Majacraft Aura User manual
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Your new
Aura
spinning wheel
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all you need to spin your dreams...
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Welcome to the Majacraft family
Fastener Details
Congratulaons on purchasing a new Majacra Aura.
We are very proud of this wheel and hope that it allows you to express your creavity in new and excing
ways. It has been developed in collaboraon with Pluckyu (Lexi Boeger) and is a unique variant on a double
drive. Take me to read through the instrucons before assembly, it really is worth it.
One of our goals is to make our wheels as easy and simple to use as possible, so they become almost invisible
as you express your creavity through bre.
If you were not already aware, we have designed all of our cra tools and accessories to be compable with
each other. If you have an interest in a specic technique, we are likely to have specialist accessories that will
t straight on to this wheel or tools to make creang easy. Talk to your dealer, visit our web site or email us
directly and we will do what we can to help.
Thank you for choosing Majacra, it is your belief in us that drive our innovaon and creavity in building
capvang tools for you.
From the team at Majacra, Good spinning!
Hinge screws - 25mm (1”)
To aach the pedal hinges to
the base assembly
Joiner screws - 25mm (1”)
To aach the rubber joiners on
the conrods to the pedals
Crank screws - 32mm (1 1/4”)
To aach the crank assembly to the
drive wheel
Base bolt - JCB 30mm (1 1/8”)
To hold the base and stem assembly
together.
Head bolt - JCB 45mm (1 3/4”)
Secures the head to the handle
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Assembling a Majacraft Aura
1. Prepare the components
These instrucons demonstrate how to assemble your Majacra Aura spinning wheel
2. Attach stem to base assembly
We recommend that you nd a clear work area where you can lay out all the components for working on
them.
The following tools are provided by Majacra
- 4mm allen T wrench
- 2mm allen key
You will also need the following tools:
- Posidrive (Philips) screwdriver
Your wheel has been assembled at our workshop; it has been tested; it has been spun on; all screws have
been pre-ed and some have been removed for paral disassembly.
Please unpack with care and retain the packaging. In the box will be:
Required:
3 - M6 30mm JCB (1”) bolt (in the hardware bag)
4mm allen T wrench (in the hardware bag)
Stem/Handle assembly
Base assembly
2a 2b
1 Base assembly
1 Stem/Handle assembly
1 Drive wheel with drive axle
2 Pedals
3 Wooden Bobbins
1 Spinning Head
1 Flyer
1 Crank and Conrod assembly
1 Hardware Bag (screws, etc) spare screws are included
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3. Fit the Pedals to the Base
Posion the Base assembly on the at surface. Now slide the Stem/Handle assembly into the Base assembly
and carefully align the stem holes with the base side plate holes and the brace hole with the hole underneath
the base assembly.
Insert the JCB bolts through the holes and into
the stem assembly. Turn the base over and
insert the JCB bolt in the hole underneath.
Parally ghten the bolts, checking that they are
threaded in correctly before nally ghtening all
bolts.
Required:
12 - Silver 25mm (1”) screws (in the hardware bag)
Posidrive screwdriver
Once the Stem/Handle assembly is in place, it is good to lt the handle over onto the stop. The handle can
fold in both direcons but should only fold to the rest posion to the LEFT when you are sing in front of the
wheel. The handle stop has a bumper that protects the stem from being dented when folding however there is
no bumper when folding to the right.
BUMPER
2c 2d
2e
2f 2g
3a
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Fit the drive wheel to the base assembly. Slide the drive sha through the black bushes in the Stem/Handle
assembly from the back to the front. Screw the wooden nut on to the drive axle and ghten it rmly.
Fit the pedals using the twelve gold 25mm screws provided.
Match the holes in the hinges with the holes at the front of
the base. The long side of each pedal goes nearest to the
central base.
We recommend you insert the two screws in the hinge
holes closest to the outside edge of pedal. This keeps
the pedal sll and aligned while you put in the remaining
screws.
Required:
Drive Wheel assembly
1 - Star Washer (in the hardware bag)
1 - Wooden Nut (wrapped separately)
4. Drive Wheel
Make sure the wooden nut has been removed from the drive axle. Check that the star washer is on the drive
axle - if not, then slide the star washer on. The black bushes must be in place on the front and back of the
Stem/Handle assembly
3b
3c
4a
4b
4c 4d
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4e
5. Pulleys
Required:
1 - Bobbin drive pulley
1 - Flyer drive pulley
1 - 2mm Allen key (in the hardware bag)
Start with the bobbin drive pulley, it is the large thin pulley with two black grooves. On the head nd the 4mm
hole in the aluminium bearing housing and turn it unl it is ‘upward’. Find the threaded hole on the bobbin
drive pulley and make sure the grub screw is removed.
5a
5d
Now slide the bobbin drive pulley carefully onto the head and align the threaded hole DIRECTLY over the hole
in the bearing housing. Good lighng will make this task easier. When aligned, screw the long 10mm grub
screw into the threaded hole with your 2mm allen key and secure the pulley to the head. The screw will go
in easily, if it does not, pause immmediately, remove it and recheck your alignment. Screw it down rmly and
when nished, it will be ush with the top of the threaded hole.
Now you need to put on the yer drive pulley which is
smaller and thicker with three drive band grooves. Find
the at ground into the 8mm (~5/16”) yer sha and turn
the sha unl the at is ‘upward’. There is a threaded hole
on the yer drive pulley too and you now need to locate
this, checking the grub screw is removed.
5b 5c
FLYER DRIVE
PULLEY
BOBBIN DRIVE
PULLEY
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Place the spinning head behind the upright with the yer sha facing to the front and the white nylon
guides on the head located inside the handle slot. Slide the coujntersink bolt and washer through the slot in
the handle and ghten it carefully. You can read the addional instrucons at the end of this document for
informaon on seng the bobbin drive band tension.
The spinning head can be raised or lowered to suit the tensioning of
the drive belts and the height you wish to spin at. The recommended
approximate posion is the silver bolt posioned half way up the slot.
6. Spinning Head
Required:
1 M6 45mm (1 3/4”) Silver countersink bolt (in the hardware bag)
4mm allen T wrench (in the hardware bag)
1 Large SIlver aluminium handle washer (in the hardware bag)
Spinning Head
1 M6 Wooden Adjuster Screw (in the hardware bag)
The 6mm wooden adjuster
screw can be screwed
into the end of the hinged
adjuster block now.
6a 6b
6c 6d
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Slide the yer drive pulley onto the yer sha and align
the threaded hole over the at ground on the sha.
Screw the short grub screw into the threaded hole with
your 2mm allen key and secure the pulley to the head.
Tighten the grub screw rmly. Failing to line the grub
screw up with the at on the sha will cause the pulley
to slip on the sha producing issues with take up of the
yarn when spinning.
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8. Crank Assembly
7. Drive Bands
The black Bobbin Drive non-stretch band goes round the black groove
on the drive wheel, the small idler pulley on the tension adjust and then
over one of the black grooves on the bobbin drive whorl.
Required:
1 - Green Flyer Drive band (in the hardware bag)
1 - Black Bobbin Drive band (in the hardware bag)
The green drive band goes on the
lacquered grooves on the drive wheel
and then through one of the grooves on
the yer whorl.
There are detailed instrucons at the end
of this document for seng the bobbin
drive band tension.
The drive wheel has been
predrilled with the holes for
the aluminium crank assembly.
You will need a posi-drive
Align the holes on the drive
wheel with the holes in the crank
assembly and screw it into place
using the silver 32mm screws. It is
recommended that you insert the
centre screw rst.
Required:
3 - Silver 32mm (1 1/4”) screws (in the hardware bag)
Posidrive screwdriver
7a
7b
7c 7d
8a
8b
screwdriver and the three 32mm silver screws. Make sure the drive belts are on.
8c
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Starng with the right pedal (it will be on your le if you are facing the drive wheel), remove the gold 25mm
screw from the side of the pedal. Choose the conrod with the #1 stamped on the boom and push the green
joiner through the hole in the pedal. It should protrude through the boom of the pedal about 1mm-2mm.
Check the alignment of the outer rod end in the crank assembly. When the rod end is aligned correctly, screw
the 25mm screw back into place. The screw should only be ghtened unl the head just touches the side of
the pedal. DO NOT OVERTIGHTEN!
Now the le pedal (it will be on your right if you are facing the drive wheel), remove the gold 25mm screw
from the side of the pedal. Choose the remaining conrod and push the green joiner through the hole in the
pedal. It should protrude through the boom of the pedal about 1mm-2mm. Check the alignment of the rod
end in the crank assembly as shown below. When the rod end is aligned correctly, screw the 25mm screw
back into place. The screw should only be ghtened unl the head just touches the side of the pedal. DO NOT
OVERTIGHTEN!
Required:
2 - Gold 25mm (1”) screws (in the pedals)
Posidrive screwdriver
9. Conrods to Pedals
Fit the green joiners in the wooden footmen to the pedals. We leave a mark on one conrod (a #1 on the
boom end) and the right pedal (#1 by the screw hole) to ensure that each conrod is aached to the correct
pedal.
CORRECT INCORRECT 9b
9a
9c 9d 9e
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Required:
1 - Wooden Bobbin
1 - Aura yer
10. Bobbin and Flyer
EXTRA
If you are not certain of the connecon arrangement, here is a full
descripon.Place the wheel directly in front of you so you are looking at
the crank assembly aached to the drive wheel. The rubber joiner that
is on the conrod/footman that is closest to you goes into the hole in the
pedal on your le. The joiner on the conrod that is furthest from you
goes into the hole in the pedal that is on your right.
If you look at the Aura bobbin end that has the blackened tension
groove, you will noce two small holes near the yer sha hole. These
holes are to locate on the drive pins embedded in the Aura drive system
on the head. This end of the bobbin must go on the yer sha rst and
the holes align with the pins in the drive system.
If you have some petroleum jelly or vaseline, rub a small smear onto the yer sha. This has already been
done at the factory so is not essenal. Now slide the bobbin on.
9f
10a
10b
10c 10d
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Your Majacra Aura is now assembled and you are ready to start on a new spinning adventure! From the team
at Majacra, we wish you great spinning in the future.
At this point, we recommend that you polish your
Aura using Majacra Lavender Polish or alternavely a
standard wood polish. While not essenal, it will help
keep your Aura looking excellent into the future.
10. Polish
Note
At this point screw the yer on to the yer sha. It may
help to hold the whorl with your le hand and ghten the
yer with your right (assuming you are right handed). It
may also be treadled on by holding the yer in one hand
and treadling the wheel in an anclockwise direcon.
10e
10a
The images contained in this instrucon manual are a guide only. There may be slight dierences between
these and your Aura.
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Majacraft Aura Mechanics
Description of Aura Tensioning
The Aura Tension: Take up
How to use the tensioning system on your new Majacra Aura.
Because this wheel uses a modi ed double drive system, you will nd that it may be somewhat di erent from
other wheels you have spun on.
There are however, s ll only two things you need to worry about when spinning, on ANY wheel:
1. Tension and Take up
2. Amount of Twist
These two things, and the rela on between them, determine your yarn.
You can adjust for them in several ways; Altering your treadling speed, your dra ing speed, or the easiest way,
by adjus ng your wheel.
Adjustments to the black band (Bobbin drive) results in changes to the strength with which the yarn is taken
up onto the bobbin
•When the black band is loose it allows for slippage and reduces the uptake. Ideal for ner yarns.
•Loosen it by:
- winding the adjuster knob out so there is no gap
- lowering the en re spinning head
•When the black band is ght, there is less/no slippage on the bobbin drive and the uptake will be stronger
and faster (for the given groove the black band is in). You can ghten it by:
•Adjus ng the tension knob to increase the gap between the adjuster block and the wheel
•Raising the spinning head
For general spinning tension, you shouldn’t need to raise or lower the spin head frequently, but you do need
to have it at a suitable height to allow the range of adjustment you want with the adjuster knob. Various
combina ons of spin head height together with the use of the tension adjuster should give you all the
variables you need to spin anything from lace to super bulky. In prac ce you can probably leave your spinning
head in one posi on and get all the adjustment you need with the adjuster knob and pulley groove choice,
only moving the head up or down for the more extreme yarn varia ons.
Adjusting the Amount of Twist
The Aura has a number of grooves in the pulleys, these give you adjustment op ons for controlling the
amount of twist that is going into your yarn.
Twist is controlled by how long you allow it to build up in the yarn before feeding it onto the bobbin.
Use your green drive band (Flyer drive) to easily alter the amount of twist being added into your yarn by
altering the speed at which the yer rotates around the bobbin.
If your yarn is ge ng overtwisted (when it kinks up too much) then you need to increase the speed it is going
onto your bobbin. If it is falling apart with not enough twist, or being pulled out of your hands and breaking,
then you need to increase the me it stays in your hand by reducing the take up and speed of the wheel.
Use the following as a guide only, the best way to learn your wheel is to experiment, fi nd the se ngs that match
your own personal spinning style by trying diff erent combina ons of pulleys and tension.
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Examples
Sport weight yarn
Strength=MEDIUM (50% tension on Tension Adjust)
Speed=SLOW (Bobbin Drive groove 1, Flyer Drive groove 1)
The yarn will draw in fairly slowly with a medium pull. The spinning is slow, not too strong and very relaxing.
How to Adjust Aura Bobbin Drive band
Remove the green Flyer Drive belt if it is on. It is assumed that the Bobbin Drive band is on
Turn the tension adjust knob at the side of the spinning
head Adjust Block un l it is at the mid-point of its
movement. The extremes being the adjuster screw right in
(Adjust Block fully open) and the Adjust Block si ng hard
against the spinning head (fully closed)
Now slide the head (up or down un l the Bobbin
Drive band is rm but not too ght. When the head is
ghtened, it will straighten up and put more tension on
the Bobbin Drive band. This is why it is not necessary to
make the bobbin drive super ght.
Replace the green Flyer Drive belt on to the groove that is most suitable for
your purpose.
Now you can turn the tension adjust knob inward or outward to create the
strength of pull that you require.
Now ghten the JCB bolt holding the head on.
The Bobbin drive band should be quite ght now. You can screw the
tension adjust knob out a bit to release the tension. When set like this,
when the Adjust Block is fully closed, the Bobbin Drive belt should be
very loose which equates to lots of slip on the Bobbin Drive (0% drive).
When the adjuster screw is ghtened to about half way through its
movement, the Bobbin Drive belt should be quite ght which equates to
100% drive on the bobbin
Slightly loosen the JCB bolt that secures the head to the
handle using your 4mm allen T wrench.
Bobbin Drive
1
1
2
2
3
Flyer Drive
Drive Band Key
Lace weight yarn
Strength=WEAK (25% tension on Tension Adjust)
Speed=FAST (Bobbin Drive groove 1, Flyer Drive groove 2)
The yarn will draw in quickly but because of WEAK pull, lots of twist can be added and the pull is gentle.
Bulky yarn
Strength=STRONG (100% tension on Tension Adjust)
Speed=SLOW (Bobbin Drive groove 2, Flyer Drive groove 1)
The yarn will draw in very slowly. The pull is strong and even so the bulky yarn will be drawn in easily and a
very even twist will be put in the yarn.
Mix and Match!
The best way to open the crea ve doorways with this wheel is to experiment. Try a strong-pull with a slow
speed, for example, and be amazed at the super chunky shaggy yarns that it will make with ease! Want a
super thin silk yarn with beads? Try a high twist with medium-so strength. The possibili es are endless! All it
takes is a li le bit of experimen ng to nd the proper combina on to suit your speci c bres and ideas.
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Examples
Sport weight yarn
Strength=MEDIUM (50% tension on Tension Adjust)
Speed=SLOW (Bobbin Drive groove 1, Flyer Drive groove 1)
The yarn will draw in fairly slowly with a medium pull. The spinning is slow, not too strong and very relaxing.
How to Adjust Aura Bobbin Drive band
Remove the green Flyer Drive belt if it is on. It is assumed that the Bobbin Drive band is on
Turn the tension adjust knob at the side of the spinning
head Adjust Block un l it is at the mid-point of its
movement. The extremes being the adjuster screw right in
(Adjust Block fully open) and the Adjust Block si ng hard
against the spinning head (fully closed)
Now slide the head (up or down un l the Bobbin
Drive band is rm but not too ght. When the head is
ghtened, it will straighten up and put more tension on
the Bobbin Drive band. This is why it is not necessary to
make the bobbin drive super ght.
Replace the green Flyer Drive belt on to the groove that is most suitable for
your purpose.
Now you can turn the tension adjust knob inward or outward to create the
strength of pull that you require.
Now ghten the JCB bolt holding the head on.
The Bobbin drive band should be quite ght now. You can screw the
tension adjust knob out a bit to release the tension. When set like this,
when the Adjust Block is fully closed, the Bobbin Drive belt should be
very loose which equates to lots of slip on the Bobbin Drive (0% drive).
When the adjuster screw is ghtened to about half way through its
movement, the Bobbin Drive belt should be quite ght which equates to
100% drive on the bobbin
Slightly loosen the JCB bolt that secures the head to the
handle using your 4mm allen T wrench.
Bobbin Drive
1
1
2
2
3
Flyer Drive
Drive Band Key
Lace weight yarn
Strength=WEAK (25% tension on Tension Adjust)
Speed=FAST (Bobbin Drive groove 1, Flyer Drive groove 2)
The yarn will draw in quickly but because of WEAK pull, lots of twist can be added and the pull is gentle.
Bulky yarn
Strength=STRONG (100% tension on Tension Adjust)
Speed=SLOW (Bobbin Drive groove 2, Flyer Drive groove 1)
The yarn will draw in very slowly. The pull is strong and even so the bulky yarn will be drawn in easily and a
very even twist will be put in the yarn.
Mix and Match!
The best way to open the crea ve doorways with this wheel is to experiment. Try a strong-pull with a slow
speed, for example, and be amazed at the super chunky shaggy yarns that it will make with ease! Want a
super thin silk yarn with beads? Try a high twist with medium-so strength. The possibili es are endless! All it
takes is a li le bit of experimen ng to nd the proper combina on to suit your speci c bres and ideas.
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How to Thread the Aura Flyer
Pass the yarn through the large yer hook
on the yer arm. The yarn goes in the ring
from the yer head side and out toward the
ori ce end of the yer.
Thread the yarn through the ring on the end of the yer
bar. You can either push it straight through the ring or
alterna vely slip it through the pigtail.
If you are spinning ne yarn then take the yarn over the
ori ce close to the yer bar, so it sits in the ‘V’ (delta)
shaped angle, underneath, up between the ‘V’. The delta is
designed to hold the yarn s ll when spinning ner yarns.
And now the Aura yer has been threaded.
INCORRECT CORRECT
Now you can thread the yarn through the large halo
ring.
If you are spinning a very large yarn then bypass the delta
and go straight through the halo.
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Notes
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