01 / LIVE MECHANICAL MODEL
WEBGL2 ACTIVE
WHEEL CADENCE
42RPM
FLYER SPEED
282RPM
TWIST DENSITY
2.45TURNS/CM
YARN PRODUCED
0.00M
OBJECT NOTES
Where craft meets kinematics.
Rooted in the wool-working traditions of Poland's Tatra foothills, this interpretive spinning wheel demonstrates how a foot treadle drives a large wooden flywheel, transferring motion through a cord to the flyer-and-bobbin assembly. Geometry and operating parameters are original educational approximations.
OPERATING PRINCIPLE
nflyer = nwheel × R / r × (1 − s)
Flyer speed follows the wheel-to-whorl radius ratio and an assumed 3.5% band slip. Bobbin lag is an illustrative tension setting.