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The miniSpinner story began in 2003 in Tasmania, Australia, where we spent 18 months living on our sailboat RED while we were cruising the Pacific. Beth got interested in handspinning but a treadle wheel was too large for the boat, so I made the first prototype miniSpinner for her. It was pretty rough, but it worked well.
In 2004 we sailed to New Zealand where we met a local spinner who wanted to purchase that first miniSpinner so I made another, better one. That's the prototype on the right, the second version on the left rear:
Beth spun on that until 2009 when we decided to produce miniSpinners commercially. I refined the design and electronics and sold the first one in September. I expected to make 10 or 20 annually in my home workshop but it got a little crowded as things picked up. I was putting in around 84-90 hours weekly during this period!
