What is it

[jtw1313]

Some kind of candle holder? About a foot in length a little over

 

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[bowwinkles]

Looks like a commercial sewing thread bobbin.

 

[jtw1313]

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It has wax where candles were
I have two sets

 

[bowwinkles]

Old wooden devices were often lubricated with wax.

 

[cw0909]

what does the writing say

 

[cw0909]

the set in post #3, dont seem to look like, the set in post#1

 

[jtw1313]

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I have two sets

 

[cw0909]

not sure on bobbin and waxing, seems you would just dip
bobbin in the melted wax, IDK

 

[Indian Steve]

I think that they are old bobbins that were later modified into candle holders. I've seen similar ones at yard sales before.

 

[Back-of-the-boat]

They are called weaving loom shuttlecocks and they were modified into candle holders.

 

[Back-of-the-boat]

I imagine someone who is into sewing ,quilting, crocheting or any thing doing with textiles would love those.

 

[cw0909]

They are called weaving loom shuttlecocks and they were modified into candle holders.

nice ID, why re purpose as candle holders though
https://kbjanderson.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/IMG_4192.jpg

 

[oldbattleaxe]

I was wrong

 

[jtw1313]

Thanks guys always appreciated

 

[Indian Steve]

These were used by the thousands in the knitting mills. When the mills closed in the 1970's and 80s these things flooded the flea markets and yard sales.

 

[Tony in SC]

They are shuttles from a cloth loom. Could be be from a Drake or Dresser. The spindle thing on the inside was the bobbin that carried the weaving thread. The added piece does look like a candle holder. Many people were injured or killed when a loom threw a shuttle and were hit. My first job was sweeping in the weave room.

 

[trdking]

They are called weaving loom shuttlecocks and they were modified into candle holders.

absolutely 100% correct Shuttle cocks

 

[Batch]

For a time, I worked as a doffer in an LA (Lower-Alabama) "cotton" mill...huge bales of cotton came in one one and massive rolls of heavy-duty cloth came out the other. If you search Google images for "doffer", you will see in those child-labor photos much of the very same equipment I used during the very early '80s (that is 1980s!) . What an unbelievably LOUD place...particularly the weaving room where the above thread shuttles were used!

Even then, the equipment was ancient - as were the buildings. The wooden floors in those buildings shook with the seemingly synchronized slamming back-n-forth of all those weaving machines' shuttles. Imagine a hundred or so of these machines pounding incessantly away at your sanity your entire shift...no escaping it, not even on your "break".



One night a few years after the mill had shut down, a careless copper scavenger's torch got away from him and those floors - soaked with almost a century of machine oil and grease - went up faster than any fat lighter wood I have ever seen! The huge mill burned to the ground in minutes; only random brick walls remained standing.

Sorry, did not mean to ramble nor hijack your thread. Yes, weaving loom shuttles for the weft threads. Brings back memories...if you couldn't tell.

Respectfully,

Batch

 

[highnam]

For a time, I worked as a doffer in an LA (Lower-Alabama) "cotton" mill...huge bales of cotton came in one one and massive rolls of heavy-duty cloth came out the other. If you search Google images for "doffer", you will see in those child-labor photos much of the very same equipment I used during the very early '80s (that is 1980s!) . What an unbelievably LOUD place...particularly the weaving room where the above thread shuttles were used!

Even then, the equipment was ancient - as were the buildings. The wooden floors in those buildings shook with the seemingly synchronized slamming back-n-forth of all those weaving machines' shuttles. Imagine a hundred or so of these machines pounding incessantly away at your sanity your entire shift...no escaping it, not even on your "break".



One night a few years after the mill had shut down, a careless copper scavenger's torch got away from him and those floors - soaked with almost a century of machine oil and grease - went up faster than any fat lighter wood I have ever seen! The huge mill burned to the ground in minutes; only random brick walls remained standing.

Sorry, did not mean to ramble nor hijack your thread. Yes, weaving loom shuttles for the weft threads. Brings back memories...if you couldn't tell.

Respectfully,

Batch

awesome video...those cocks shuttle alright. I could imagine anyone who witnessed this process would be able to identify those shuttle cocks with some love/hate nostalgia. Thank you sharing