I have had a whole series of commissions from a lady who loves spinning and weaving, fromminor repairs to partly rebuilding a loom I have had a lot of enjoyable tasks. From heddles, treadles, flying shuttles to a lazy kate, you will learn a whole new vocabulary
On spinning wheels, I can only suggest googling spinning wheels and search on images. The technology is straight forward and the regional variation is enormous, so pick the most straight forward one and start from there.
Ron