Downsizing. This is a probable Canadian-made double-drive wheel with the Scotch tension bar. I don’t believe we have unearthed any information on these wheels, and why the Scotch Tension, or if it REALLY is for Scotch Tension, but there you are. It is a beautiful, sturdy wheel but I don’t use it for spinning and it is not really unusual enough to be part of the collection, so it is time to release it to the wild ….
The finish has some crazing and chipping, mainly on the bobbin, whorl, and MOA. The drive wheel has some chips and old repairs. There is a hairline crack in the treadle bar with an old repair of either filler or glue. The tensioning nut under the bench does NOT screw all the way off and I did not want to force it and risk breaking the lower threads. The tensioner itself works fine; you just can’t remove the MOA from the bench.
This wheel is a little finicky and I would NOT recommend this one to a beginning spinner. The tensioning is tricky -- you need to put it all the way back towards the drive wheel when you put the driveband on, tension it forward, and really tighten the lower tensioning nut. If it is too tight, it will “sing” to you and you will know it. Sounds a bit like a violin being tuned up. Once you get the tension set, it spins beautifully, but it takes some patience to get the tension “just right.”
I did not measure the drive wheel but will do so. I believe it is 26” or 27”.
$300 and my preference would be to take it to Maryland Sheep and Wool this weekend. It is extremely heavy and would be costly to ship.
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