The Phoenix

It's kind of exciting putting two new custom wheels together in one night! We assembled both "Gretchen" and "The Phoenix" Monday evening amid warm, ridiculously humid temps.
The Phoenix is a new Ashford Traveler complete w/ 4 bobbins, orifice hook, hemp drive band, cotton drive band. She'll ship partially disassembled, but I'm pretty sure it'll be 4 cam bolts and 2 screws and you'll be ready to go.

Her inspiration is a rising phoenix. The main wood components are stained a very dark black/brown to symbolize the ashes, and the treadles and wheels are stained a burgundy, red, orange, and yellow to symbolize the phoenix reborn. There is a braid decoration burnt onto the wheel (front and back) along with the fallen and rising phoenixes on the treadles.

Although the treadles should be able to handle considerable wear before the image is affected, we do recommend stocking feet for this wheel.

Here are the Traveler specs:
WHEEL DIAMETER: 46cm (18")
ORIFICE: 1cm (3/8")
FLYER: Standard w/ Hooks
BOBBIN CAPACITY: 100gm (3-4oz)
RATIOS: 5.5, 10 & 14:1
WEIGHT: 7kg (15lb)
FINAL FINISH: Semi-gloss Polyurethane

PRICE: Private Collection






We can stain and finish additional bobbins to match if. We can also stain/dye to match Jumbo flyer units, niddy-noddies, and stand-alone lazy kates (in both the dark and the tie dye finishes.)