It offered plenty of power and at ~$150 it’s still less than the cheapest commercial models on eBay. The final design used a DC motor with a SyRen motor controller. Unfortunately, it didn’t have enough torque at low speeds. The next version used a sewing machine motor since they’re designed with a variable speed control. He initially tried to just use a dimmer switch with an AC motor. This causes the wool to twist as it’s pulled on. A Scotch tension brake is used to slow the rotation of the bobbin in relation to the flyer. Besides the motor, there are two major components to the spinning wheel: the flyer and the bobbin. He went through several iterations before arriving at a good design. Spinning wheels are used by knitters to turn raw sheep’s wool into yarn. , who you may remember from his CNC machine build, recently completed an electric spinning wheel.
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