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Teasel Napping Handle: Dried Heads Wired to a Board
Dried fuller's teasel heads are a natural comb that raises the nap on woollen cloth. Wire a row of them to a wooden board with a handle, hooks all one way. A head that snags breaks before the cloth tears; replace heads as they wear.
The picture: our diagram of the handle.
Beginner
2 hours
Instructions
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Shape the board
Shape the board
Saw a hardwood board to length with a handle at one end, round the handle with the rasp and sand it smooth.
Materials for this step:
Hardwood Board1 pieceTools needed:
Hand Saw
Coping Saw
Wood Rasp
Sandpaper2
2
Pierce
Pierce
Pierce pairs of holes along one edge, one pair per head.
Tools needed:
Awl3
3
Wire the heads
Wire the heads
Trim each head's stalk short. Lay the heads in a row with their hooks all pointing the same way, loop wire round each stalk through its pair of holes and twist it tight.
Materials for this step:
Dried Teasel Heads8 pieces
Iron Wire2 mTools needed:
Wire Cutters
Combination Pliers4
4
Board length
Board length
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