3D-Printed Charkha Spinning Wheel One spinning enthusiast is using modern methods to carry on timeless techniques, and building a home-based business in the process.

The flapper is missing, but the wheel spins. I found it in an antique store and the owner thought it might be from some game. It is metal, rather heavy, yet 8 inches in diameter and 6 ½ inches high.

The spinning wheel’s exact origins are unclear, but it is widely believed to have been invented in India between 500 and 1000 A.D., with other theories suggesting earlier origins in ancient ...

Spinning Wheel Patent Model Patent No. 710, issued April 25, 1838 Hiram F. Wheeler of Springville, Pennsylvania Hiram Wheeler’s domestic wheel was for spinning wool. He titled his invention “inclined ...