Thanks very much for taking the time to share information about these wheels. I really appreciate it. I just got a CPW that needs a little love and this will help me a lot.
Thank you for calling this a Quebec wheel. In Canada Quebec is a beautifully distinct province . It’s almost incorrect that these wheels got named CPWs when they more rightly should have been QPWs
i’m restoring a double-drive wheel (not a tilt tension, but the same age) and now know i’m missing a babbit! There are tiny grooves in the wood where i now know it must have been. Bobbin Boy fixed some chips and cracks in the bobbin and pulley (whorl), now i need to track down a babbit (am i spelling that correctly?). Thanks so much - great videos!
Yes. You are. Some are successful in using strips of well oiled leather or bent copper that’s oiled. I have replaced them before by pouring in melted lead or solder but it is tricky. The CPW group on ravelry.com has suggestions
Thanks very much for taking the time to share information about these wheels. I really appreciate it. I just got a CPW that needs a little love and this will help me a lot.
Thank you for calling this a Quebec wheel. In Canada Quebec is a beautifully distinct province . It’s almost incorrect that these wheels got named CPWs when they more rightly should have been QPWs
i’m restoring a double-drive wheel (not a tilt tension, but the same age) and now know i’m missing a babbit! There are tiny grooves in the wood where i now know it must have been. Bobbin Boy fixed some chips and cracks in the bobbin and pulley (whorl), now i need to track down a babbit (am i spelling that correctly?). Thanks so much - great videos!
Yes. You are. Some are successful in using strips of well oiled leather or bent copper that’s oiled. I have replaced them before by pouring in melted lead or solder but it is tricky. The CPW group on ravelry.com has suggestions