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Assembly
It will be easiest to assemble your wheel
on a table. Cover the table to protect it
from scratches.
INSTALL THE TREADLE ASSEMBLY
1. Orient the treadle assembly with the
treadle bar at the front of the wheel and
narrow ends of the treadles at the back, as
shown in Figure 1.
2. Slide the treadle assembly toward the
back of the wheel, aligning the hole in
the treadle bar and the hole in the center
brace (Figure 1A). Keep pushing the
treadle assembly back until it cannot go
any further—the tenon of the center brace
has gone into the mortise in the treadle
bar.
3. Using a 2" Phillips truss head machine
screw, attach the treadle assembly to the
cross brace (Figure 1B). Hand-tighten the
screw until it engages with the barrel nut,
then fully tighten the screw with a Phillips
screwdriver.
ATTACH THE FOOTMEN
4. Working from the back of the wheel,
set the treadles at the same height. The
shorter treadle will be on your right and
the longer treadle will be on your left, as
viewed from the back of the wheel. You
will see two footmen hanging from the
crankshaft: one hangs closer to the back
of the spinning wheel and the other hangs
farther away from the wheel, as shown in
Figure 2.
hole in
treadle bar
hole in
center brace
treadle
assembly
A
B
2" Phillips truss head
machine screw
FIGURE 1: INSTALL TREADLE ASSEMBLY
FIGURE 2: ORIENT WHEEL
longer treadle shorter treadle
closer
footman
farther
footman
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