Scutching Board
| Scutching Board | |
|---|---|
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| Class | Workstation |
| Type | Workstation |
| Build Menu | Farming |
| Build Skill | Carpentry: 2 |
| Build XP | Carpentry: 20 |
| Build Tools | |
| Recipes | 1 |
| Crafts | Farming |
| Location | Built |
The Scutching Board is a wooden board for beating dried plant stalks into loose fibre. The game describes it as a station used for scutching Rippled Flax.
It is a step in the fibre line of Farming. Flax is dried on a Large Plant Drying Rack and rippled on a Ripple Comb before it reaches the board. Hemp comes straight from the drying rack. After scutching, flax goes on to the Heckle Comb and then the Spinning Wheel. Scutched hemp can go straight to a Loom to be woven into burlap. The board is built by the survivor from planks and nails.
The board is the meeting point of the two plant fibre crops. Flax and hemp follow separate paths before it and after it. Both pass across the same board, with the same tools in hand. That makes it the first fibre station worth building on a farm that grows either crop.
How to Build Scutching Board
The build recipe is called Scutching Board and sits under Farming in the build menu. It takes two Plank and four 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 2. The build gives 20 Carpentry experience. The recipe is known from the start.
It asks for the lowest Carpentry level of the flax stations. The Ripple Comb and the Heckle Comb both ask for Carpentry level 3. A survivor at level 2 can put up the board first and build the combs later.
Once placed, the board can be picked up and moved like other furniture.
The Scutching Board recipe is in the Farming build menu. It needs Carpentry level 2.
| 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 | 
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2x | No | /additem Base.Plank
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| Nails | 
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4x | No | /additem Base.Nails
|
How to Use Scutching Board
Scutching runs as a recipe at the board. One bundle of Flax (Rippled) or Hemp (Dried) goes in, and the scutched fibre comes out.
Two tools are needed and both come back after each use. One is a tool for breaking fibre. The other is a dull knife.
The fibre breaker can be a Wooden Rod, a Medium Handle or a Short Bat. The dull knife can be a Butter Knife, a Bread Knife, a Blunt Bone Knife or a Long Sharp Bone. A plain Butter Knife does the job of the dull knife.
The hemp must be dried first. Fresh Hemp goes on a Large Plant Drying Rack and comes off as Hemp (Dried). The flax must be dried and then rippled before it reaches the board.
Crafting Recipes
Scutch Fibre is the job of this board. It turns Flax (Rippled) into Flax (Scutched), ready for the Heckle Comb. It also turns Hemp (Dried) into Hemp (Scutched), ready for weaving burlap at the loom.
Scutched hemp has more uses than weaving. Craft Twine turns one Hemp (Scutched) into Twine with a sharp knife or scissors. Twist Rope from Dogbane turns two Hemp (Scutched) into Rope with the same tools. Both are made on any surface and ask for no skill. Twine and Rope are binding materials for many builds, including the drying racks.
Scutched flax has a single path ahead. It goes to the Heckle Comb and then to the Spinning Wheel as Thread.
The recipe asks for no skill and is known from the start.
Every recipe made at the Scutching Board 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 (Scutched) | 
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Scutch Fibre | 1x Flax (Rippled) or Hemp (Dried) | None | No | /additem Base.FlaxScutched
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Notes
- The build tooltip reads: used for scutching Rippled Flax.
- Both the fibre breaker and the dull knife are kept, so one set lasts.
- A Wooden Rod and a Butter Knife cover both tools cheaply.
- Scutched hemp goes straight to the loom as Weave Burlap.
- Scutched hemp also makes Twine and Rope by hand.
- Set the board between the Ripple Comb and the Heckle Comb to keep the flax line short.
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