Carson Cooper manufactures
handmade, heirloom quality Spinning Wheels and
tools for fiber artists and spinners.
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Spinning Wheels are individually handcrafted of select North American hardwoods in a
variety of styles. All styles may be ordered as "The Basic Wheel"
or by selecting from our list of additional features you may create a design unique to
your fiber specific needs. (See our Spinning Wheels page for details)
Standard Features of "The Basic Wheel"
• Old world construction from solid hardwoods,
absolutely NO
plywood used!
•
Furniture Grade (Select) Eastern Cherry used for all wheels except Burl
Normandy which is Eastern Walnut and Maple Burl
• Each wheel has high quality bearings at all pivoting or rotating
assemblies
•
Bronze
bearings on treadle bar, with standard high quality cast bronze, or optional ball bearings on wheel axle.
•
4 Bobbins supplied with "Rulon"** /Teflon
bearings (Visit our Technical Info page for more
details)
•
Traditional thick leather flyer bearings.
• Traditional wooden threads for band tensioning adjustment
• Heel/Toe treadle design (except on Irish Castle) and turned wooden
footman
•
All wheels come with a natural oil finish. (Note:
Any style may be ordered unfinished if desired for a
cost savings of $100)
• Shellac finish is also available at an additional cost of $285 per wheel and generally
increases delivery time.
•
4 drive ratios standard, generally
8:1,10:1, 12:1 and 15:1. All suited for fine to medium yarns
•
3/8 brass orifice standard. Orifices of 1/4" and 1/2" available at
small additional charge. (Visit our Technical Info
page for details)
•
The flyer is double drive but comes standard with Scotch tensioning for
converting to single drive use
•
Brass flyer hooks
•
All wheels available either left or right handed at no additional charge (may
increase delivery time a little if ordering left hand).
•
3 bobbin matching Lazy Kate, Threading hook and oil bottle included
• All wheels are signed by the maker, dated and numbered sequentially.
• All wheels come boxed as a kit for shipping with tools and easy step by
step, illustrated instructions for customer assembly.
Note: Wheel itself comes fully assembled, as well as flyer and single treadle.
Normandy base also comes fully assembled.
Customer pays only actual
shipping charge at time of receipt
per current UPS rates, COD upon delivery.
There is a very small additional UPS charge for this service
**
"Rulon" is a registered trademark of the Furon company
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Contact Information
Postal address
- P.O. Box 4252, Medford, Oregon 97501
- Electronic mail
- General Information and Sales: carsonc@ztwist.com
