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My first successful spinning project. I have a Shopsmith, and didn’t think to double check my setup. I had the cup center inserted in the tail stock, but the tail stock was inserted backwards, so there was no stability! Anyhow, once I turned the tail stock around, I was amazingly able to keep my turnings from exploding once I turned sections to under .75 inches in diameter! DUH! This is turned from a single piece of walnut.
-- Jace - http://rumplestiltskeins.etsy.com - http://www.lessthanunder.com - http://www.shopsmith.com --
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jnimz
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posted 302 days ago
I should mention that my wife has these for sale at her Etsy Shop Online.
-- Jace - http://rumplestiltskeins.etsy.com - http://www.lessthanunder.com - http://www.shopsmith.com --
lew
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posted 302 days ago
Nicely Done!
Pardon my ignorance, but how do you use this in yarn spinning?
jnimz
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Thanks lew! Believe me, I didn’t know either! My wife had to explain it to me. This is a ball winder. It makes something called a center-pull ball of yarn. After the yarn is spun, washed, balanced, and other hocus pocus, you wind the yarn on to this to be able to knit the yarn consistently. Also, these are unique (as far as I know), because they also have something called a WPI (wraps per inch) tool, that helps knitters figure out the
My wife has a blog, where she goes in to it more thoroughly. You can find that at Slithershimmy's Blog.
-- Jace - http://rumplestiltskeins.etsy.com - http://www.lessthanunder.com - http://www.shopsmith.com --