Ashford Sliding Hook Flyers
Ashford Sliding Hook Flyers
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Beautifully made beech wood flyers to fit your standard and jumbo spinning needs on select Ashford spinning wheels. These sturdy flyers are easy to attach to your wheel and they do just what they are intended to do without any complaints. The squeeze and slide stainless steel hook and fibreglass arms make these flyers light and strong.
STANDARD SLIDING HOOK FLYERS
Fill your bobbins evenly with the squeeze-and-slide stainless steel hook. Fibreglass arms make these flyers light and strong. The yarn is controlled in the hook as you spin. The flyer is available natural or lacquer and includes one bobbin.
Update your single drive Traditional & Traveller spinning wheels with the standard Sliding hook flyers.
Double drive sliding hook flyers also available for your Elizabeth, Traditional and Traveller double drive spinning wheels.
- Drive Method - Single Drive, Double Drive
- Single Drive Ratios:
- Traditional - 6.5, 8.5, 11.5, 17.5
- Traveller - 5.5, 7.5, 10, 15
- Double Drive Ratios:
- Elizabeth - 8, 10.5, 14
- Traditional - 7.5, 9.5, 13
- Traveller - 6, 8, 10.5
- Compatibility:
- Traditional (single drive or double drive)
- Traveller (single drive or double drive)
- Elizabeth 2 (double drive)
- Finish: Natural, Lacquered
JUMBO SLIDING HOOK FLYERS
Fill your bobbins evenly with the squeeze-and-slide stainless steel hook. Fibreglass arms make these flyers light and strong. The yarn is controlled in the hook as you spin. The flyer is available natural or lacquer and includes one bobbin.
Orifice 15mm (⅝”) orifice. Kit also includes 10mm (½”) orifice reducer bush and 10mm (½") flyer bearing reducer bush (so you can use your standard flyer without changing bearings).
Update your single drive Traditional and Traveller spinning wheels with the standard or jumbo sliding hook flyer.
Double drive sliding hook flyers also available for your Elizabeth, Traditional and Traveller double drive spinning wheels.
- type of drive: single drive, double drive
- single drive ratios:
- Traditional - 4.5, 7.5, 9.5, 12.5
- Traveller - 3.5, 6, 7.5, 10
- double drive ratios:
- Elizabeth - 5, 5.5, 6.5
- Traditional - 4.5, 5.3, 6
- Traveller - 4, 4.5, 5
- included accessories:
- 1 x sliding hook flyer jumbo
- 1 x bobbin
- 1 x 10mm (½") orifice reducer bush
- 1 x 10mm (½") flyer bearing reducer bush
- 1 x Drive Band
- 1 x Brake Band
- compatibility:
- Traditional (single drive or double drive)
- Traveller (single drive or double drive)
- Elizabeth 2 (double drive)
- finish: Natural, Lacquered
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