Weaving lathe
| Weaving lathe Information | |
|---|---|
| Category | Fluff |
| Class | Miscellaneous |
| Type | Crafting |
| Tiers | 2 |
| How to Unlock | Certificate |
| Customizable | ✓ |
| Related Scripts | Weaving awl, Weaving scissors, Weaving shears, Weaving snips, Weaving tool belt |
| Item Restrictions | ✓ |
| Verbs Used |
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| CUT FLIP POINT SPIN TURN |
The weaving lathe is a fluff crafting script that applies to miscellaneous items, and is part of the Weaving tools family of scripts. It was originally released at Wavedancer 2006. The following facets are able to be customized by a merchant: custom articles and custom nouns. It can carve a gemstone to convert it into a weavable item. Unlocked lathes can add customizations to the end result.
Analyze
A small steel-tipped lathe with a hoarbeam handle is a tool used to transform a gemstone into a weaving item. Directions: FLIP lathe: Cycles through nouns available to qualifying gemstones. Stock Settings: bead, bauble, disk, nodule, orb SPIN lathe: (For Shells and Mother-of-pearl ONLY) Cycles through the nouns of shell, spacer, or bar. TURN lathe: Cycles through available articles for qualifying gemstones. Stock Settings: a carved, a silver-chased, a gold-chased, a rune-incised, a faceted. (Note about faceted: Stones, shells, and mother-of-pearl will become "a smooth," while insects, birds, and sea critters will become "a crystallized." POINT {my} lathe at {my} <gemstone>: Gives a preview of all settings with the current gemstone. CUT {my} <gemstone> with {my} lathe: Creates the weaving item based on the settings. Settings:
Gemstone Noun: (gem noun) Shell or Mother-of-pearl: (gem noun) Article: a silver-chased Custom Article 1: Custom Article 2: Custom Article 3: Custom Article 4: Custom Article 5: Custom noun 1: Custom noun 2: Custom noun 3: Custom noun 4: Custom noun 5: The lathe is tier 2 out of 2. For more information on restrictions, please ANALYZE the lathe again in the next 30 seconds.
You analyze the pine-handled lathe and sense that the creator has provided the following information: Special Handling Items: Some gemstones (based on their special nature) will either not be allowed for use at all, will have special handling, or will have specific restrictions. Some of those restrictions are: Agita These will only ever have the noun of agita. Glass Any gem fashioned of glass or seaglass will have the glass or seaglass moved into the adjective field. Whenever possible, the color will move with it. They can either retain their noun OR will default to bead; other nouns are available. Insects, Sea Critters, and Such These types of gemstones have restrictions. Their noun can only be: (gemstone noun), bead, or bauble. Metal Gemstones This category includes the following: aranthium-bloom, dust, faenor-bloom, mithril-bloom, nugget, pyrite, razern-bloom, rhimar-bloom, tanzanite, titanite, vultite-bloom. All of the above may only have the noun of bead. Where applicable, the "-bloom," "dust", and "nugget" will be dropped and the metal base will remain in the adjective field. You may customize with article options. Organics This category includes the following: chrysalis, crescent, cube, egg, eye, fang, fishscale, sandsilver, spur, star, talon, and tusk. All of the above will only ever be allowed to have the noun and adjective that is innate to them. You may customize with article options. Pearls These will only ever have the noun of pearl. Saewehna These will only ever have the noun of saewehna. Shells and Mother-of-Pearl These items now have the option to be a spacer or bar using SPIN. If spacer or bar is used then they will appear (shell adjective) (spacer/bar). You may leave the article natural or select from your options. Mother-of-Pearl will have the noun of "fragment" if left natural but may also have "spacer" or "bar". Stones These items include the following: bluerock, coral, feldspar, and stone. They can either retain their gemstone noun OR will default to bead. Wood These items include the following: driftwood, haon, maoral, modwir, thanot, and wyrmwood. These items will default to bead if a noun isn't selected. The adjective will always be the noun of the gemstone. Wood items cannot be nodules, therefore, they will default to bead. Forbidden Pieces The following items cannot be turned into weaving items: ambergis, plinite, and salt.
Usage Information
Tier 1
At tier 1, laethes have basic functionality and can turn gems into weavable items. The resulting weavable item does not change appearance.
| Verb | First | Third |
| CUT {gem} WITH {lathe} | You set the black pearl in your polished steel lathe, and make it go! A small black pearl pops out and falls into your right hand. | Person sets a small black pearl in her polished steel lathe, and makes it go! A small black pearl pops out and falls into Person's right hand. |
| POINT {lathe} AT {gem} | You think you could cut a blue tourmaline into a faceted tourmaline bead with a small steel-tipped lathe with a hoarbeam handle, which can then be used for weaving. | N/A |
Tier 2
At Tier 2, a laethe can customize how the gem looks when it is turned into a weavable item. It comes with a variety of stock custom options, plus it can have up to five custom articles and five custom nouns added via a merchant.
Stock noun options include (gem noun), bead, bauble, disk, nodule, and orb. Stock articles include (gem article), "a carved", "a silver-chased", "a gold-chased", "a rune-incised", and "a faceted". Shells and mother-of-pearl have unique stock options for nouns of (shell noun), spacer, and bar, and a unique stock option for articles, "a smooth". Insects, birds, and aquatic creatures have unique stock option for articles, "a crystallized".
The lathe's default settings of (gemstone art.) (adjective) (gem noun) will yield a gem weavable item with its original description.
| Verb | First | Third |
| FLIP | You fiddle with your steel-tipped lathe, getting ready to make (gem article) (adjective) disk that can then be used for weaving. | N/A |
|---|---|---|
| Cycle through the gem noun options available among the stock and custom nouns. | ||
| SPIN | You spin the lathe, ensuring that the next shell or mother-of-pearl piece you put inside will be cut into (gem article) (gem adjective) spacer. | N/A |
| Cycle through the shell/mother-of-pearl noun options available. | ||
| TURN | You fiddle with your steel-tipped lathe, getting ready to make a faceted (adjective) (gem noun) that can then be used for weaving. | N/A |
| Cycle through the gem article options available among the stock and custom articles. | ||
Additional Information
When first released, lathes had no tiers and converted gems into beads with no other options available, however later updates added greater functionality, including a second tier that can be unlocked via certificate. Older lathes are automatically converted by using ANALYZE on them. Beads are still available as a noun for unlocked lathes.
Most treasure system gems can be worked on by a lathe. Gem replicas created via the Bugs on Parade, Life Aquatic, and Jeepers Creepers systems also work.
Restrictions
Some gemstones (based on their special nature) will either not be allowed for use at all, will have special handling, or will have specific restrictions.