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Power Pack
Your e-Spinner 3 12v power pack is supplied with
interchangeable wall plugs for Australia/New Zealand,
Canada/Japan/USA, Europe/Scandinavia and the UK.
1.
To change the wall plug to suit your country, push the
locking pin down and forward and slide the wall plug off.
Slide the correct wall plug onto the power supply until it
is locked securely in position.
2.
Check the ON/OFF switch is OFF and the SPEED dial on
SLOW. Then insert the power cord into the INPUT hole in
the rear of the e-Spinner 3, insert the power pack into a
main power point and switch on.
Note:
The power pack will accept an input from 100-240
volts.
Lubrication
- We recommend Ashford Spinning Wheel Oil be regularly
applied to the front flyer and bobbin bearings.
- The bobbin and flyer must revolve freely and
independently of each other.
- A drop of Vaseline or oil may be applied to the flexible
motor drive to make bobbin changing easier and to
minimize noise.
- The ball bearings in the motors may be noisy for the
first 5-10 minutes as they “run-in” and the grease is
dissipated evenly.
Spinning
IMPORTANT:
Make sure the flyer has snapped fully into
the bearing before starting spinning.
- Tie a piece of yarn, called a leader, about 1metre (1
yard) long to the bobbin, loop it through the sliding
flyer hook nylon eye on the
right-hand side of the flyer
,
through the nylon eye in the flyer base and out through
the orifice.
- Have your prepared fibres ready to spin.
- Adjust the tension knob until both springs are only just
beginning to stretch.
- Check the SPIN/PLY switch is on SPIN (down) and the
SPEED control is on SLOW. Switch the ON/OFF switch
to ON. Gradually turn the SPEED control clockwise until
the flyer starts to turn slowly.
- Allow the leader to start feeding in and commence
drafting the prepared fibres onto it.
- Adjust the SPEED control and tension knob to achieve a
comfortable speed and take up. Use the ON/OFF switch
or foot switch (rather than the speed control) to stop
the motor when moving the position of the yarn guide.
This will ensure you recommence at the same speed.
- To change the bobbin, turn the motor off using the ON/
OFF switch or foot switch. Use 2 hands, one either side
of the front bearing to lift and snap the flyer out of the
bearing. Pull the flyer towards you out of the flexible
drive.
- Change the bobbin, then hook the brake band back
over the flyer whorl, slide the flyer back into the flexible
drive and snap the flyer down into the front bearing.
* For further spinning information refer to “The Ashford
Book of Hand Spinning" by Jo Reeve, a 116 page book
full of ideas and inspirations for spinners or visit our
website www.ashford.co.nz
Plying
- Thread the leader through the sliding flyer hook nylon
eye on the
left-hand side of the flyer
, through the nylon
eye in the flyer base and out through the orifice. Locate
your 2 bobbins of spun yarn onto the lazy kate pins,
thread the 2 strands of yarn through the yarn guide and
tie them to the leader.
- Check the SPIN/PLY switch is on PLY (up) and the SPEED
control is on SLOW. Switch the ON/OFF switch to ON.
Gradually turn the SPEED control clockwise until the
flyer starts to turn slowly.
- Allow the leader and your spun yarn to start feeding in.
Use the least amount of brake band tension possible.
* For further plying information refer to “The Ashford
Book of Hand Spinning” by Jo Reeve, a 116-page book
full of ideas and inspirations for spinners.
Orifice Reducer Bush
- The nylon bush may be inserted into the flyer orifice
to reduce the diameter from 15mm (5/8”) to 10mm
(3/8”).
- This is beneficial when spinning finer yarns as it will
help prevent the yarn vibrating. By drafting the yarn at
about a 45 degree angle to the orifice the vibration will
almost be eliminated.
- When spinning or plying thicker yarns, remove the
bush.
