tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1825758438498694806.post4721678834366409570..comments2022-10-25T19:31:57.617+01:00Comments on Dot's fibre to fabric: Boat Shuttles and End Feed ShuttlesDorothyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06488670649558382921noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1825758438498694806.post-44874231945900754852010-03-13T15:36:55.305+00:002010-03-13T15:36:55.305+00:00Hi Dot,
Thanks for your info! I'll pass your ...Hi Dot,<br />Thanks for your info! I'll pass your use info on to my wife who is the weaver. The Crossley shuttles came to us in very good shape, although the ends had normal wear and needed cleaning up. Most of the lacquer finish had also been worn off the ends. I decided to completely refinish them on the outside to protect the wood, so I resanded them through 10 grades of sandpaper, Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1825758438498694806.post-85189857053249449492010-02-28T21:46:10.289+00:002010-02-28T21:46:10.289+00:00Hi Jon,
All that came with my shuttles was the in...Hi Jon,<br /><br />All that came with my shuttles was the invoice and some pirns! <br /><br />Are your shuttles in good condition? If you have any particular questions I might be able to help. You can find a few other Crossley shuttle owners in the Yahoo Group "WeaveTech" as they were supplied with AVL looms as "AVL shuttles".<br /><br />Mine seem to be best for medium-fineDorothyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06488670649558382921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1825758438498694806.post-90342321751726880642010-02-28T18:48:49.139+00:002010-02-28T18:48:49.139+00:00Hi Dot - Thanks much for all of the shuttle info. ...Hi Dot - Thanks much for all of the shuttle info. I recently acquired two Crossley shuttles made around 1990. There were not any instructions for them - did you get instructions with yours and was there any care information that I should know about? Thanks,<br />JonAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1825758438498694806.post-6198401185200298202009-08-08T10:28:25.719+01:002009-08-08T10:28:25.719+01:00Hello there - I am not a weaver, but found this bl...Hello there - I am not a weaver, but found this blog when chasing information on my old and worn pair of shuttles. They came from Bottomley's Woollen Mills in West Yorkshire, and have Honex tensioners. One of the pair is marked Honex 602 B/R and the other 602 B/L which I assumed meant left and right. There are no bobbins with them, but both have sheep's wool (on the hide) glued on the Gillian from Toowoomba Australianoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1825758438498694806.post-68033138975561652312009-01-15T05:04:00.000+00:002009-01-15T05:04:00.000+00:00I have only used Schacht end feed shuttles and Lec...I have only used Schacht end feed shuttles and Leclerc boat shuttles, so loved reading your post. I really enjoyed reading what you paid for your shuttles. In British Columbia I paid $99.00 CDN plus GST and PST for my Schacht shuttles, so they are pricy no matter what country you live in.Lynnettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11459520887792560982noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1825758438498694806.post-2668962870828462402008-12-15T15:37:00.000+00:002008-12-15T15:37:00.000+00:00Thanks for the great post! I just got my Bluster B...Thanks for the great post! I just got my Bluster Bay end feed shuttle, but it turned out of all my odd pirns, none fit it (sigh). It takes a shorter one than the Schacht. Lovely, though, and promises to do good things. I do that same thing, use a quill to fit the pirn on my bobbin winder -- works great.<BR/><BR/>My end-feed selvedges are easier than my boat-shuttle selvedges, I have noticed I doAmelia of Ask The Bellwetherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00837966439073456616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1825758438498694806.post-12105950500936858912008-12-15T01:21:00.000+00:002008-12-15T01:21:00.000+00:00Thank you for all the detailed information. I enjo...Thank you for all the detailed information. I enjoy reading about the comparisons and personal thoughts, it gives such insight that you don't often find.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1825758438498694806.post-11909513339823385112008-12-14T22:24:00.000+00:002008-12-14T22:24:00.000+00:00Love that distraction gadget! *lolVery interestin...Love that distraction gadget! *lol<BR/><BR/>Very interesting post! I too, wish you had a Bluster Bay and LeClerc end feed shuttle to review. I would love to hear what you thought about those. <BR/><BR/>This is very helpful as I consider getting my first end-feed shuttle. I too had heard about the selvedge difference, but you hearten me with what you say.<BR/><BR/>For bulkier yarns I'm reallyLeighhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02435811789823712254noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1825758438498694806.post-72820121628704942892008-12-14T21:07:00.000+00:002008-12-14T21:07:00.000+00:00Though you will probably find them too heavy, I lo...Though you will probably find them too heavy, I love my Bluster Bay end feed shuttles. They are beautiful to look at and to hold, and I like their tensioning system much better than Schacht's. It involves winding the weft yarn around a series of hooks---how many depends on how much tension you want, and you can also play with the order of the hooks you wind on to. Consequently you can use any Peg in South Carolinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07886923838871937466noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1825758438498694806.post-68111108882094541492008-12-14T10:39:00.000+00:002008-12-14T10:39:00.000+00:00Geodyne, if you pass this way again, I'd like to k...Geodyne, if you pass this way again, I'd like to know what make of end feed shuttle you use your chunkier threads in? Certainly my Crossley shuttles wouldn't take a chunky thread, I suppose the Schacht might. I'd love to know about the shuttles other people use.Dorothyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06488670649558382921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1825758438498694806.post-35838525010945263142008-12-14T10:08:00.000+00:002008-12-14T10:08:00.000+00:00So much information, I didn't know there was so mu...So much information, I didn't know there was so much to know about shuttles. Thanks for writing about it!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1825758438498694806.post-6473506860061907412008-12-14T09:35:00.000+00:002008-12-14T09:35:00.000+00:00This is a fabulous post Dot, thankyou for sharing!...This is a fabulous post Dot, thankyou for sharing!<BR/><BR/>Interestingly, I use a different approach to end feed and boat shuttles to yours - I use finer threads in my boat shuttles and chunkier thread for wider projects on end feed shuttles, although I think that's mostly a function of shuttle size.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com