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Ashford Elizabeth 30" Spinning Wheel
Ashford Elizabeth 30" Spinning Wheel
SKU: ESW30L
We'll wind these hanks into center-pull cakes before they ship. Wound yarn can't be returned.
- Single Treadle: Sold Out
- Double Treadle: Sold Out
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Details
The Elizabeth 30 is the largest wheel in Ashford's range, a Saxony-style double drive with a 30 in, twelve-spoke drive wheel on ball bearings. Double drive makes a fine, firm yarn that suits fine wools and exotic fibers. It also runs in scotch tension. It's factory lacquered, in single or double treadle.
Single or double treadle
Single treadle works well for most spinning. Double treadle is worth it if you do long sessions or like an even rhythm with less fatigue.
What's in the box
- The wheel, flat-packed, with the spanner to build it
- Four lacquered double drive bobbins
- Tensioned three-bobbin lazy kate, so you can ply three bobbins onto the fourth
- Wooden threading hook, a bottle of oil and Ashford's Learn to Spin booklet
| Wheel diameter | 30 in, for momentum between strokes |
| Ratios, three whorls in the box | Jumbo whorl 6.5, 7.5 and 8.5:1 Standard whorl 10.5, 13.5 and 18.5:1 High speed whorl 14, 18.5 and 28:1, the last run as single drive |
| Orifice | 3/8 in, standard, for fine through worsted yarn |
| Orifice height | 27 1/4 in, lower than an upright castle wheel |
| Maiden bar | Adjusts sideways for flyer alignment and tension |
| Bobbin capacity | 100g (3 to 4 oz) |
| Weight | 11.3kg (25 lb) |
| Size | 41 in tall, 41 1/4 in long, 17 3/4 in deep |
| Build | Beech hardwood, water-based lacquer, ball bearings, assembly required |
Spare bobbins and upgrade flyers
It ships with the Double Drive Flyer, which takes the double drive Standard Bobbin, and spares are the same bobbin.
- The double drive Sliding Hook Flyer fills evenly and takes the double drive Sliding Hook Flyer Bobbin.
- The double drive Sliding Hook Jumbo Flyer suits bulky yarn and takes the double drive Jumbo Bobbin.
For the same Saxony form with a 22 in wheel, in double or single drive and natural or lacquered, the Traditional.
When something does need a person, our wheel tech services Ashford wheels here in Spokane, we keep its bobbins, and Ashford's 12 month guarantee on manufacturing faults runs through us as your dealer. For anything else, call or chat with us.
Ashford Elizabeth 30" Spinning Wheel
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Frequently Asked Questions
Scotch tension adjusts the drive band and the brake separately, so it's the easier one to set up. Double drive has one adjustment and a narrower sweet spot, and once it's set, its lighter pull breaks a fine single far less often.
A bigger, heavier wheel carries more momentum between treadle strokes, so it keeps turning with less effort. That steady speed gives you more control over twist on fine fibers.
Yes, if they're Ashford double drive bobbins. The Elizabeth 30 ships with the double drive flyer, and that's the bobbin it takes.
Yes. The double drive Sliding Hook Jumbo Flyer fits the Elizabeth, comes with a jumbo flyer bearing for the front of the wheel, and takes the double drive Jumbo Bobbin.