Redhouses Woolen Mill, Islay. Detail of slubbing-billy showing bobbins and wooden lock on standing frame and false and trip wires, and spindles with spring-drive mechanism and carriage-frame.
SC 344729
Description Redhouses Woolen Mill, Islay. Detail of slubbing-billy showing bobbins and wooden lock on standing frame and false and trip wires, and spindles with spring-drive mechanism and carriage-frame.
Catalogue Number SC 344729
Category On-line Digital Images
Copy of AG 9612
Scope and Content Detail of standing-frame and carriage of slubbing-billy on first floor of woollen mill at Bridgend, Islay This slubbing-billy in the woollen mill at Bridgend may be the only example to survive in Britain. It was used to process partly spun wool or 'rovings' from the piecing-machine into a leaner yarn which could then be spun by the spinning-jenny. The rovings are slowly unwound from the large bobbins on the standing-frame (at the back) and then spun by the fast-moving spindles on the carriage which is slowly dragged along its rails to maintain the tension. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
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