In my post yesterday I mentioned that some pieces of my father’s loom had survived the fire as they had been stored outside. I took some time to strip off the outside coating of dust, dirt, and charred wood, then sanded off the stain down to bare wood.
The wood appears to be pine, but in saying that it is hard to tell. If it is pine it is probably fairly old as it was likely re-purposed when the loom was built. It is straight and doesn’t have any real knots or imperfections so the potential to make it into something like a boat shuttle or two and some handles for various weaving tools, is high.
For the moment I will clean off the other pieces and then store the wood safely until the workshop is finished and I have the tools necessary to finish this project.