I’m kinda jealous. I know I need practice, but I’m having issues with getting a proper setting between speed and tension to actually wrap the yarn onto the bobbin while spinning
Hi Grady! Have you watched my Getting Started video? It turned out much longer than I anticipated, but I added time markings in the description so you can see how far in I start talking about setting/adjusting tension. The Nano is atypical in that adjusting the brake tension to adjust take-up (when the yarn wraps onto the bobbin) can effect the speed much more than a normal wheel. Too much tension can really bog it down because of the small motor. I think that the stronger motor in the 1.1 probably helped to address that so if you haven't upgraded your motor, that might be an option. I'm still using my 1.0 motor. I think the key with the Nano is to use as little tension as possible...start with almost no tension on the brake and increase slowly until you are getting take up. You can set your your speed about in the middle just to get the tension set, and then once you are getting good take up, dial the speed up or down to a pace where you are comfortable drafting. Hope that helps to get you moving in the right direction!
@@uncosito Oh heyo! I'm quite tickled you took the time to respond bud! I've definitely watched your starter video and it is one of the reasons I felt confident enough to purchase one. I believe I have a 1.1 since I got it like two months ago from the dreaming robots site. After doing some trouble shooting I found two major errors in my set up. One was my bobbin was a bit loose. I put some tape around the edges so when I place the side pieces on they no longer wiggle. I'm now starting to actually get some take-up onto the bobbin instead of constantly needing to wind it up by hand. I then realized, problem two, (something you even mentioned in your video) that I need to mount the eel wheel onto something. I got some suction cups like you did, but I don't have a strong glass surface like your table. I've tried to see if they would make due, but I still get some wobble in the machine itself when I'm working. I'm debating if I want to buy a glass cutting board since I really do not wish to screw it into a plank of wood or anything more permanent like that. I did agree with your recommendation on getting a "on/off' switch for the usb so it'd be easier to save my settings. My tension is totally on the higher side so I will have to take your word and try it lower, but like I said I realize now that I'm simply grasping at straws if I don't have the machine performing properly to start. Like most of the comments on your videos have stated: I found you very informative. I'm happy you took the time to explain things in a digestible manner. I'm quite pleased with the videos length as I would not want you to cut corners for the sake of view timing. This was a pleasant surprise to come home to. Thank you, and happy spinning!
What are the flyer seams? Showing us would have helped.
I’m kinda jealous. I know I need practice, but I’m having issues with getting a proper setting between speed and tension to actually wrap the yarn onto the bobbin while spinning
Hi Grady! Have you watched my Getting Started video? It turned out much longer than I anticipated, but I added time markings in the description so you can see how far in I start talking about setting/adjusting tension. The Nano is atypical in that adjusting the brake tension to adjust take-up (when the yarn wraps onto the bobbin) can effect the speed much more than a normal wheel. Too much tension can really bog it down because of the small motor. I think that the stronger motor in the 1.1 probably helped to address that so if you haven't upgraded your motor, that might be an option. I'm still using my 1.0 motor. I think the key with the Nano is to use as little tension as possible...start with almost no tension on the brake and increase slowly until you are getting take up. You can set your your speed about in the middle just to get the tension set, and then once you are getting good take up, dial the speed up or down to a pace where you are comfortable drafting. Hope that helps to get you moving in the right direction!
@@uncosito Oh heyo! I'm quite tickled you took the time to respond bud! I've definitely watched your starter video and it is one of the reasons I felt confident enough to purchase one. I believe I have a 1.1 since I got it like two months ago from the dreaming robots site.
After doing some trouble shooting I found two major errors in my set up. One was my bobbin was a bit loose. I put some tape around the edges so when I place the side pieces on they no longer wiggle. I'm now starting to actually get some take-up onto the bobbin instead of constantly needing to wind it up by hand. I then realized, problem two, (something you even mentioned in your video) that I need to mount the eel wheel onto something. I got some suction cups like you did, but I don't have a strong glass surface like your table. I've tried to see if they would make due, but I still get some wobble in the machine itself when I'm working. I'm debating if I want to buy a glass cutting board since I really do not wish to screw it into a plank of wood or anything more permanent like that.
I did agree with your recommendation on getting a "on/off' switch for the usb so it'd be easier to save my settings.
My tension is totally on the higher side so I will have to take your word and try it lower, but like I said I realize now that I'm simply grasping at straws if I don't have the machine performing properly to start.
Like most of the comments on your videos have stated: I found you very informative. I'm happy you took the time to explain things in a digestible manner. I'm quite pleased with the videos length as I would not want you to cut corners for the sake of view timing.
This was a pleasant surprise to come home to. Thank you, and happy spinning!