Type of artifact and special qualities

TYPE OF ARTIFACT:

Our object, the flyer, is made normally with the same material which the spinning wheel is made (our object, because it was the first type of spinning wheels that existed, is made of wood completely, except for the part that pulled of the wool, which is made of iron or lead.. However, actually there are many different types of flyers, such as of plastic, to make it more resistant.

SPECIAL QUALITIES OF THE ARTIFACT:

This artifact has a round shape, with a small peak at the bottom, whic after would be connected to the maidens and hte stool to be suportted and to obtain the neccesary wool. It has also a flyer whorl that is attached to the round part of the flyer, which is attached to the belt and the wheels and make the flyer turn. When the flyer turn, its function is to pass the wool through the that has on its top, and transported to the wheel, where the main process is made. We can say that our artifact plays a very important role in the most early part of the process, storing and then transporting the wool with all its attached accesories. It's not very big or heay because needs to be maintained on the top of the spinning wheel and also is better to be small so that the wool can be transported from one part to the other quicker. Its only movable parts are the flyer whorl, explained before why it need to move in circles so that the wool can make its way through. There' not any inscription or writting that we can observe.

BY:
Daniel Casado Faulí

The "rueca" or spinning wheel is a tool used in the past to make thin cords with your own hands. It had the shape of a wheel and it was usually made of wood or steel. This is composed of various parts. which one of the parts is the object that we were investigating:

     A.  Wheel: Is what turns when you pedaland it makes the other parts work.
     B.   Belt: Cord that sorrounds the wheel and the flyer whorl.
     C.   Flyer: This is our investigation object. It's a tool that has an U shape with hooks in each of his
            extremities.
     D.   Flyer whorl: It's a pulley that it's attached to the flyer and it's moved by the belt.
     E.   Maidens: Sticks that support the flyer and the spool.
     F.   Mother-Of-All: A long bar where all the upper elements are hold.
     G.   Tension switch: It's function is to regulate the tension of the cords.
     H.   Stool: It stores the wool before being used and spins because of the flyer.
     I.     Pedal: Spins the wheel.
     J.     Footman: Bar tha connects the pedals and the wheel anc by this connection when the pedals are
            pinned the wheel spins.
     K.   Hole: Is the name given to the hole that has the flyer so that the wool coul get through.


Web page used for this post:
Hormiguica.blogspot.com.es. 2011. Hormiguica: Teoría de la rueca. [online] Available at: http://hormiguica.blogspot.com.es/2011/05/teoria-de-la-rueca.html [Accessed: 7 Apr 2014].


Daniel Casado Faulí
Javier Ayala de Miguel

First Impressions and investigation
When we first saw the photo of our objects, there were many different opinions, we were pretty sure that it was a drill, (although I was quite confident about it being a torture device), we started from that point, and gooogled: "ancient drills" there were some pictures which looked similar, but still our object still looked different. Then we realised why was it different, ours had a hole at the bottom, and we were so tired we left it there. Later, we continued investigating, we were observing other posibilities (including the one of the torture device), but then we, casually, found an image of an ancient spinning wheel, and realised that our object, was a piece of it, it was not exactly the same, but now the bit of the hole made sense. We looked for more images, because we couldn't fing in the spinning wheel the handle, so when we find one which was exactly the same, we got excited. We found that it was a piece of the machine called flyer.

After a long investigation about what  this mysterious tool could be and with the colaboration of our teacher, we managed to discover that this tool was part of an ancient seewing machine. This is only a small part of the original machine (called "Rueca" in spanish)  and it was used to make thin strings out of bare wool. 

 

Hello, my name is Javi and I am 14 years old. I'm originally from Seville. I go to the San Francisco de Paula School, as you may know. I like to play basketball and to hang out with friends. My group consist of 6 people including me. Good luck and I look forward to hear from you! 

Hello, my name is Daniel and I am from Seville, Spain. I'm 15 years old, studying in San Francisco de Paula in the 3º of ESO course. I like to play the guitar and I'm a great fan of videogames. I like to meet new pople, although I'm a little bit shy, but when I hang out with people I know, I'm very spontaneous and cheerful. However I, most of the times, prefer to hang out in small groups of people. We're 6 people in the group: 5 boys and 1 girl. I hope we could talk if we have an ocassion. We'll try hard to discover what this object is.

See you soon.

Hi, my name is Reyes and I'm 14 years old.I've always lived in Seville and I study at San francisco de Paula in 3º of ESO. I enjoy going shopping, practic exercise, going out with my friends and I also making new friends. As you can see I'm the only girl in the group and the rest are all boys, (5). At the beggining the object seems to me like a tourture device, and now I'm a bit confused about it... Good luck!!!! 

Hello, my name is Jaime and I am 14 years old. I was born in Sevilla and I've always come to the same school which is called, as you may know, San Francisco de Paula. I have always lived here in this gorgeous city. I love football and tennis, however, I like all the type of sports. I'm very keen on trying bungee jumping and parachuting. In my free time I often hang out with my friends. We are 6 members in this group including me. In my opinion, it could be a rustic drill or saw. We'll continue investigating and we'll do what we can. I am looking forwards to hearing from you. Thanks!

Hi, I'm Ignacio Pérez Meana, I'm 14 years old, I live in Seville, Spain and I study in the San Francisco de Paula school in Seville. I like drawing, I'm quite good at art, I enjoy reading, swimming and bicycling. My group consists on 6 persons (Mª Reyes Fernandez de los Ronderos, Daniel Casado Faulí, Javier Ayala de Miguel, Enrique Reina Gutierrez and Jaime Fidalgo Molina). When I saw the object at first, I thought it was some kind of ancient corkscrew, or a torture device. I wish you good luck on identifying the object! 

Hello, my name is Enrique. I´m 14 years old and this 20 of march, it´s my birthday (:D). I go to a school called San Francisco de Paula and the members of the group are Reyes, Ignacio, Javier, Jaime, Daniel and me. I like to play football and my favourite positions are goalkeeper and defender. I also like to meet with my friends after school in the centre of the city, referring to the object, no clue (xD). Good luck, Enrique (:P).

Wooden thing handle

Here is the object.

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