Table Top Swift

round and round she goes..

  "Heavy Duty Table Top Swift"

I asked Chris to make me a heavy duty swift to use with my Electric Skein Winders.  I figured that reducing the drag on the winders would make re skeining much faster and save the motors from straining.  With that in mind, and that we already had terrific adjustable arm assemblies in production for the winders, I asked him to build a heavy base and fit it with ball bearings so that it would spin freely.  I asked for other things, like long, large diameter pegs for holding the yarn.  He did all of that and then some.  I wondered if there should be a clamp on it but he said he didn’t think it was necessary, the base is pretty heavy.  After using it for the last 6 weeks, I think he’s right.  I haven’t needed one.  The other day I asked him to put a hook in the wall so that I could hang it up when I wasn’t using it. That took some convincing.