Spinning Mule Demonstration at Leeds Industrial Museum

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5 жыл бұрын

A short film demonstrating the working Spinning Mule on display and in action at Leeds Industrial Museum at Armley Mills.
This film features Visitor Assistant Barrie operating the machinery as it would have been used on site, at what was once the world's largest woolen mill.

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@markholm7050 5 жыл бұрын

That’s very interesting, but it’s not at all apparent what the machine is doing, aside from moving back and forth. I would appreciate a video that explains its operation, particularly just how it spins yarn or thread.

@annewaller1 3 жыл бұрын

Just researching this. I believe that as the 'carriage' moves forward it is drawing the carded fibre from the rollers at the back, it rapidly spins it to twist the fibres and make it into stronger thread, then as the carriage moves back in the new thread is wound onto the spools. Then the process repeats.

@repeatdefender6032 5 жыл бұрын

WOW! that's an incredible machine

@cmpe43 5 жыл бұрын

The curvy wheel spokes are similar to ones found on +100 year old ore carts in abandoned mines.

@clrose79 4 жыл бұрын

Clara Parkes describes how this machine works in her new book. It is very elegant. Thank you for the video.

@rachelgordon4290 3 жыл бұрын

Do you know the name of the book please?

@clrose79 3 жыл бұрын

@@rachelgordon4290 Vanishing Fleece

@rachelgordon4290 3 жыл бұрын

@@clrose79 Thank you so much!

@nancylindsay4255 2 жыл бұрын

@@clrose79 How many of us are watching spinning mules on KZfaq because of her book?

@clrose79 2 жыл бұрын

@@nancylindsay4255 I did, absolutely

@iandickie5570 3 жыл бұрын

As a mule spinner myself that's a rough sounding spinning mule. I would like to sort that mule out and get it running so much better. Ahhh.

@vaderbase 7 ай бұрын

Ok, nice. But can it run Doom?

@AbisDen Жыл бұрын

amazing at 2:00 now I know how to do the piecing, I might give it a try

@arishokqunari1290 Жыл бұрын

Did the machine run on steam in the 19th century? What made the machine move and more importantly, how was the machine supplied with power back then ?

@SkyborneSoul Жыл бұрын

1. Yes, they didn’t have electricity. 2. The steam inside of a piston builds pressure, this in turn moves the piston which rotates a wheel (like the one on the roof which is sending the mule back and fourth) 3. It wasnt, it was steam powered.

@comradejames451 4 жыл бұрын

What does this dooo?

@comradejames451 4 жыл бұрын

@@Delicious_J thx

@nancylindsay4255 2 жыл бұрын

Spins wool into yarn.

@JM-zk9ou Жыл бұрын

How do people think up these ingenious machines? Fun fact: The Bee Gees' great-great-great-great maternal grandfather is the inventor Samuel Crompton. As the eldest son, he carries Crompton as a middle name.