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DaveL
Old Oak
Is there a hook under the sprung flap?
I think it could be a tool for.making rag rugs, I remember my grandparents having some they had made just after the war.
I think it could be a tool for.making rag rugs, I remember my grandparents having some they had made just after the war.
SamQ aka Ah! Q!
Old Oak
Seconded.
Dr.Al
Old Oak
Fourthed! We've got quite a few rag rugs around the house, all made by my grandfather with a tool like that.
Possible patent and a warning to anyone thinking of donating their old tool treasures to a heartless museum:
www.reading.ac.uk
More history, instructions and as much detail as you could possibly need to start a new eco-hobby
University of Reading | Archive and Museum Database | Details
[eb-GB]Adlib Internet Server is a complete application to make the collections of archives, museums and libraries accessible over the internet. Adlib Internet Server is an add-on to the professional collection management applications Adlib Archive, Adlib Museum and Adlib Library.
More history, instructions and as much detail as you could possibly need to start a new eco-hobby
Dr.Al
Old Oak
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Lurker
Old Oak
At first, that is exactly what I thought it was, however there is no hook.
I am fairly sure that it is not damaged,
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Lurker
Old Oak
Ah!, I didn’t scroll through Andy’s attachment, and have now seen the exact tool and how it is used.Possible patent and a warning to anyone thinking of donating their old tool treasures to a heartless museum:
University of Reading | Archive and Museum Database | Details
[eb-GB]Adlib Internet Server is a complete application to make the collections of archives, museums and libraries accessible over the internet. Adlib Internet Server is an add-on to the professional collection management applications Adlib Archive, Adlib Museum and Adlib Library.
More history, instructions and as much detail as you could possibly need to start a new eco-hobby
Thanks
Browns Patent rug machine sounds very impressive.
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Dr.Al
Old Oak
I've looked again at the site that I linked to. What's not obvious from that long page is that it's part of a much bigger labour of love which gives more history, patterns and instructions.
Start here:
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Lons
Old Oak
Crikey that brings back memories of sore fingers and aching hands. 
I used to help my dad make them when I was a kid but the tools were less fancy than that, I have a couple somewhere. We used a basic pointed tool we called a progger and then another with just a hook. dad used to collect/scrounge the thickest old coats he could get his hands on then we had to cut them up into strips around 1/2" wide poke a hole though the canvas and hook the strip through cut the strip and start again. I remember making up a strong wooden frame that was adjustable so the canvas could be fixed and stretched.
The rugs, we called "proggy mats" were either random colours and patterns of carefully crafted designs we drew on the canvas. They took weeks to make and the worst bit was using scissors/shears to cut the material down to a close even thickness at the end. I don't ever remember knotting anything just being told to get to strips in as close and tight together as possible and the mats lasted for donkeys years.
The other type we made were with long strips just woven through the canvas , far quicker and easier but nowhere near as thick and luxurious.
It brings back another memory of sitting with rolls of wallpaper resting on my feet while unrolling and cutting off the overlap margin. Hated it.
I used to help my dad make them when I was a kid but the tools were less fancy than that, I have a couple somewhere. We used a basic pointed tool we called a progger and then another with just a hook. dad used to collect/scrounge the thickest old coats he could get his hands on then we had to cut them up into strips around 1/2" wide poke a hole though the canvas and hook the strip through cut the strip and start again. I remember making up a strong wooden frame that was adjustable so the canvas could be fixed and stretched.
The rugs, we called "proggy mats" were either random colours and patterns of carefully crafted designs we drew on the canvas. They took weeks to make and the worst bit was using scissors/shears to cut the material down to a close even thickness at the end. I don't ever remember knotting anything just being told to get to strips in as close and tight together as possible and the mats lasted for donkeys years.
The other type we made were with long strips just woven through the canvas , far quicker and easier but nowhere near as thick and luxurious.
It brings back another memory of sitting with rolls of wallpaper resting on my feet while unrolling and cutting off the overlap margin. Hated it.
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