Understanding the Spinning Wheel by Eric Corran.

This very important book has a split personality. Is it a technical manual for woodworkers on the most minute details of spinning wheel construction? Is it a complete history of the modern spinning wheel? Is it an advanced spinners' manual for the more proficient use and maintenance of their various wheels? The center of this manual is the vast amount of information collected over the past 35 years by the author, who is a retired engineer and woodworker. In his hands, this information becomes the most thorough exposition of the development of the modern wheel, the variations on the flyer. The book has charts, tables, illustrations, and photos of the most important developments in spinning wheel design over the past 500 years. Complete working drawings are here for woodworkers. Complete discussions of how the various parts of the wheel have developed are here for anthropologists. Complete know-how for spinners to use in refining their skills is here. This is definitely the book for understanding the spinning wheel.

182 Pages, hardcover, 8.5" x 12"