford Guarantee
Thank you for purchasing this Ashford product. In the unlikely event there is
any fault in manufacture, please contact the dealer you purchased it from. To
validate the guarantee, please go to www.ashford.co.nz/product-registration
or email us.
TDSW-DDSW250722V4
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Summary of Contents for Ashford TDSW-DDSW250722V4
- Page 1 Ashford Guarantee Factory and Showroom: 415 West Street Thank you for purchasing this Ashford product. In the unlikely event there is PO Box 474, Ashburton 7700 New Zealand any fault in manufacture, please contact the dealer you purchased it from. To Telephone 64 3 308 9087 validate the guarantee, please go to www.ashford.co.nz/product-registration...
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Page 2: Tools Required
For a silky smooth matt finish, use the assembly sequence. Ashford Finishing Wax Polish to enhance the natural colours and character of this timber. Remove any sharp corners or edges and smooth the surface of the wood with the sand paper provided. - Page 4 Hex Wrench Check the small hole is on the top of the side rails. Attach the side rails to the single leg with bolts and barrel nuts. Hex Wrench Check the angle of the side rails and tighten.
- Page 5 Set the treadle assembly on the edge of a table. Insert the conrod joint into the large slot in the treadle rail. Note the crank bearing faces the back of the spinning wheel. Hold the conrod With both hands, joint with one hand turn the conrod on either side of joint a ¼...
- Page 6 Wax the steel rods in the treadle rail. Hex Wrench Loosely attach the wheel support to the side rails with bolts and barrel nuts. Then locate the treadle rail into the holes in the legs.
- Page 7 Check the angle of the single leg. Hex Wrench Insert the crank shaft into the wheel support. Tighten every bolt extra firmly with the Hex wrench. Then remove the crank. Place the wheel in position. Before placing the wheel in position, check the crank fits through the hole in the hub.
- Page 8 Align the wheel and hole in the crank shaft with the groove in the hub using a lazy kate wire. Carefully tap the hub pin through the hub and crank. Slide the inner shell of the conrod universal joint onto the crank until it clicks into the groove.
- Page 9 SINGLE DRIVE Step 12 - 21 For Single Drive only. For Double Drive go to Step 22. Screw 12 hooks into the flyer. Assemble the flyer unit. Check the shape of the nylon bearing on each maid upright, wax the dowel ends, then insert into the correct hole.
- Page 10 Apply a drop of oil to the flyer shaft and slide the small end of the bobbin on first. Ashford spinning wheel oil is ideal for this purpose. Then locate the flyer into the bearings. Thread the screw eye into the side of the maiden bar, and screw hook into the opposite side.
- Page 11 Tie the threading hook to the front maid upright with the cotton tape. Attach the flyer unit to the side rails with 2 screws and washers, do not tighten yet. Move the flyer unit until the wheel and large flyer pulley are aligned.
- Page 12 Check the end of the adjusting knob is not protruding beneath the maiden bar. Then place the drive belt around the wheel and large flyer pulley. Tie the drive belt and cut off the extra. Single drive ratios: The ratio with the drive belt around the large flyer pulley is approx.
- Page 13 DOUBLE DRIVE Step 22 - 32 For Double Drive only. For Single Drive go to Step 12. Screw 12 hooks into the flyer. Assemble the flyer unit. Check the shape of the nylon bearing on each maiden upright, wax the dowel ends, then insert into the correct hole.
- Page 14 Apply a drop of oil to the flyer shaft and slide the bobbin on. Ashford spinning wheel oil is ideal for this purpose. Partially locate the whorl onto the flyer shaft and rotate the whorl until the flat on the flyer shaft aligns with the flat in the whorl.
- Page 15 This wheel can be used either double drive or single drive. When spinning double drive the brake band is stored around the back of the maid upright with the drive band around both the large flyer pulley and small bobbin pulley. When spinning single drive the drive band is around the large flyer pulley and the brake band...
- Page 16 Check the end of the adjusting knob is not protruding beneath the maiden bar. Then place the drive belt around the wheel and large flyer pulley then around the wheel again and small bobbin pulley. Tie the drive belt and cut off the extra.
- Page 17 Double drive ratios: The ratio with the drive belt around the large flyer pulley is approx. 7.5:1. To spin a finer yarn while treadling at the same speed, move the drive belt to one of the smaller pulleys - either 9.5:1 or 13:1. Bobbin lead: Place both loops of the drive belt around the...
- Page 18 How to insert the polyurethane conrod joints into the conrod. *This has been pre-assembled in the factory. Ashford Handicrafts Limited Factory and Showroom: 415 West Street PO Box 474, Ashburton 7700 New Zealand Telephone 64 3 308 9087 Email: sales@ashford.co.nz Internet: www.ashford.co.nz...