Flying Shuttle
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An editorial-style article from the Master Weaver bulletin discussing the flying shuttle in handweaving. It briefly describes the mechanism (shuttle race, boxes, pickers, cop) and argues that speed is no longer a real advantage, citing weight, fatigue, noise, cost and unsuitability for multiple shuttles. It concludes the device is justified mainly for very wide fabrics (72 inches or more) and criticizes mass production passed off as handweaving. A short editor's note corrects an issue-number misprint.
- Type
- Article
- Date
- November-December 1961
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 3
- Archive notes
- PDF provided by Judith Combs. By permission.
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From Ralph Griswold's Digital Archive, delivered by the University of Arizona.
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