Sara, Hi! My curiosity is peaked by your description of the drive wheel being a set of spokes. My parents found 2 strange objects at an Estate Sale, which were labeled "Antique Mennonite Spinning Wheel parts". However I, as well as the other spinners I know, cannot figure out how this could be part of a spinning wheel. (And, although uncertain about this, think they are probably not Mennonite either.)Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2004 17:53:46 -0600 From: "Sara von Tresckow" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Middle Eastern Wheels
the Middle Eastern wheels were the wheels now known as "table top charkhas" - if you watch eBay for spinning wheel auctions, you'll often see someone selling one from Pakistan, Turkey or elsewhere in the middle east. Often the drive wheel was simply two sets of spokes with string crosses making the path for the drive band. They were fitted with either a flyer or a spindle - have seen examples of both.
Sara von Tresckow Fond du Lac, WI [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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(Now here's the part that applies to your post.) They are also spokes radiating out from a hub. 2 spoked "wheels" with the hub in between, like an axle and wheels. Or in other words, looks like an H. I am pretty certain it goes this direction, rather than facing the wheel, b/c on one of them, there is a suspended weight on the hub (or axle part) in between the 2 wheels. They come apart - you can disassemble the spokes from the hub, and they are very well balanced, and will spin. There is a little metal pointy thing coming out from the axel part - on the outside of the spoked wheels, like it was meant to sit in some kind of frame or holder.
Could these be a part of something like the tabletop Charkas you were describing? And if so, how would one attach the drive band part to make it spin?
If anyone knows of anything similar to what I am describing, I would LOVE to know what it is, and how it works. (I have 2 of them.) Thank you! Ginger
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