OT--The Spinning Jenny

Pitchy · Post by **Pitchy** » Thu Sep 15, 2011 5:10 pm

Ok here we go again, the mother of spinning wheels that started the industrial revolution in spinning.
The spinning Jenny could spin several threads at once, this one will spin nine.
Got a lot done today on it, actually spun a thread.
Flywheel is next.

J Miller · Post by **J Miller** » Thu Sep 15, 2011 5:52 pm

Holly Moly!!!!!!! You've outdone yourself this time. I can't wait for the video on this one.

Whoooo Hooooo!!!

Joe

Pitchy · Post by **Pitchy** » Thu Sep 15, 2011 6:16 pm

Thanks Joe, i have no idea where i`m going to put it

It is a neat piece of history, we don`t know how good we got it nowdays.
Will glue up the flywheel tomorrow and make the drop wire.

Borregos · Post by **Borregos** » Fri Sep 16, 2011 6:35 am

Looking good Pitchy

Pitchy · Post by **Pitchy** » Fri Sep 16, 2011 3:22 pm

It`s coming right along, got the wood for the flywheel glued up, everything else is done.

jeepnik · Post by **jeepnik** » Fri Sep 16, 2011 5:06 pm

Pitchy wrote:Thanks Joe, i have no idea where i`m going to put it
It is a neat piece of history, we don`t know how good we got it nowdays.
Will glue up the flywheel tomorrow and make the drop wire.

Ever thought about selling these things to museums and such? They might like "working" examples of these historically important implements.

gamekeeper · Post by **gamekeeper** » Fri Sep 16, 2011 5:22 pm

jeepnik wrote:
Pitchy wrote:Thanks Joe, i have no idea where i`m going to put it
It is a neat piece of history, we don`t know how good we got it nowdays.
Will glue up the flywheel tomorrow and make the drop wire.
Ever thought about selling these things to museums and such? They might like "working" examples of these historically important implements.

That's what I was thinkin' too!

Pitchy · Post by **Pitchy** » Fri Sep 16, 2011 7:31 pm

Yep that`s a thought, but i`m not worried something will come along and if not i`ve left the world something that will be around a while.

Pitchy · Post by **Pitchy** » Sat Sep 17, 2011 4:12 pm

She`s about done, cut the flywheel out tomorrow and it`s ready to try.

rossim92 · Post by **rossim92** » Sat Sep 17, 2011 4:31 pm

wow! a nice job. You ought to see me build a bluebird house. I have to count my fingers when done to make sure i have them all. Don't fear though, i'm getting better over time. Made six so far.

Pitchy · Post by **Pitchy** » Sat Sep 17, 2011 4:45 pm

rossim92 wrote:wow! a nice job. You ought to see me build a bluebird house. I have to count my fingers when done to make sure i have them all. Don't fear though, i'm getting better over time. Made six so far.

Thanks, i`m no carpender either and have to build as i go, the picture at the top of this thread is all i had to go by.
I`ve invisioned fingers missin on the table saw already

TomD · Post by **TomD** » Sat Sep 17, 2011 5:01 pm

In building a spinning wheel for my wife, I read a lot of books. One of these that I thought was technical was actually mostly history, and the history of spinning was far more opressive than I had imagined. It consisted of forcing all women in England at one time to spin a certain amount of thread. The less mechanically complex wheels, great wheels required a woman to walk many miles a day to complete the quota. Interesting window into an earlier time.

Pitchy · Post by **Pitchy** » Sat Sep 17, 2011 5:45 pm

TomD wrote:In building a spinning wheel for my wife, I read a lot of books. One of these that I thought was technical was actually mostly history, and the history of spinning was far more opressive than I had imagined. It consisted of forcing all women in England at one time to spin a certain amount of thread. The less mechanically complex wheels, great wheels required a woman to walk many miles a day to complete the quota. Interesting window into an earlier time.

Yes, i read a woman could walk 10-15 miles a day spinning so the Jenny was quite an improvement over the walking wheel. As was the Pendulum, eclipse and trolley wheels.

jeepnik · Post by **jeepnik** » Sun Sep 18, 2011 11:30 am

I was out at the county fair yesterday. No understand, this is the L A County Fair, so it is really just a bit commercial sales event. Anyway, in one very small area, tucked in a back corner, they had a number of women spinning. No to machines were alike. It's amazing how the human mind can take a single task and find so many different ways to accomplish it.

There was even one woman "spinning" with nothing more than a hand tool. Not fast, but she was getting it done.

Pitchy · Post by **Pitchy** » Sun Sep 18, 2011 12:22 pm

Probably a drop spindle, spin it and draw out the wool then wind it on.

Getting there, flywheel is on, gotta grind in a belt groove then it will be ready to try.
Made a new crank that looks better too.

Pitchy · Post by **Pitchy** » Sun Sep 18, 2011 3:34 pm

Success, she`s a beauty, works like it`s spossed to for the first run.

Comments are appreciated, now on to the cross cut saws.

J Miller · Post by **J Miller** » Sun Sep 18, 2011 4:27 pm

That one I need to see in person and then I can ask questions. That is a marvelous bit of engineering.

Joe

Pitchy · Post by **Pitchy** » Sun Sep 18, 2011 4:30 pm

J Miller wrote:That one I need to see in person and then I can ask questions. That is a marvelous bit of engineering.

Joe

When ya coming, it`s just about wood cuttin time

Pitchy · Post by **Pitchy** » Sun Sep 18, 2011 6:00 pm

Lot of grain in that pine with some polly on it.

Borregos · Post by **Borregos** » Sun Sep 18, 2011 6:07 pm

Pitchy, that is FANTASTIC

even more so when you made it from a picture not a plan, what is coming next

Pitchy · Post by **Pitchy** » Sun Sep 18, 2011 6:09 pm

Borregos wrote:Pitchy, that is FANTASTIC even more so when you made it from a picture not a plan, what is coming next

Thanks Borregos , time for a vacation.

Ironwood · Post by **Ironwood** » Sun Sep 18, 2011 7:03 pm

Lenn you've out done yourself this time. That is some machine! With every project I think you've awwwwwed me for the last time. Then you come up with something like this one. Awwwww man!

Pitchy · Post by **Pitchy** » Sun Sep 18, 2011 7:20 pm

Thanks Gene, it`s a neat machine but good for i know not what.

Pitchy · Post by **Pitchy** » Mon Sep 19, 2011 7:36 pm

Shot another short vid of the yarn coming off the spindles and the spools, thing works pretty good.

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