Here are some of the shuttles that were still just slabs of wood in a photo posted last Sunday. Today Honex tensioners are being installed as the final step before sending them off to customers. All finished, … Continue reading
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11-inch end delivery shuttles with Honex tensioners have become our best-selling shuttle style. Currently 24 of them are underway in the woodworking shop, with the first few steps done: wood blanks are cut to size followed by creating the bobbin hollows. … Continue reading
In addition to our own line of shuttles, we also make shuttles for other companies under private label. Here’s a photo of a batch of shuttles headed for Glimakra USA. These shuttles were designed in collaboration with Joanne Hall, the … Continue reading
Most Bluster Bay shuttles are sold in batches to stores rather than shipped one or two at a time to individuals. Stores’ orders can be quite large and often must be shipped across the country or even across the Atlantic. The … Continue reading
Weaving with heavy yarn and using a shuttle with a standard four-inch bobbin or a paper quill means winding lots of bobbins and constantly emptying the shuttle while weaving. Large capacity shuttles to the rescue! This project, currently on one of the … Continue reading