WOOD-l'SIXC l.\lirSTR[l".S OF M AINi:. 



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While the niaJDrit) of spools made in Maine arc made 

 chiefl}- from paper birch and are the small spools for sewing 

 thread, there are large numbers of threepiece spools made from 

 other woods. Such woods as yellow, poplar and red gum 

 were used in the manufacture of these spools. The barrel of 

 the spool is cut from one piece of wood and threaded. The 

 ends or heads are disks which are screwed on to the body and 

 glued. The spool is then turned on a lathe and polished. The 

 largest of the three-piece spools holds 12,000 yards of thread, 

 and between this size and the smallest wdiich holds 20 yards, 

 there are all jjossible sizes aiifl shapes. While this classification 

 includes shuttles, spools, and bobbins, a large per cent of the 

 material shown in Table 28 represented by paper birch, went 

 into the manufacture of sj^ools. The white ash was made into 

 picker stick's. The amounts shown for sugar maple, yellow 

 birch, and beech, went mostly into bobbins. Some paper birch 

 was also used for bobbins. The red maple was used for cer- 

 tain classes of bobbins and three-piece spools. No firm report- 

 ed the manufacture of shuttles. 



T.\BLE 29. 



* Less than 1-100 of 1 per cent. 



