Editing Loom (section)

===Flying shuttle===
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File:Handloom Telar artesanal Webstuhl 02.ogv|Handloom with a flying shuttle. The shuttle runs in a shuttle race attached to the front of the beater bar. Subtitles describe step-by-step.
File:Narrow shuttle loom.webm|An early fully-automated loom. The arms at the sides can be seen swinging to bash the flying shuttle back and forth. 
File:Jacquard weefgetouw in actie.webm|The automated shuttle moves almost too fast to see
File:QSMM Shuttles 2630ca.JPG|Manufacture of a [[Cornelian cherry|cornelwood]] flying shuttle
File:Großschönau - muzeum damaškové a smyčkové tkaniny 7787.jpg|In the shuttle race.
19C (late) Japanese hand loom with flying shuttle.jpg|Narrow [[tanmono]] loom with a shuttle race. Late 18-hundreds Japan.
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Hand weavers who threw a shuttle could only weave [[narrow cloth|a cloth as wide as their armspan]]. If cloth needed to be wider, two people would do the task (often this would be an adult with a child). [[John Kay (flying shuttle)|John Kay]] (1704–1779) patented the [[flying shuttle]] in 1733. The weaver held a picking stick that was attached by cords to a device at both ends of the shed. With a flick of the wrist, one cord was pulled and the shuttle was propelled through the shed to the other end with considerable force, speed and efficiency. A flick in the opposite direction and the shuttle was propelled back. A single weaver had control of this motion but the flying shuttle could weave much wider fabric than an arm's length at much greater speeds than had been achieved with the hand thrown shuttle.

The ''flying shuttle'' was one of the key developments in [[weaving]] that helped fuel the [[Industrial Revolution]]. The whole picking motion no longer relied on manual skill and it was just a matter of time before it could be powered by something other than a human.

[[File:Métier à tisser Jacquard 01.webm|thumb|Jacquard ribbon loom, showing distinctive sliding ribbon shuttles.]]