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A scutcher separates the bast fibers from the flax. It's the job of a thresher to separate the seeds from the flax chaff. They're two different jobs, and you
by bregma 7y ago
A scutcher separates the bast fibers from the flax. It's the job of a thresher to separate the seeds from the flax chaff. They're two different jobs, and you can only scutch after retting and breaking but if you ret the flax, you can't thresh any more.
- PTOB 7y agoThe entire linen-making process is shown here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TFuj7sXVnIU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TFuj7sXVnIU