Jack reel
Category
Machinery and industrial devices
Date
Unknown
Materials
Wood
Measurements
1200 x 700 x 520 mm
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Lavenham, Suffolk
NT 117317.17
Summary
Skein or jack reel, windmill style. A jack reel or winder, contains a measuring device, activated as the sails are turned. The clock hand revolves and the operator can measure length of yarn being wound on the sails. Part of the Clothworker's Exhibition.
Provenance
Acquired with a grant from the Clothworkers Guild in 1982.