Aids to Shuttle Identification
(special thanks to Dorothy Brumleve for donating these pages)

The pages scanned below are taken from the following sources:

The pages may be useful in identifying shuttles which have become separated from their machines. The pictures in the books are drawn exactly to scale -- the same size as the actual shuttle and bobbin depicted. However, the size may appear different from the original on your screen or printer due to the digitizing process or resolution. When exact size is important, please refer to the ruler which was scanned at the same time as the page.

Please click on the page link to view it, or you may download a size-adjusted pdf version.

• Barker Catalog, page 9 -- Advance, American, Arlington and Alvah, Crown, Davis
• Barker Catalog, page 10 -- Davis, Domestic, Eldredge, Empire
• Barker Catalog, page 11 -- Estey, Florence, Grover & Baker, Howe
• Barker Catalog, page 12 -- Hartford, Household, Helpmate, Peerless, New Home, New York, Remington
• Barker Catalog, page 13 -- Royal St. John, Seamstress, Sterling, Singer
• Barker Catalog, page 14 -- Singer, Standard, Union, Victor
• Barker Catalog, page 15 -- Weed, White, Whitney, Wilson
• Barker Catalog, page 16 -- Multi-machine shuttle
• Barker Catalog, page 17 -- Wheeler & Wilson, Willcox & Gibbs (hooks)
• Master Catalog, page 28 -- American, Arlington, Beaver, Crown, Davis
• Master Catalog, page 29 -- Desmond, Domestic, Eldredge, Free, Goodrich, Hartford
• Master Catalog, page 30 -- Helpmate, Household, Howe, Little Worker (New Home), Marguerite, Maywood, New Willard, New Home, New Royal, New Williams
• Master Catalog, page 31 -- Paragon, Remington, Royal St. John, Singer, Standard, Union
• Master Catalog, page 32 -- Union, White 
• Catalog PDF
• The above pages, collected into a pdf document. They have been size-adjusted so that the ruler at the bottom of each page is true-to-scale