Wheel
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474Can you spin wool on a flax wheel?
Most wheels can spin wool or cotton, but flax requires a double-drive wheel with a distaff (holds the unspun fibers to keep...
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452What is a double drive spinning wheel?
Double drive spinning wheels Double drive wheels have one drive band wound around twice, or two drive bands: Both the flyer and...
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450How does a double drive spinning wheel work?
Double drive spinning wheels Double drive wheels have one drive band wound around twice, or two drive bands: Both the flyer and...
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518How do I choose a spinning wheel?
The wheel drives the bobbin and the brake is on the flyer. Double drive wheels also use one drive band but it...
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440What is a spinning wheel used for?
A spinning wheel is a machine used to turn fiber into yarn. The yarn is then woven as cloth on a loom...
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390What was the spinning wheel movement?
The Spinning Wheel or Charkha became not only a symbol of the revolution, but it now is a symbol synonymous with the...
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446What is a wheel spindle called?
Wheel-spindle (4) AXLE. What is a front spindle? On a front-wheel-drive vehicle, the spindle is the end of the drive shaft that...
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439Where are spindles used?
A main spindle is a spindle for the main processing of a workpiece. Main spindles, motor spindles or tool machine spindles are...
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367What is the modern spinning wheel?
Like its predecessor, the Modern is an upright castle with a 16” drive wheel, heel-toe single treadle, and is set up with...
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379Who used the wheel first?
The wheel was invented in the 4th millennium BC in Lower Mesopotamia(modern-day Iraq), where the Sumerian people inserted rotating axles into solid...
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