I've gotten a couple questions on how I made the PVC swift. So for those who are curious, I took some close-up photos of the turning mechanism and the arms. I don't remember what hardware we used for the turning mechanism. We drilled holes in the cross-bar and the stand and then put spacers in there. Then a big long bolt went through everything, separated by a series of nuts and washers. Frank was the one who figured out this joint so that the arms don't knock against the stand. This would be much easier if we had decided to make a swift that lay horizontal instead of vertical, but I really wanted a standing one.
On the arms... we tapped the holes using a screw tap and then just use the "screws" to hold the arms in place. The "screws" are flat on the ends so they don't make holes in the arms.
You're awesome. Thanks for sharing. I will definitely try a version of your method. It's so great to have ingenuitive knitters blogging.
Posted by: Rosa | 2006.02.18 at 16:17
Lovely to meet you today! Love the dyeing projects.
Posted by: Theresa | 2006.02.19 at 20:41