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Stick Shuttle Cut from a Beech Strip
The shuttle carries the weft yarn through the shed of the loom. The simplest is the stick shuttle: a flat, narrow piece of hard wood with notches at the ends to hold the wound weft. Saw a thin beech strip a little longer than the cloth is wide, cut forked notches at both ends, round every edge and polish it smooth so it slides.
The picture: two stick shuttles wound with yarn.
Beginner
An afternoon
Instructions
1
1
Cut the strip
Cut the strip
Saw and plane a straight-grained beech strip about 6 mm thick and 4 cm wide, a little longer than the cloth is wide (step 5).
Materials for this step:
Beech Lumber1 pieceTools needed:
Hand Saw
Hand Plane
Ruler2
2
Cut the notches
Cut the notches
Drill a hole near each end and saw from the end into it, making a forked notch that holds the yarn. Cut a shallow long slot in the middle if you like, to make the shuttle lighter.
Tools needed:
Hand Drill
Coping Saw3
3
Round and smooth
Round and smooth
Round all the edges and points with the knife and rasp so nothing can catch the warp, then sand it smooth.
Tools needed:
Sloyd Carving Knife
Wood Rasp
Sandpaper4
4
Wax it
Wax it
Rub in beeswax and polish so the shuttle slides through the shed.
Materials for this step:
Beeswax0.01 kgTools needed:
Sandpaper5
5
Shuttle length for the cloth
Shuttle length for the cloth
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