My Ashford Elizabeth 2 kit came in yesterday's mail. I ended up getting it from Shuttleworks in Calgary because the supplier for my LYS, Golden Willow, has it back ordered for at least a month. I was very impressed with Shuttleworks. They have a large inventory, the package was shipped promptly, and the price was great.
Here are all the parts ready to be assembled (the remote controls were not in the package).
Here are all the parts ready to be assembled (the remote controls were not in the package).
I put the wheel beside my Ashford Joy as a size comparison.
I'm glad that Dan was around to help set it up. I don't think I would have had the strength to assemble some of the parts.
Here she is, all set up! (By the way, Poke's eyes don't normally look as if he is possessed.)
I oiled it up and tried spinning some Romney fleece. I had a little trouble getting the double drive band tensioned properly but here is evidence that it works! (uh, I didn't spin with the drive band set the way it is in the pic. I had already taken it off the whorl when I snapped the photo. I may be new at this but even I realize that this set-up wouldn't have worked at all!)
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