Heckle Comb
| Heckle Comb | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Class | Workstation |
| Type | Workstation |
| Build Menu | Farming |
| Build Skill | Carpentry: 3 |
| Build XP | Carpentry: 30 |
| Build Tools | |
| Recipes | 1 |
| Crafts | Farming |
| Location | Built |
The Heckle Comb is a wooden bench of spikes for combing scutched flax into clean fibre. The game describes it as a station used for heckling Scutched Flax.
It is one step in the flax line of Farming, the line that turns a field crop into thread and cloth. Flax is dried on a Large Plant Drying Rack, then rippled on a Ripple Comb and broken on a Scutching Board. The Heckle Comb comes next and readies the fibre for spinning. After it, the Spinning Wheel turns the fibre into Thread, and a Loom weaves the thread into cloth. The comb is built by the survivor from planks and nails.
The comb serves flax alone. Hemp leaves the Scutching Board ready for the loom and skips this step. The comb also gives a useful second product, Flax Tow, which becomes Twine.
How to Build Heckle Comb
The build recipe is called Heckle Comb and sits under Farming in the build menu. It takes four Plank and eight Nails. A hammer and a saw are needed, and both are kept. A crude saw works in place of a full saw.
The builder needs Carpentry level 3. The build gives 30 Carpentry experience. The recipe is known from the start.
The Ripple Comb uses the same materials and the same Carpentry level. Building both at once saves a second trip for planks and nails.
The comb is a two-tile piece of furniture. It can be picked up and moved later like other furniture.
The Heckle Comb recipe is in the Farming build menu. It needs Carpentry level 3.
| Name | Image | Amount | Kept | Spawn ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claw Hammer | 
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1x | Yes | /additem Base.Hammer
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| Hacksaw | 
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1x | Yes | /additem Base.Saw
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| Plank | 
|
4x | No | /additem Base.Plank
|
| Nails | 
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8x | No | /additem Base.Nails
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How to Use Heckle Comb
Heckling runs as a recipe at the comb. Flax (Scutched) goes in, and two items come out. One is Flax (Heckled), the fine fibre ready for the Spinning Wheel. The other is Flax Tow, the shorter fibre combed out of the bundle.
The scutched flax is the whole input for each craft. That keeps heckling quick once a pile of flax is ready.
Flax Tow is worth keeping. Craft Twine turns one Flax Tow into Twine with a sharp knife or scissors. A Wooden Rod, a Tree Branch or a Medium Handle is also needed and is kept. The craft runs on any surface and asks for no skill. Twine binds many builds, including the drying racks that start the flax line.
Crafting Recipes
Heckle Flax is the recipe at this station. It is the last cleaning step before spinning. Every Flax (Heckled) that comes off the comb can become Thread at the Spinning Wheel.
It asks for no skill and is known from the start.
The heckled flax goes on to Spin Thread from Flax at the Spinning Wheel. That Thread then supplies the Loom and every sewing job in Tailoring. The Flax Tow goes to Craft Twine by hand.
Every recipe made at the Heckle Comb is listed with what it uses up, the tools it hands back and the skill it asks for. A "Yes" under Learned means the recipe has to be learned before it shows up.
| Name | Image | Recipe | Crafting Materials | Tools | Skill | Learned | Spawn ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flax (Heckled) | 
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Heckle Flax | 1x Flax (Scutched) | - | None | No | /additem Base.FlaxHeckled
|
Notes
- The build tooltip reads: used for heckling Scutched Flax.
- Each heckle gives Flax Tow as a second item alongside the clean fibre.
- Flax Tow makes Twine by hand with a knife and a rod or branch.
- Set the drying rack, Ripple Comb, Scutching Board, Heckle Comb and Spinning Wheel side by side to keep the flax line short.
- Carpentry level 3 is needed before the comb can be built.
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