Merlin Tree Spinning Wheel Dis-assembly and Re-Assembly

Several people love to customize these wheels or stain them so that they remain as beautiful as the day they bought them. However, taking a spinning wheel apart and putting it back together can seem quite the daunting task. The main reason I dis-assembled mine was because the jumbo flyer was hitting the frame and I wanted to do a couple of modifications on the frame itself and then after that, I wanted to stain and seal the wheel.

The wheel I have in this demo is a Double Treadle RoadBug made by The Merlin Tree

These are the tools I used - A phillips screwdriver, a pipe wrench (simply to help unscrew the main shaft), a ratchet and a 1/2" socket.

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Step 1: Remove Treadles from Drive Wheel

Remove treadles from the main drive wheel.

Dr Qui says: Apr 27, 2012. 7:35 AM

What a wonderful modern design concept on a machine that has not varied much for hundreds of years. I always wonder why company's don't take the time to at least lacquer their products, but then I guess that would put the price up and it is a tool after all.

I hope you do an Instructable on spinning yarn on this machine, kkep up the good work.

einzors (author) in reply to Dr QuiApr 28, 2012. 10:43 PM

Thanks for your comment, Dr Qui, I will keep that in mind. This wheel is made by a man in Vermont - I put a link up to his site. He still makes everything himself and is very hands-on when it comes to customer service.

These wheels have their own following on Ravelry.com. With such a large canvas, a lot of the fiber artists like to do their own creative painting or wood-burning. It really is a cool wheel and is very versatile and compact.