Flyer and spindle brake assembly for handspinning wheels

A flyer and spindle brake assembly for a spinning wheel, comprising:

• a single maiden post having an upper end, the maiden post having a spindle passage disposed laterally therethrough and a spindle brake passage disposed axially therethrough normal to, and communicating with, the spindle passage;
• a spindle having a base end portion and a distal end opposite the base end, the base end being rotationally disposed within the spindle passage of the maiden post;
• an adjustable spindle brake assembly disposed within the spindle brake passage, the spindle brake assembly having;
• a brake shoe adjustably bearing upon the base end portion of the spindle;
• a brake adjustment screw disposed within the spindle brake passage;
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• a brake pressure spring captured between the brake adjustment screw and the brake shoe;
• a whorl pulley rotationally disposed and axially slidable upon the spindle adjacent the maiden post;
• a flyer attachment collar axially slidable and rotationally disposed upon the spindle, the collar being affixed to the whorl pulley, the flyer attachment collar having mutually opposed and radially disposed first and second flyer arm attachment passages defined therein;
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• a flyer pivotally attached to the flyer attachment collar, the flyer having a base and a closed distal end opposite the base.

A flyer and spindle brake assembly for a spinning wheel, comprising:

• a single maiden post having an upper end, the maiden post having a spindle passage disposed laterally therethrough and a spindle brake passage disposed axially therethrough normal to, and communicating with, the spindle passage;
• a spindle having a base end portion and a distal end opposite the base end, the base end being rotationally disposed within the spindle passage of the maiden post;
• an adjustable spindle brake assembly disposed within the spindle brake passage;
• a whorl pulley rotationally disposed and axially slidable upon the spindle adjacent the maiden post;
• a flyer attachment collar axially slidable and rotationally disposed upon the spindle, the collar being affixed to the whorl pulley, the flyer attachment collar having mutually opposed and radially disposed first and second flyer arm attachment passages defined therein;
• a flyer pivotally attached to the flyer attachment collar, the flyer having;
• a base having mutually opposed first and second pins extending inwardly therefrom, the pins pivotally engaging the first and second flyer arm attachment passages of the flyer attachment collar;
• diametrically opposed first and second arms extending from the first and second pins;
• a closed distal end opposite the base;
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• a spindle end bearing disposed concentrically within the distal end, the distal end of the spindle releasably engaging the spindle end bearing to lock the closed distal end of the flyer to the spindle.