Swiss Cheese

My small AVL hand shuttle has always felt a little too heavy. My hands complain if I weave with it for several hours at a time. I finally asked DH, "What can we do to make this shuttle lighter? We can't do anything about the metal bits (tensioner and pirn shaft), since they are integral to the operation of the shuttle."

A few minutes with the drill press, and a few minutes with sandpaper and a buffing machine, and I now have a Swiss Cheese shuttle that's almost one ounce lighter - enough to make a difference!

This is the side view (the side toward the reed when the shuttle is in use). There is a matching set of holes on the opposite side, some of which you can see through the opening in the bottom of the shuttle.