Portion of head for spinning wheel. Machined steel shaft with square section near one end onto which is force-fit a between-centers turned maple "pulley" with three grooves. A 4 3/4" diameter leather disk is attached to the steel shaft via a hole in its center and is held in place by a roughly square piece of cardboard forced onto the shaft to either side of the disk.
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Shaker Museum Component, Spinning Wheel. https://shakermuseum.us/object/?id=5360. Accessed on September 28, 2024
