My view of the Hansen page has a sidebar with links that give all the info Holly missed. "Lord, we ain’t what we want to be; we ain’t what we ought to be; we ain’t what we gonna be, but, thank God, we ain’t what we was."
Martin Luther King, quoting a preacher and former slave. Well behaved women seldom make history. Laurel Thatcher Ulrich ----- Original Message ---- From: Annette Stollman <annettestoll...@mac.com> To: fibernet@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sun, February 21, 2010 10:58:49 AM Subject: Re: [fibernet] new espinner I think you didn't look at the bottom of the page where it directed you to another page. All the details including price are there. Annette On Feb 21, 2010, at 6:10 AM, Holly Shaltz wrote: > Well, I'm astounded by what that website doesn't > say. <http://www.hansencrafts.com/> > > What's the rpm? And since it's not a direct > drive, what's the actual flyer speed? It talks > about how heavy portable wheels are but doesn't > say how much this espinner weighs. It doesn't > even give the price?!? I'd also want to know how > noisy it is - some espinners are incredibly noisy. > And how large is the orifice? > > It also doesn't say whether it's direct drive or > not (appears not), what braking mechanism (looks > like scotch tension), or whether bobbin- or flyer- > lead (appears the latter). This is all very basic > info that really should be spelled out, not > leaving me trying to see it on a picture. > > I had to go to the "other espinner" page to find > some of this very basic info. 1600 rpm is > *nothing* in an espinner. Any treadle wheel can > deliver that pretty easily - a 25:1 ratio plus a > very moderate treadling speed of 64 per minute > gives 1600 rpm on the flyer. And since the > miniSpinner not a direct drive wheel, that 1600 is > just the speed of the motor, not the actual speed > of the flyer. > > Personally, I don't want a foot control for speed > on an espinner. The first point for me with an > espinner is speed; the second is to not have to > use my feet, especially a food control if it's > like a sewing machine pedal, which they usually > are. Unlike spinning wheel treadles or using a > sewing machine, when you're spinning on an > espinner with a foot control for speed, you've got > to keep that foot in one precise position for, > possibly, hours on end, for consistent spinning. > I'd far rather move a dial with my fingers and > leave it set where I want it - no leg cramps that way! > > It's cute, but that's no reason for me to want to > buy it. I want function over form :) > > Holly > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ A message archive and photo page are maintained. Commercial selling and spam are not allowed. Members are allowed to offer personal items for giving away or selling. See <http://hem.bredband.net/ronpar/fninfo.html> for more details. Yahoo! Groups Links
