Flax Comb
The Flax Comb is the low-technology building used to process rotten flax into Straw, Tow and Lint. It is needed for the Test of Citizenship and can be built outside during this test. After obtaining citizenship, it must be built inside a compound.
To Build
Construction costs:
Built: inside a compound (Projects/Flax Related).
Building Area: 5 X 6 squares.
Skill/Tech required: Flax Processing
To Use
- Process 10 rotten flax into 10 straw on the 1st step (60 secs END timer);
- Process 10 tow on the 2nd step (60 secs END timer);
- Process 10 lint on the 3rd step (60 secs END timer);
- Clean the flax comb (no timer, but cannot be done while your END timer is active).
Notes
- The Flax comb lasts for what seems to be a variable number of uses, but approximately 10 full runs (or 100 rotten flax?)
- You can skip step 3 if you don't need lint. This lets you produce more tow before the comb wears out. (You can skip step 2 as well, but then you're effectively growing flax just to get straw, and that's silly.)
- Rotten flax is taken directly from your inventory in step 1. If you have less than 10, the comb will use what you have and produce less straw/tow/lint accordingly.