Refurbishing a Vintage Ashford Traditional Spinning Wheel

We are restoring a vintage Ashford Traditional spinning wheel! This vintage Traddy from the 1970's is dusty, and rusty! Mark and I are going to disassemble, clean up, and restore this wheel so she will be in tip top spinning condition! We will also show you what to watch out for if you come across a vintage wheel. Finally, we will use the official Ashford maintenance kit to get this wheel spinning again. Come see this amazing transformation!

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Video Segments
00:00 Getting the Vintage Ashford Traditional
01:22 Examining the condition of the wheel
06:28 Taking the Traditional apart
08:18 Cleaning up the rusty metal
09:05 Restoring the dry wood
10:15 Putting it all back together
14:31 Ashford Maintenance kit

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Contact your Ashford Dealer directly to order the old style tension knob, bearings, or other model specific parts.

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[kristalburns]

Our Snow White and Prince Charming doing a smashingly good job at showing us this wheel and refurbishment.

[Carlie_flower]

Thank you SO much. A sweet older lady I met at the library just gave me her mother's spinning wheel too! This same style spinning wheel actually 😅 She insisted I couldn't repay her except by giving it a loving home where it will be used 😭 so sweet so no complaints here but it definitely needs some love, it's been just hanging out by her piano for a long time. This video is my new best friend. You're amazing.

[bestillfarm]

This is SO helpful! This is the exact wheel I was given and the exact parts yours is missing mine is also missing. I don't know anything about spinning wheels (yet) and really want to get it going! Thank you for taking the time to make this video.

[tracydean]

Gail turned out beautiful ! You guys did a great job. Have fun.

[robertlawrence]

I found the same model Ashford Traditional that needed a lot of help and I came across your video while researching it. You gave me the confidence to take on the project and today I spun my first terrible yarn on a WHEEL! Thank you so much for making this video!!!

[apologose]

Thanks so much for this vid, I found a craigslist $320 Ashford traditional wheel near me and this is a great guide

[spicyfibersfarmstead]

Hubby just found a "previously owned rarely used" Ashford Traditional and surprised me with it. She's VERY dry..but will be refurbished now. Thank you for the informative video.
Btw... YOUR hubby is great on video! I love his sense of humor! He should cameo more often!

[hellohappy.]

THANK YOU - this is such a clear video as usual. You have been my spinning teacher over the last few days but now I have a BIGish problem. My drive wheel is falling apart at the joints. So as the wheel spins the joints open more with each revolution of the wheel. This darling, Tasha (after Tasha Tudor) is a Haldane Hebridean given me as a birthday gift. I do hope that you can help - or point me in the direction of someone who can. Thank you. YOU really are the best at what you do.

[lindaspencer]

Thank you for this! I just got a 1983 Ashford Traditional. Though it is really in pretty good condition, this was a huge help.

[margieshrake]

Today I acquired my first Ashford Traditional spinning wheel from being picked in a free group!!! I am so excited to learn.. an I just found your video, thank you! Found your video very helpful.

[elizabethborajkiewicz]

I am bingeing Evie tonight ♡♡♡♡♡. Just reviewing all about wheels to get a better understanding of the Spinning process!!!!

[donnamatrix]

I’m fairly sure this is the exact version of my wheel. Thank you so much for this video! I’m very much a beginner and while mine is actually in pretty good condition, learning how to care for it (…since it’s been sitting in my hallway for eight years) is a high priority!

[carminecarousel]

Very nice to meet you and Gail. I have a wheel exactly the same. Her name is Edna. She is the same Cherry colour and she spins lovely. Thankyou for your enthusiasm with Gail. She scrubbed up so nicely.

[aliciazdavis]

Evie, you are such an inspiration! I just picked up my 1st spinning wheel today, and it's a 1970's Ashford Traditional! I will be watching this video over and over while I lovingly bring it back to its original beauty.

[mumbo]

Just finished refurbishing my 100$ ashford spinning wheel. Could not have done it this easily or bravely without this video. I am soooo looking forward to using it! THANK YOU!

[chloebeen]

I saw a spinning wheel for 10 euros (about 11 dollars) at the thrift store yesterday and decided to get it this morning. Just took it home and figured out that it was the same as the one in the video. Its got everything, including spools, the tension knob and a lazy kate (still need to figure out how that works tho) and it works too! I just need to clean it up and replace the drive band and the leather attachment thingy. It sounds like I got really lucky and I can't wait to learn how to spin. Thanks for the info, looking forward to watching your other videos to learn how to use it. You guys have great energy, very catchy :)

[mollywithak]

Using this as a guideline for fixing up the Vintage Ashford Traveller I just picked up at an estate sale. She was taken really good care of but has just been sitting around for upwards of a year and wasn’t stored ideally, just needs a bit of love

[carrabosse]

Thank you so much for this! My partner gave me a 150-year-old wheel for our anniversary and I'm about to refurbish her. You've offered some great advice here!

[Cow.Cat.Creations]

I juat picked up the exact same wheel this past weekend. Im currently giving it a clean and repalcing some parts, cant wait to use it.

[garmcns]

Thankyou l needed that refresher ❤️❤️❤️