Between the two of them, Alden Amos and Cindy Lair have more than 50 years experience making spinning wheels. Amos makes them one by one, by hand; Lair makes them in production runs using sophisticated machines. For both makers, quality is paramount. And for both, helping their customers get the most from their wheels is a substantial part of their work.
In this DVD, you’ll hear each maker expound on the wheel function and maintenance problems they most often encounter, and you’ll learn their special tricks for dealing with them. Looking at a wide range of wheels, you’ll learn how to deal with:
- That annoying clunking sound
- The bobbin that sometimes jams
- The drive band that keeps slipping off
- The drive band that needs replacement – more often than you might think
- The copious lubrication needs of your wheel
- And so much more.
Best of all, you’ll learn to feel at ease with your wheel as a productive machine. You’ll gain the confidence to tackle problems, wield tools, and forge a long and happy relationship with your wheel. Item #: 11SP03
ISBN: 9781596684621
Run Time: 120 minutes
Language: English
Discs: 2
Region: Universal
This is a mervelous set of DVDs packed with information. I changed my (not gonna insert spoiler)and whoosh the wheel flew! I switched the direction of my (also not gonna insert spoiler here) and no more wobble! What's that? You want details? Buy the DVDs. You really won't regret spending the money.
Linda, all those bits that didn't make it in the final cut like you mentioned in todays Spinning Daily? How about a reel of "deleted scenes" and "bloopers"? it would have been fascinating!
**INTERWEAVE RESPONSE** Dear customer - You know, you’re right in many regards. Know Your Wheel isn’t a typical tightly-focused tutorial. Alden Amos and Cindy Lair graciously allowed us to visit their respective workshops for a few hours’ informal Q&A. That meant no formal script, a lot of hand-held camera work, and no overhead camera for precise closeups. My hope was that viewers would glean some specialized, beyond-the-basics knowledge from a couple of pros who have very different backgrounds and points of view – and enjoy getting to know these folks as well. Perhaps we need to re-write the product description to better reflect this. Meanwhile, we have issued you a refund for your order. -- Linda Ligon
I am a positive person. I am a Pollyanna kinda guy who always looks for the best in everything.
That said, I'm writing a bad review. Not only bad, but scathing. I'm doing it because the idea that someone could spend the cost of a small fleece on a video that is not only inept, but confoundingly inept, saddens me. I know people hungry for knowledge who would gladly invest the cost of the DVD and much more in order to spin better, to take better care of their wheels. Many spinners have limited funds. This is an expensive DVD.
In these DVDs there seems to have been no planning. Questions come seemingly randomly. The wheel experts are often standing behind the wheel which is elevated on table: you can't even see where their eyes are looking in order to have an idea where you should look. There is one point in the second DVD where you're looking through one wheel to see three other wheels behind it: there is now way you can decipher what you're actually supposed to be seeing.
There are no planned shots following an organized exposition of topics and responses. Frequently--really frequently--the interviewer and demonstrator are standing behind the elevated wheels. You can't see them. Or something is being shown by the demonstrator to the interviewer behind the wheel.
It becomes evident early on that the only plan for this DVD set was that the interview and camera operators would show up, she would ask questions, and they'd just have a cozy chat. The chat is pleasant with Cindy Lair. It's a little chilly with Alden Amos who is amusing at times, confusing at times, and sometimes on the edge of hostile.
I am an excellent spinner. I really would love to better by knowledge of the mechanics of wheels. I don't know much on the topic at all. I learned absolutely nothing from these DVDs. They are inexcusable, amateurish, inept, and wouldn't pass a beginning college course in a Video Presentation course.
What a sad waste of a potential goldmine. Example: Amos talks at one point about the need for a double drive band to slip during spinning, but there is no explanation of how that works, or why it is necessary. Another: Amos is showing how to set up the Scotch tension for plying and we can't see what he's doing and the interviewer says, "Oh, so you just do it backwards," but we have no idea what it's backwards from or what that really looked like.
The Judith MacKenzie McCuin DVD by Interweave is good. Buy it instead.
Know Your Wheel (DVD)
3.00
Two master wheel makers demonstrate how to keep various spinning wheels in good working order.
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