February 12, 20206 yr comment_218377 "What's It" Basic Rules Reminder For a full run down on this project and rules please go to: "The Patriot Woodworker and MWTCA "What's It" project" Only Patriot Woodworker Members are eligible to participate and receive the award. The MWTCA only accepts a verified source to support your answer, so one should be submitted with your answer, such as a patent, catalog entry, tool book reference, or a respectable website on the subject. Do not let these requirements prevent you from having fun and submitting educated answers on the subject without verification, we can worry about references later. All answers are welcome, as well as healthy debates regarding "What's It". If a verified and referenced answer is not arrived at by the end of each month's "What's It" project, a random draw will be performed for a "One Year MWTCA Club Membership". Only Patriot Woodworker's who participate in this "What's It" topic will be included in the random draw. Additional What's It Rules Unless you are completely sure what this item is, please avoid "definitive statements" that appear that you are without a doubt claiming that you know what the item is. For example stating, "this item is called a "widget xx" used for "insert purpose here". If you are making a definitive statement you must accompany your statement with evidence or proof from a secondary source. An example of acceptable statements within the realm of having fun and educated guesses would be something like this, "I believe it could be", or "It appears it's made for this or that", etc etc etc... Ok ladies and gentlemen, we now have our "What's it" live and ready! The image(s) below is a MWTCA "What's It" image for you to research, and tell us all here in this topic post, just what the heck is it! Project Details The information provided hereon is all the information that is provided, no further information on this item will be added. Report
February 12, 20206 yr Popular Post comment_218399 Shuttle for weaving. John Edited February 12, 20206 yr by HARO50 Report
February 12, 20206 yr Author comment_218401 That was my original thought @HARO50. I grew up in San Diego, and during the summers the smaller boys who were son's of the Portuguese fishermen could be seen with their nets stretched out across entire parking lots around town where I went to school, they would mend the nets used on the boats, with shuttles that were similar in size as this perhaps may be. Report
February 12, 20206 yr comment_218404 Sure looks like John's picture. That was my first thought, too. But, I've only seen wooden ones. Report
February 12, 20206 yr Author comment_218406 7 minutes ago, Gene Howe said: Sure looks like John's picture. That was my first thought, too. But, I've only seen wooden ones. You know, upon closer examination, I originally though the image supplied for this month was made of wood, but it's all metal! Report
February 12, 20206 yr comment_218408 Weaving shuttle was my thought also, but I couldn't find an exact match photo. I saw one very similar being used at Old World Wisconsin. It was being used on a weaving loom. Report
February 12, 20206 yr comment_218409 13 minutes ago, Woodbutcherbynight said: It is part if the mechanism to get fluid out of this. I've got the proper tool for that! Report
February 12, 20206 yr Popular Post comment_218419 3 hours ago, Woodbutcherbynight said: It is part if the mechanism to get fluid out of this. Looks nothing like a long straw to me! Report
February 12, 20206 yr Author comment_218421 After realizing it's all steel, I am backing away from it being anything used for weaving or net repairs. At least not in the old fashioned hand loom sense, and for net repairs it'd be too heavy to handle all day long. Report
February 13, 20206 yr Author comment_218430 14 minutes ago, steven newman said: Plumb bob.... No. Report
February 13, 20206 yr comment_218462 13 hours ago, John Morris said: After realizing it's all steel, I am backing away from it being anything used for weaving or net repairs. At least not in the old fashioned hand loom sense, and for net repairs it'd be too heavy to handle all day long. The one the person was using at Old World Wisconsin was all metal. It's hard to judge size from the photo, but the one they were using was only about 5-6" long. Report
February 13, 20206 yr comment_218463 John used it to weave his rocking chair. Just didn't show us the tool. https://thepatriotwoodworker.com/forums/topic/27520-shaker-transitional-rocker-part-5-curly-maple/?tab=comments#comment-207488 Report
February 13, 20206 yr comment_218505 I am thinking some king of lubricating spud with oiled or greased cloth under the cap and pushed thru a tuve or barrel to lubricate or clean. Report
March 1, 20206 yr comment_220122 It looks very much like fishing nets shuttles that were used by fishermen back about 50 years ago. Non-professional fishermen used the wooden ones. But, I am not sure what this tool is, it just appears like one. Report
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