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-Wheel-Maker's Craft Complete Set-

*Guide to the Art of Wheel-Making, Making the Bisson
*Affaire 'd Amour with a French Spinning Wheel
*Guide to Making Spinning Wheels Saxony, Irish Castle and Accelerator Wheels
* Guide to Making Accelerated Spinning Wheels
*Guide to Making Spinning Wheel Flyers and Wheels
*Guide to Restoring an Antique Spinning Wheel

SIX BOOK SET

ISBN 978-0-9818772-7-3

ISBN 978-0-9818772-3-5

ISBN 978-0-9818772-6-6

ISBN 978-0-9818772-2-8

ISBN 978-0-9818772-0-4

ISBN 978-0-9818772-1-1

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Guide to the Art of Wheel-Making, Making the Bisson PLUS Affaire 'd Amour with a French Spinning Wheel, PLUS Guide to Making Spinning Wheels Saxony, Irish Castle and Accelerator Wheels, PLUS Guide to Making Accelerated Spinning Wheels PLUS Guide to Making Spinning Wheel Flyers and Wheels PLUS Guide to Restoring an Antique Spinning Wheels Covering over thirty years of Wheel Making in six volumes.

-Wheel-Maker's Craft Original Five Book Set-

*Affaire 'd Amour with a French Spinning Wheel
*Guide to Making Spinning Wheels Saxony, Irish Castle and Accelerator Wheels
* Guide to Making Accelerated Spinning Wheels
*Guide to Making Spinning Wheel Flyers and Wheels
*Guide to Restoring an Antique Spinning Wheel

FIVE BOOK SET

ISBN 978-0-9818772-3-5

ISBN 978-0-9818772-6-6

ISBN 978-0-9818772-2-8

ISBN 978-0-9818772-0-4

ISBN 978-0-9818772-1-1

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Affaire 'd Amour with a French Spinning Wheel, PLUS Guide to Making Spinning Wheels Saxony, Irish Castle and Accelerator Wheels, PLUS Guide to Making Accelerated Spinning Wheels PLUS Guide to Making Spinning Wheel Flyers and Wheels PLUS Guide to Restoring an Antique Spinning Wheels Covering over thirty years of Wheel Making in five volumes.

-Wheel-Maker's Craft Saxony and Irish Castle Builder's Set-

*Guide to the Art of Wheel-Making, Building the Bisson
*Guide to Making Spinning Wheels Saxony, Irish Castle and Accelerator Wheels
*Guide to Making Spinning Wheel Flyers and Wheels

THREE BOOK SET

ISBN 978-0-9818772-7-3

ISBN 978-0-9818772-2-8

ISBN 978-0-9818772-0-4

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Guide to the Art of Wheel-Making, Building the Bisson, PLUS Guide to Making Spinning Wheels Saxony, Irish Castle and Accelerator Wheels, PLUS Guide to Making Spinning Wheel Flyers and Wheels Covering the essentials for successfully making Saxony wheels in three volumes.

-Wheel-Maker's Craft French (and Canadian) Wheel Builder's Set-

*Affaire 'd Amour with a French Spinning Wheel
*Guide to the Art of Wheel-Making, Making the Bisson
*Guide to Making Spinning Wheel Flyers and Wheels

THREE BOOK SET

ISBN 978-0-9818772-3-5

ISBN 978-0-9818772-0-4

ISBN 978-0-9818772-7-3

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Affaire 'd Amour with a French Spinning Wheel, PLUS Guide to the Art of Wheel-Making, Building the Bisson, PLUS Guide to Making Spinning Wheel Flyers and Wheels Detailed plans for making wheels with French influences.

-Wheel-Maker's Craft Wheel Restorer Set-

*Guide to the Art of Wheel-Making, Making the Bisson
*Guide to Making Spinning Wheel Flyers and Wheels
*Guide to Restoring an Antique Spinning Wheel

THREE BOOK SET

ISBN 978-0-9818772-7-3

ISBN 978-0-9818772-1-1

ISBN 978-0-9818772-0-4

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Guide to the Art of Wheel-Making, Building the Bisson, Guide to Making Spinning Wheel Flyers and Wheels AND Guide to Restoring an Antique Spinning Wheel A great combination for those looking to put an old wheel back in service.

-Wheel-Maker's Craft Accelerated Wheel Builder's Set-

*Guide to Making Accelerated Wheels
*Guide to Making Spinning Wheels Saxony, Irish Castle and Accelerator Wheels
*Guide to Making Spinning Wheel Flyers and Wheels

THREE BOOK SET

ISBN 978-0-9818772-6-6

ISBN 978-0-9818772-2-8

ISBN 978-0-9818772-0-4

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Guide to Making Spinning Wheel Flyers PLUS Guide to Making Spinning Wheels Saxony, Irish Castle and Accelerator Wheels, PLUS Guide to Making Accelerated Spinning Wheels Detailed plans for making accelerated spinning wheels, classic to more modern. While the original Guide to Making Spinning Wheels book includes an Accelerated wheel, our latest book on Making Accelerated Wheels takes that to a whole new level, and covers new information on the subject.

Guide to Making Spinning Wheel Flyers and Wheels AND Guide to Restoring an Antique Spinning Wheel

TWO BOOK SET

ISBN 978-0-9818772-1-1

ISBN 978-0-9818772-0-4

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Guide to Making Spinning Wheel Flyers and Wheels AND Guide to Restoring an Antique Spinning Wheel A great combination for those looking to put an old wheel back in service.

Affaire 'd Amour with a French Spinning Wheel, Guide to Making Spinning Wheels Saxony, Irish Castle and Accelerator Wheels, AND Guide to Making Accelerated Spinning Wheels

THREE BOOK SET

ISBN 978-0-9818772-3-5

ISBN 978-0-9818772-2-8

ISBN 978-0-9818772-6-6

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Affaire 'd Amour with a French Spinning Wheel, PLUS Guide to Making Spinning Wheels Saxony, Irish Castle and Accelerator Wheels, PLUS Guide to Making Accelerated Spinning Wheels Detailed plans for making a total of eight spinning wheels, classic to more modern. While the original Guide to Making Spinning Wheels book includes an Accelerated wheel, our latest book on Making Accelerated Wheels takes that to a whole new level, and covers new information on the subject.

Guide to The Art of Wheel-Making, an Expanded Guide to Making Spinning Wheels, Including Plans and Instructions for Building the Bisson

ISBN 978-0-9818772-7-3

128 pages, paperback, 6 x 9

$48.95 plus $9.00 shipping*

Aside from the role as a functional tool, the spinning-wheel has long existed as a medium for expressing artistic tastes. Art exists in the making, as much as in the finished work.

Guide to the Art of Wheel-Making provides detailed plans and instructions for making one of the (arguably) most elegant wheels ever made, the Bisson. Along with working sketches and detailed drawings of wheel-maker’s jigs and fixtures, Carson Cooper takes a deeper dive into making the Irish Castle wheel and French wheel, Colette. Rather than acting as only a book of plans, Guide to the Art of Wheel-Making strives to guide the reader on the path to becoming a wheel-maker theirself.
Plans for making Coop's Lazy Kate are included as well.

 

Guide to Making Accelerated Spinning Wheels

ISBN 978-0-9818772-6-6

128 pages, paperback, 6 x 9

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Guide to Making Accelerated Spinning Wheels provides Plans and Instructions for making two of the author's most popular wheels - the "Krista" and "Quincy" accelerated wheels. Along with a detailed look at the intricacies of precision wheel making for high ratio spinning wheels.

 

Guide to Restoring an Antique Spinning Wheel

ISBN 978-0-9818772-1-1

96 pages, paperback, 5 1/2 x 8 1/2

$34.95 plus $9.00 shipping*

"...a no-nonsense guide for those who want to master the techniques of their ancestors.... Giving readers everything they need to know, Guide to Restoring an Antique Spinning Wheel is an excellent, specialist's resource.

-Midwest Book Review

Guide to Restoring an Antique Spinning Wheel reveals the "mysteries of the old wheel makers" providing tips, tricks and old time recipes for reviving the spinning tools of yesterday.

Complete with a glimpse into the early days of the wheel-makers and craft of handspinning.

 

Guide to Making Spinning Wheel Flyers and Wheels

ISBN 978-0-9818772-0-4

128 pages, paperback, 5 1/2 x 8 1/2

$43.95 plus $9.00 shipping*

"...a straightforward, step-by-step walkthrough of the process of making or repairing the flyer or wheel of a classic spinning-wheel. A section devoted to basic spinning-wheel mechanics rounds out this specialized, extensively detailed guide, illustrated with black-and-white photographs and diagrams. An excellent resource especially recommended for anyone charged with fixing or maintaining a beloved antique spinning-wheel."

-Midwest Book Review

There is a unique satisfaction in using a fully functional spinning wheel, made by one's own hands. Flyers and wheels can be the most challenging components...and often make, or break, the final product. Guide to Making Spinning wheel Flyers and Wheelsprovides step by step instructions for successfully making these critical parts..."

-Carson Cooper

Guide to Making Spinning Wheels Saxony, Irish Castle and Accelerator Wheels

ISBN 978-0-9818772-2-8

128 pages, paperback, 6 x 9

$48.95 +$9.00 shipping*

This book is for anyone who has ever tried to make a spinning wheel from one of those craft plans. A wheel builder since 1997, Carson Cooper explains how to make a 30 inch Saxony spinning wheel, Irish Castle Wheel and Double wheel Accelerator with common tools. Detailed drawings and instructions are given for each.

Guide to Making Spinning Wheels provides detailed plans for making these three classic spinning-wheels, enhanced by the addition of modern day bearings and materials. Drawings, dimensions and material lists come straight from the working plans of a professional wheel-builder.

Affaire 'd Amour with a French Spinning Wheel

ISBN 978-0-9818772-3-5

128 pages, paperback 6 x 9

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Affaire d'Amour with a French Spinning Wheel provides detailed plans for making four classic inspired spinning wheels, both as they were made in 1792, and also an enhanced version including the addition of modern day bearings and material lists come straight from the working plans of a professional wheel builder.

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