{"id":2246,"date":"2011-04-11T11:43:55","date_gmt":"2011-04-10T22:43:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.majacraft.co.nz\/blog\/?p=184"},"modified":"2018-05-14T03:27:21","modified_gmt":"2018-05-14T03:27:21","slug":"next-gen-rose","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.majacraft.co.nz\/?p=2246","title":{"rendered":"Next gen Rose"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The elves have been busy at Majacraft. This week (actually last week as I  type this), we have shipped the next generation of our Rose spinning wheels. While they are still obviously a Rose to look at, very little has not been inspected thoroughly and tweaked, modified and improved where we can. Rob and I have spent a lot of time trying to make the lines as smooth and elegant as possible so that hopefully it creates a very romantic look.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_190\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-190\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.majacraft.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/new_rose.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The new Rose\" class=\"size-full wp-image-190\" src=\"https:\/\/www.majacraft.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/new_rose.jpg\" alt=\"The new Rose\" width=\"500\" height=\"667\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-190\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The new Rose<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_188\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-188\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.majacraft.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/glynis_testing.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Glynis testing the new Rose\" class=\"size-full wp-image-188\" src=\"https:\/\/www.majacraft.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/glynis_testing.jpg\" alt=\"Glynis testing the new Rose\" width=\"500\" height=\"616\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-188\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Glynis testing the new Rose<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>To help with building this romantic wheel, we commissioned a local artist, Sharon O&#8217;Callaghan to redesign the Rose motif. We are absolutely chuffed (= very, very happy \ud83d\ude42 ) with the design she has come up with and it now is laser engraved on the handle and Rose carrier. She has been very helpful and inspirational for us to work with.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_189\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-189\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.majacraft.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/sharon_ocallaghan.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Sharon O'Callaghan\" class=\"size-full wp-image-189\" src=\"https:\/\/www.majacraft.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/sharon_ocallaghan.jpg\" alt=\"Tauranga artist Sharon O'Callaghan\" width=\"500\" height=\"665\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-189\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tauranga artist Sharon O&#39;Callaghan<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Sharon does not have a great deal of art on the internet however many of her paintings are displayed around Tauranga. If you wish to contact her then write to us and we will happily forward your her details to you.<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Frog model by Sharon OCallaghan\" src=\"http:\/\/www.quarrypark.org.nz\/ENLGPIX\/frog.jpg\" alt=\"Frog model by Sharon OCallaghan\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Frog model by Sharon O&#39;Callaghan<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Keep an eye out for the new Roses amongst your friends and spinning groups and let us know what you think.<\/p>\n<p>Some of the modifications in the Rose:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Smoother head design<\/li>\n<li>JCB bolts used in the handle<\/li>\n<li>New Rose motif<\/li>\n<li>10mm stainless steel shaft on the drive axle<\/li>\n<li>New base design<\/li>\n<li>New pedal design<\/li>\n<li>JCB bolts in the base<\/li>\n<li>Majacraft stainless steel hinges<\/li>\n<li>Low profile handle nut<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The full description appears on our web site in the Wheels section. 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