Aerlit Shuttle

Aerlit Shuttle

Handy Hands has worked with several tatters to reproduce this shuttle.

A special THANK-YOU to Sherry Townsend, Karen Beary Parent, Georgia Seitz, Jane Eborall and Kendra Goodnow for all their help!!!

A little History

The original gray shuttle that stated "Made in England" which was the first shuttle, there was a fire and the factory was destroyed

including the mold. Then came the gray shuttle that stated "Aero Made in England". Both shuttles look the same but are VERY different!

On the market now is the Pony shuttle and the Susan Bates shuttle which they tried to reproduce the "Aero Made in England" design.

The gray shuttle that stated "Made in Germany was a reproduction of the original "Made in England" design. This shuttle is now made in

Mexico and has NO information on the shuttle. The bobbin in this shuttle just spins as in my opinion the problem is the mold is old

and needs to be re-made which is very expense.

For more reading information on history here are two different links  which came from Jane Eborall blog.

Factory Fire - Milward-Areo information

The NEW Aerlit Shuttle has been reproduced from the "Made in England" shuttle as this was by far the BEST shuttle. I have corresponded

with several tatters that still have that old original "Made in England" shuttle and sevral are still using it!

With the help of Sherry Townsend letting me borrow one of her shuttles and bobbins so we could have it re-made!

We had four different samples come from our factory for tatters to test. Finally after months and months of working to find the

best plastic and be sure the design was correct we were been able to reproduce it.

The "Made in England" shuttle, tested by shuttle tatters!