bicycle spinning?

Looking at the cd spindle got me to thinking about spinning in general. I
cleaned carded dyed and spun some raw wool in high school but i havent had a
chance to try it again....i'd like to before i hit retirement
So spinner women/men of the board i am wondering about something...i am a
bicyclist..and i have this old bike frame here with a warped back wheel that
i havent been able to straighten. On the other hand..maybe i could turn the
bike upside down...cut open the tire to make a channel ( not sure about the
right words here) and use it to spin? Would this work?
laurie
with too much time on my hands apparently

In article OPChc.201470$oR5.95068@pd7tw3no, Llaurie wrote:

So spinner women/men of the board i am wondering about something...i am a
bicyclist..and i have this old bike frame here with a warped back wheel that
i havent been able to straighten. On the other hand..maybe i could turn the
bike upside down...cut open the tire to make a channel ( not sure about the
right words here) and use it to spin? Would this work?
laurie
with too much time on my hands apparently

Way too much time... You know, the wheel can be changed for a not-bent
wheel, unless it has a weird gear ratio like one I saw from the 1940s.

However, a bicycle wheel without its tire _has_ a channel, a very deep
one, that has the ends of the bicycle spokes in it.

I think the wheel on a spinning wheel is more for a drive ratio than for
anything directly involving the yarn.

However, I'd be intrigued by a way to make a bicycle into a swift or a
ball-winder. It already has the gear-drive and crank (pedal shaft).

=Tamar

There's a book titled (I believe) "Spinning and Weaving at Home" which
discusses converting old bicycle frames into spinning wheels and
provides detailed instructions for same. It is IIRC a British
publication, possibly one of the Shire Album series of books.

Llaurie...

That's an AMAZINGLY BRILLIANT idea!!! I wish I thought of it! Let me know
how it goes...I'm sure it can't be that difficult. Making a spinning wheel
out of wood, the wheel is probably the most difficult part, getting it
balanced correctly and all. Let me ask a friend who's good with this
stuff...I'll let you know what I find out.

Allaya

"Llaurie" wrote in message
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Looking at the cd spindle got me to thinking about spinning in general. I
cleaned carded dyed and spun some raw wool in high school but i havent had
a
chance to try it again....i'd like to before i hit retirement
So spinner women/men of the board i am wondering about something...i am a
bicyclist..and i have this old bike frame here with a warped back wheel
that
i havent been able to straighten. On the other hand..maybe i could turn
the
bike upside down...cut open the tire to make a channel ( not sure about
the
right words here) and use it to spin? Would this work?
laurie
with too much time on my hands apparently

In article OPChc.201470$oR5.95068@pd7tw3no, "Llaurie" wrote:

Looking at the cd spindle got me to thinking about spinning in general. I
cleaned carded dyed and spun some raw wool in high school but i havent had a
chance to try it again....i'd like to before i hit retirement
So spinner women/men of the board i am wondering about something...i am a
bicyclist..and i have this old bike frame here with a warped back wheel that
i havent been able to straighten. On the other hand..maybe i could turn the
bike upside down...cut open the tire to make a channel ( not sure about the
right words here) and use it to spin? Would this work?
laurie
with too much time on my hands apparently

Not a new idea and a very good idea. I subscribe to a Dutch magazine, it
deals with textiles around the world. In it, some years ago there was an
article about India and the spinning of cotton. They used bycicle wheels
as part of their very modern spinning wheels. I could try to photo copy
the picture for you if you like so you have an idea what it looks like. I
have a feeling though that you may be able to find plans for a
spinningwheel, using bike parts on the internet.

Els

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Llaurie wrote::

..maybe i could turn the bike upside down...cut open the tire to
make a channel ( not sure about the right words here) and use
it to spin? Would this work?

Chiming in with Els and Slinky...I remember seeing yet another book referring
to doing this. Can't remember if it had plans, or merely discussed someone
making and selling them. It was published sometime in the '70's or so, in
America; but naturally, I don't remember the title or anything. No doubt OOP
anyway. But if you do a web search, you should come up with *something* on it!
I do have the vague impression that the book said wheels made this way spun
quite nicely. Even if you had to get a new wheel, and get someone with a torch
to do some cutting, still - it'd possibly be cheaper than a regular wheel!

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I've seen two or three variations on that theme. One turned a bicycle wheel
into the drive wheel for a simple Great Wheel ( as opposed to a flyer
wheel). That is the simplest, but means spinning off the point. Another
used a replacement Ashford head to build a flyer wheel. Third, someone fit
an Ashford replacement head to an exercise bike. That one was a real hit at
demos!

Helen "Halla" Fleischer, Fantasy & Fiber Artist
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| On 22 Apr 2004 11:49:41 GMT, (CMM PDX2) wrote:

Chiming in with Els and Slinky...I remember seeing yet another book referring
to doing this. Can't remember if it had plans, or merely discussed someone
making and selling them. It was published sometime in the '70's or so, in
America; but naturally, I don't remember the title or anything. No doubt OOP
anyway. But if you do a web search, you should come up with *something* on it!
I do have the vague impression that the book said wheels made this way spun
quite nicely. Even if you had to get a new wheel, and get someone with a torch
to do some cutting, still - it'd possibly be cheaper than a regular wheel!

Was it in one of the Foxfire books? or The Whole Earth Catalog, maybe?

Helen "Halla" Fleischer, Fantasy & Fiber Artist
http://home.covad.net/~drgandalf/halla/
Balticon Art Program Coordinator http://www.balticon.org

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Way too much time... You know, the wheel can be changed for a not-bent
wheel, unless it has a weird gear ratio like one I saw from the 1940s.

However, a bicycle wheel without its tire _has_ a channel, a very deep
one, that has the ends of the bicycle spokes in it.

I think the wheel on a spinning wheel is more for a drive ratio than for
anything directly involving the yarn.

However, I'd be intrigued by a way to make a bicycle into a swift or a
ball-winder. It already has the gear-drive and crank (pedal shaft).

=Tamar

I repair my own bike usually - just that this wheel no matter what i do will
not come 'true'...and actually its a whole extra bike too
Are you saying that the wheel part would not be what the yarn would be wound
on ? ( the fact that there are spoke tips is why i was thinking of just
cutting the bottom third of the actual tire off - to make the channel
smoother)
I had this idea of sitting..slowly pedaling as i twist and wind the wool?
Maybe my recollection of spinning is too hazy
Being a neophyte i have no idea about a swift or ball winder
laurie

Thank you! i'll take a look for it
laurie

"Slinky" wrote in message
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There's a book titled (I believe) "Spinning and Weaving at Home" which
discusses converting old bicycle frames into spinning wheels and
provides detailed instructions for same. It is IIRC a British
publication, possibly one of the Shire Album series of books.