End Delivery Shuttle — Schacht

Available from Wool Friends when we last checked. Sold from the shop’s own store; the price there is the one that counts.

The end delivery shuttle uses a pirn that remains stationary, instead of a free-spinning bobbin. The weft yarn unwinds off the pirn’s tip when the shuttle is in motion and stops unwinding when the shuttle stops. The yarn comes off the pirn and goes through a set of tension pads and comes out of the shuttle at a constant tension. This even delivery of weft causes less draw-in, which in turn makes better selvedges. Resist the temptation to handle the weft yarn at all. Simply adjust the tension wit