Pipy Wendy spinning wheel bobbin

Summary

This bobbin is designed to be used with the Pipy Wendy spinning wheel, but may work on other wheels as well.

The bobbin consist of three parts: two discs and a tube. The parts are screwed together using threads to avoid having to glue them permanently.

Print Settings

Printer: Prusa i3 MK3S+
Layer height: 0.2 mm
Raft: no

The discs

• Support: yes
  • Both discs can be printed with the larger area on the print bed for minimal support
  • There is a small 2mm gap between the print bed and the start of the threads; support material helps to not print in-air
• Infill: 20%

The tube

• Support: no
• Infill: 100%

Post-Printing

1. The tube itself is mostly hollow, but the two holes for the flyer shaft are designed to be narrower than necessary and must be drilled open using an 9.6mm drill. After that use a bit of type 600 sand paper to smoothen out the inner surface of the drill hole.
2. If the discs wobble, please make sure that all support material is removed and that the discs are screwed tightly onto the tube.

Legal & Acknowledgements

Pipy Wendy is an registered name of Philip Poore.

The heart embellishment is based on an icon made by Freepik from www.flaticon.com that is licensed under CC 3.0 BY