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MasadaSpindle
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Favorite Gadget - 2007/06/20 13:14 The Nostepinne sounds great and I did see a picture of it in one of Priscilla Gibson Robert's books on spinning. Maybe someone has an idea how to make one. How about an old leg of a wooden chair? A Tutorial would be great Allana. My favorite gadget is a ball winder, but GRRR, they always break down with time. Anyone have a recommendation for a super ball winder where the gears don't break down????

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Dawn Jacobson
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Re:Favorite Gadget - 2007/06/20 14:08 MasadaSpindle wrote:
The Nostepinne sounds great and I did see a picture of it in one of Priscilla Gibson Robert's books on spinning. Maybe someone has an idea how to make one. How about an old leg of a wooden chair? A Tutorial would be great Allana. My favorite gadget is a ball winder, but GRRR, they always break down with time. Anyone have a recommendation for a super ball winder where the gears don't break down????

As they're relatively inexpensive (usually <$15) and beautiful examples of woodturning art, I would just buy one at the next fiber fair. I have a beautiful one from Woodchuck I bought at a CNCH conference years ago; I don't use it, I just like the way it looks. My guild (Spindles & Flyers) has a "Nostepinne of Power" that gets passed from the outgoing president to the incoming president, and each president winds a bit of handspun onto it to represent his/her term of office.

Strauch makes a very good jumbo ball winder that is more sturdy than the plastic Royal ball winder. I'm lucky--I bought my Royal years ago, and they used to be better quality.

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Eepster

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Re:Favorite Gadget - 2007/06/21 10:01 Nostepinnes are pretty easy to make. You will need a 1 inch wooden dowel. Cut (or have the guy at the hardware store cut) the dowel to about a foot long. Use course sand paper to taper the dowel on one end. Once you have gotten the basic shaping done smooth it out by switching to finer grits till you have gotten to the finest grit.

If you want a realy nice ballwinder check this out.
http://www.dropspindle.info/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=51&Item
I haven't tried it (I can't really afford it since the family insists I buy groceries) but I bet it comes with a pretty good warranty. Jennifer
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allena

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Re:Favorite Gadget - 2007/06/22 17:47 Wasn't it you Eep who suggested putting the dowel in a drill and sanding it that way? Great idea... If you fall off, get back on and try again.

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Eepster

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Re:Favorite Gadget - 2007/06/23 14:08 allena wrote:
Wasn't it you Eep who suggested putting the dowel in a drill and sanding it that way? Great idea...

Yes, but that was to make a tapered shaft for a turkish spindle. For a spindle you would probable use a 1/4 inch or similar sized dowel that could easily fit in the chuck of any drill.

Unfortunately that short cut won't work for this b/c the chuck of you average drill will not open wide enough to accomadate a 1 inch dowel. Jennifer
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GrannieAnnie06

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Re:Favorite Gadget - 2007/06/23 16:10 Eepster wrote:
allena wrote:
Wasn't it you Eep who suggested putting the dowel in a drill and sanding it that way? Great idea...

Yes, but that was to make a tapered shaft for a turkish spindle. For a spindle you would probable use a 1/4 inch or similar sized dowel that could easily fit in the chuck of any drill.

Unfortunately that short cut won't work for this b/c the chuck of you average drill will not open wide enough to accomadate a 1 inch dowel.

Couldn't you use a very small bit, and drill into the end of the dowel, and then spin it with that?

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