JOY SPINNING WHEEL SINGLE & DOUBLE TREADLE WITH A SLIDING HOOK FLYER

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1 INSTRUCTIONS JOY SPINNING WHEEL SINGLE & DOUBLE TREADLE WITH A SLIDING HOOK FLYER Ashford Hicrafts Ltd. Factory Showroom: 45 West Street, PO Box 474, Ashburton, New Zeal Telephone Facsimile sales@ashford.co.nz Internet: Ashford Guarantee Thank you for purchasing this Ashford product. In unlikely event re is any fault in manufacture we will replace item. To validate our guarantee please visit our website or write to us. Please also join our Ashford Club for Wheel Magazine, competitions more at JASW092009V

2 Dear Spinner Congratulations on purchasing your new Joy Ashford Spinning Wheel. This is named after my mor Joy who with my far Walter founded our company over 60 years ago. Over this time our family have continued Dear Dear Spinner Spinner to develop refine our range of s weaving looms. There are now over 500,000 Congratulations Congratulations Ashford on on purchasing purchasing s your your new new in Joy Joy use Ashford Ashford around Spinning Spinning world. Wheel. Wheel. This This We are delighted is is named named after after to now my my mor mor bring Joy Joy who with my you who with Joy my far Walter founded our company over 60 years ago. Over this time our family have continued to develop refine our knowing far Walter range it of will founded become our s a company lifetime over weaving companion 60 years ago. looms. There to Over are you. this now over Thank time our 500,000 you family Ashford for choosing have continued Ashford. to develop refine our range of s weaving looms. There are now over 500,000 Ashford s s in in use use around around world. world. We We are are delighted delighted to to now now bring bring you you Joy Joy knowing knowing it it will will become become a a lifetime lifetime companion companion to to you. you. Thank Thank you you for for choosing choosing Ashford. Ashford. Happy Spinning. Happy Happy Spinning. Spinning. Richard Ashford Richard Ashford * Your Joy has been lacquered prior to assembly. If desired, application of Ashford Wax Finish may furr Joy enhance its appearance. *Your Joy has has been been lacquered prior prior to to assembly. If If desired, application of of Ashford Ashford Wax Wax Finish Finish may may furr enhance its its appearance. Parts Parts Disengage latch. Disengage latch Fold treadle down Fold lock stays treadle into position. The clear tubes down lock may be slid up stays stays into for extra rigidity. position. The clear tubes may be be slid up up stays for for extra rigidity. Tube Tube Thread Thread 22 hooks hooks into into pilot holes holes in in. base. Slide rubber O-rings onto arms until opposite small bobbin end. Squeeze slide stainless steel yarn guides onto arms. 4 Thread screw eye with brake b spring attached into hole in front frame. Note: There is a hole on eir side of frame for convenience of right or left-hed spinners. Use side you prefer.

3 Thread 2 hooks into holes in. 2.5cm(9¼in) 4 Thread screw eye with brake b spring attached into hole in front frame. 5 Apply a drop of oil to spindle slide bobbin on. Ashford oil is ideal for this purpose. Thread spindle into top shaft. Hold whorl with one h rotate clockwise with or. Take care not to force or overtighten. Thread screw eye with brake b spring attached into hole in front frame. Note: There There is is a hole hole on on eir eir side side of frame for of frame for convenience of convenience of right or left-hed right or left-hed spinners. Use spinners. Use side you prefer. side you prefer. 6 Cut cm (in) off brake b. Tie one end to spring attached to frame ( 4) or to second spring so that you have 2.5cm (9¼in) in between 2 springs (See side of this page). 2.5cm (9¼in) 4 Tension knob 7 Tension knob Tension knob Threading hook Threading hook

4 Ratios Ratios Locate two spare bobbins onto bobbin Position stretchy drive cord around smallest Locate two spare bobbins onto bobbin Ratio Position stretchy drive cord around smallest holders in frame. plying orholders grove in drive n over largest Locateholders twofront spare onto bobbin Position stretchy cord around smallest in bobbins front frame. plying or grove in n over largest bring bring bobbins forward. Push Push m This gives a toto 6:. The in front frame. plying or bring grove in n over ratio largest bobbins forward. m This gives a ratio of of 6:. The back before folding treadle up. or are, & 4:. changing bobbins forward. m before gives a ratio of 6:.changing The or back before Push folding back treadle up. folding This or are to, & 4:. treadle up. are, & 4:. changing ensure ensure drive cord directly aligns ensure drive cord directly aligns drive cord directly aligns thick coarse coarse fibres fibres or thick coarse fibres or thick use slowest slowest useuse slowest speed of 6:. speed of 6:. For fine 6: speed of 6:. For fine : 6: For fine fibres : : fibres use : fibres use : a use higher 4:: 4: 4: a higher ratio. a higher ratio. ratio. *Release tension on drive belt by taking it off whorl *Release not tension when in use.on drive belt by taking it off whorl when not in use. Folding up your Spinning Wheel Folding yourwheel Spinning Only Wheel Folding up up your Spinning for double treadle Double treadletreadle only Only double 4 for 4: 4: Click 2 2 Your is now ready to transport. Always carry it by built in hle or in optional Shoulder Bag. Your Your nowready ready to transport. is is now to transport. Always carry it itby built built in hle or optional in Always carry by in hle or in Shoulder Bag. optional Shoulder Bag *Do not carry it by which could bend if hled roughly. 77 *Do not carry it by which could bend if hled roughly. 7 Size when folded 64 x 40 x 4cm (25 x 5¾ x 9½ins) carry bag. *DoOptional not carry it by which could bend if hled roughly.

5 You are now ready to start You are now ready to start Tie a piece of yarn called a leader, about one meter ( yard) long, on to bobbin warp it around bobbin several times to prevent it slipping. Thread leader yarn around hooks though orifice. Tie a piece of yarn called a leader, about one meter ( yard) long, on to bobbin warp it around bobbin several times to prevent it slipping. Thread leader yarn around hooks though orifice. Leader Leader 2 Adjust 2tension knob so that brake b spring are only brake just b starting spring to are extended. only just Too starting much to extended. tension will Too much make treading harder. Adjust tension knob so that tension will make treading harder. Sit in a comfortable posture. A straight back Ashford Spinning Chair Sit in a is comfortable ideal. Treadle posture. with A eir foot or both toger. One foot or two feet is Ok. straight back Ashford Spinning Chair is ideal. Treadle with eir foot or both toger. One foot or two feet is Ok. 4 Try treadling slowly clockwise. Position with crank at 4 o clock push down. Try treadling The weighted slowly clockwise. heel toe treadle action make at o'clock this easy. push down. The Position with crank weighted heel toe treadle action make this easy. 5 Join your prepared fibres onto leader. Now you are singles. Don t treadle too fast. 5 Join your prepared fibres onto leader. Now you are singles. 6 To Don't ply treadle two too singles fast. toger, place two bobbins of single ply yarn on two bobbin storage pins. Tie se two onto leader. Treadle anticlockwise. 6 To ply two singles toger, place * two For bobbins furr of single ply yarn on information two bobbin refer storage The pins. Tie Ashford se two Book of onto Spinning, leader. a 52 Treadle page book full anticlockwise. of ideas inspirations for spinners. Bobbin Bobbin Whorl Whorl Tension Tension knob knob *For furr information refer to "The Ashford Book of Spinning", a 52 page book full of ideas inspirations for spinners.

6 Maintenance Maintenance Lubrication Lubrication Replacing a broken a broken or worn worn drive drive belt belt Replacing a broken or worn drive belt Take se Take 0 se screws 0 screws out. out. Slide Slide new new b b in place. in in place Tighten Tighten all screws. all screws. Tighten all screws. Ashford Hicrafts Ashford Hicrafts Ltd. Ltd. Factory Factory Showroom: Showroom: 45 West 45 Street, West Street, PO Box 474, PO Box Ashburton, 474, Ashburton, New Zeal New Zeal Telephone Telephone Facsimile Facsimile Ashford sales@ashford.co.nz Hicrafts sales@ashford.co.nz Ltd. Internet: Factory Internet: Showroom: 45 West Street, PO Box 474, Ashburton, New Zeal Telephone Facsimile sales@ashford.co.nz Internet: Ashford Guarantee Ashford Guarantee Thank you Thank for purchasing you for purchasing this Ashford this product. Ashford product. In In unlikely event unlikely re event is any re fault is any in manufacture fault in manufacture we will we will replace replace item. To item. validate To validate our guarantee our guarantee please visit please visit our website our or website write to or us. write to us. Please also Ashford Please join Guarantee also our Ashford join our Club Ashford Club Wheel for Magazine, Wheel Magazine, competitions Thank competitions you more for purchasing at more this at Ashford product. In unlikely event re is any fault in manufacture we will replace item. To validate our guarantee please visit our website or write to us. Please also join our Ashford Club for Wheel Magazine, competitions more at