The front leather on my Bordua wheel has been in bad shape for the last couple of years, but it still worked fine with occasional helpings of Elmer's Glue, until last week that is, when it cracked all the way through. I thought I was finally going to have to find a thick piece of leather to replace it, but my son suggested Super Glue. It worked and I'm back in business. Love your videos!
Yes, mine appears to have la couple of layers of leather laminated together. If you think about it, wheel producers would have used what is on hand, namely cow hide, which I have never seen being more than about a quarter inch thick.
Hi Valerie, thanks for showing how your assembly is made. I am in Quebec Canada, where I think there are still many CPWs. I purchased a CPW yesterday, it is in mint condition, it has all the original parts including all the pegs n the flyer, what a lucky find! I was able to get it up and running wth some oiling. I figure it was not used much. I just joined the CPW Ravelry group. I am excited to get started soon. This is my first spinning wheel and I am excited to get started. Question: do you know why there are two grooves in the bobbin and when we would one versus the other?
One of the grooves is the tiniest bit smaller then the other in diameter. Wheels usually have ways to adjust the wheel ratio to apply a higher twist rate. Depending on your CPW and whorls, it may be somewhere around 1:30 ratio. Going to the smaller will adjust it higher. Higher ratios are usually used for plying or perhaps spinning weaving warp. Have fun. They’re wonderfully fast.
Are they both in the bobbin? My bobbin has one groove, but there are two whorls, of slightly different sizes, which screw on to the flyer, right next to the end of the bobbin. My understanding is that they provide two different ratios, spinning speeds, but when I calculated the ratios a while back there wasn't a whole lot of difference. Val probably can explain this better than I. I use the groove that gives me the lower ratio, assuming that it slows down the wheel a bit.
@@valeriegaddis5973 thanks so much for the additional information. I thought that the two grooves might have different ratios. In my case they seemed identical, hence the question. I just now measured the circumference of each groove with some dental floss and the different in circumference is about 3 mm. Would that be enough to change the ratio significantly? I must say, despite my total lack of spinning experience, it appears to me that this wheel was designed for both speed and consistency, because it will only take up yarn on the bobbin at a specific point in the rotation of the wheel, that is requires me to slow down treadling slightly as the footman approaches its highest position, otherwise it won't wind the yarn on the bobbin. This forces me to regulate the amount of spin I put in the yarn, one too many wheel revolutions will overspin the yarn. So far, I have still only practiced with spun yarn for now, I will begin my very first spins today so maybe then the wheel will allow for a more continuous spin.
@@cammacrae7959 yes, the two grooves are on the whorl, but they seem to be identical. More info in my reply to Valerie's reply. Thank you so much for your help 🙂
The front leather on my Bordua wheel has been in bad shape for the last couple of years, but it still worked fine with occasional helpings of Elmer's Glue, until last week that is, when it cracked all the way through. I thought I was finally going to have to find a thick piece of leather to replace it, but my son suggested Super Glue. It worked and I'm back in business. Love your videos!
Wondering if some aren’t a double layer of leather glued. Thanks. Hope it helps someone.
Yes, mine appears to have la couple of layers of leather laminated together. If you think about it, wheel producers would have used what is on hand, namely cow hide, which I have never seen being more than about a quarter inch thick.
Hi Valerie, thanks for showing how your assembly is made. I am in Quebec Canada, where I think there are still many CPWs. I purchased a CPW yesterday, it is in mint condition, it has all the original parts including all the pegs n the flyer, what a lucky find! I was able to get it up and running wth some oiling. I figure it was not used much. I just joined the CPW Ravelry group. I am excited to get started soon. This is my first spinning wheel and I am excited to get started.
Question: do you know why there are two grooves in the bobbin and when we would one versus the other?
One of the grooves is the tiniest bit smaller then the other in diameter. Wheels usually have ways to adjust the wheel ratio to apply a higher twist rate. Depending on your CPW and whorls, it may be somewhere around 1:30 ratio. Going to the smaller will adjust it higher. Higher ratios are usually used for plying or perhaps spinning weaving warp. Have fun. They’re wonderfully fast.
Are they both in the bobbin? My bobbin has one groove, but there are two whorls, of slightly different sizes, which screw on to the flyer, right next to the end of the bobbin. My understanding is that they provide two different ratios, spinning speeds, but when I calculated the ratios a while back there wasn't a whole lot of difference. Val probably can explain this better than I. I use the groove that gives me the lower ratio, assuming that it slows down the wheel a bit.
Oops. I didn't see that you had already replied. @@valeriegaddis5973
@@valeriegaddis5973 thanks so much for the additional information. I thought that the two grooves might have different ratios. In my case they seemed identical, hence the question. I just now measured the circumference of each groove with some dental floss and the different in circumference is about 3 mm. Would that be enough to change the ratio significantly?
I must say, despite my total lack of spinning experience, it appears to me that this wheel was designed for both speed and consistency, because it will only take up yarn on the bobbin at a specific point in the rotation of the wheel, that is requires me to slow down treadling slightly as the footman approaches its highest position, otherwise it won't wind the yarn on the bobbin. This forces me to regulate the amount of spin I put in the yarn, one too many wheel revolutions will overspin the yarn. So far, I have still only practiced with spun yarn for now, I will begin my very first spins today so maybe then the wheel will allow for a more continuous spin.
@@cammacrae7959 yes, the two grooves are on the whorl, but they seem to be identical. More info in my reply to Valerie's reply. Thank you so much for your help 🙂