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Programme
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Introduction - the history of spinning wheels
Historical origin - how they work - introduction to construction
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Assembling table and legs
Drillng awkward angles
Making tapered holes
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Assembling a wheel
Making hub - jigs for drilling radial spigot holes
Different ways of putting segmented/laminated wheels together
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Steam bending of a hoop rim
Bending a thin hoop rim for a spindle wheel
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Flyers and bobbins
Flyers, orifices and pulley whorls
How bobbins are assembled
Aligning bobbin/pulley with the wheel
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Screw fixings
Screw boxes + how to fit
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Early makers of spinning wheels
Concluding short slide show (20 minutes)
Open forum + any missing tricks of the trade
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