Originally Posted by
Mizkaki
Grant,
The size of the handwheel does not affect the speed of your sewing, but the diameter of the wheel at the belt groove does. A normal solid handwheel will work with treadling. The larger outside diameter of the spoked handwheel only helps to keep things running smoothly due the the larger centrifical force of the higher weight/ mass. (Hope that is clearer than mud.)
Cathy
Thank you Cathy. I was worried about the spinning mass and if that affected how it ran without the flywheel mass. The belt grove seems to be about the same size as the original wheel. Good info.
~G~