Project description
There is a bright corner by the south window in our flat, roughly two metres of wall and a metre and a half of depth, and I would like it turned into a proper place for hand spinning. At the moment the wheel stands on a rug that creeps away with every press of the treadle, the chair is too tall, and after twenty minutes my knee starts to complain. I need a joiner who will take measurements with me sitting at the wheel rather than guessing from a drawing: seat height, the distance from the treadle bar to my heel, and the height at which the flyer and the orifice come under my hand. A shallow board platform with a non-slip backing would keep the wheel from walking across the floor, and I would rather have a low frame than a plinth I catch my toes on.
Beside the wheel I need a surface for fibre preparation. Hand carders live there most of the time, but now and then a borrowed drum carder stands on it, so the top must carry about fifteen kilograms without flexing and sit at a height I can crank comfortably while standing. Underneath it, drawers of different depths: a shallow one for spare bobbins and a drive band, another for combs and a threading hook, deeper ones for rolled roving and for finished skeins. Wool gives off grease and dust, so closed drawers on smooth runners are worth more to me than open baskets, and I would like the whole unit to stand on legs so a vacuum head can pass underneath.
The last part is washing and drying. I wash fleece in the bathroom, but afterwards there is nowhere to lay it out. I want a pull-out or fold-down rack with mesh shelves that lets air through from both sides, sized so that a small fleece can dry spread flat without felting under its own weight. A wall rail with places for a niddy-noddy, kitchen scales and tags would finish the corner. Materials: light solid wood or good plywood, no strongly scented finishes, all edges rounded, because yarn catches on everything. Please send a layout sketch with dimensions, a list of materials, a price for work and materials, and a realistic date. I would like the build and the fitting to be done within two weeks, with as little dust in the flat as possible.
Beside the wheel I need a surface for fibre preparation. Hand carders live there most of the time, but now and then a borrowed drum carder stands on it, so the top must carry about fifteen kilograms without flexing and sit at a height I can crank comfortably while standing. Underneath it, drawers of different depths: a shallow one for spare bobbins and a drive band, another for combs and a threading hook, deeper ones for rolled roving and for finished skeins. Wool gives off grease and dust, so closed drawers on smooth runners are worth more to me than open baskets, and I would like the whole unit to stand on legs so a vacuum head can pass underneath.
The last part is washing and drying. I wash fleece in the bathroom, but afterwards there is nowhere to lay it out. I want a pull-out or fold-down rack with mesh shelves that lets air through from both sides, sized so that a small fleece can dry spread flat without felting under its own weight. A wall rail with places for a niddy-noddy, kitchen scales and tags would finish the corner. Materials: light solid wood or good plywood, no strongly scented finishes, all edges rounded, because yarn catches on everything. Please send a layout sketch with dimensions, a list of materials, a price for work and materials, and a realistic date. I would like the build and the fitting to be done within two weeks, with as little dust in the flat as possible.
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