Babe's Flyer Lead Fiber Starter and Production Wheels

See instructions: Assembly Instructions for Babe’s Fiber Starter and Babe’s Production Spinning Machine  To put wheel together.

 

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Assembly Instructions: Conversion kit

  1. Take current flyer off and install the Flyer Lead maiden.
  2. Put a bobbin on the NW Flyer with whorl and oil bearings of bobbin.
  3. Put the Flyer in place and oil the orifice and rear bearing.
  4. Put drive band over the whorl in front of the flyer and on the wheel. Look down from the top of the wheel to see that the whorl and wheel are lined up.
  5. Put the wonder tension (scotch tension) cable over the rear hub of the bobbin and tighten just a little bit. You will use this to get the proper draw in for your likes.
  6. Transfer orifice hook from old maiden to new maiden. Moved where you store the orifice hook to a ways back on the maiden
  7. Start spinning, if it pulls the yarn out of your hand loosen tension and if it does not want to draw in tighten just a little.
  8. If the maiden comes off when you lift the wheel put in a screw to hold it on.
  9. Have fun spinning fibers into yarn.