This is the single drive bobbin, with a groove at one end for the brake band. If the bobbin that came with your flyer has a small drive whorl on one end, it's double drive and takes the double drive Jumbo Bobbin, even if you spin it with a brake band.
Finishing
Both spin the same. Lacquered arrives sealed, and natural is bare wood for you to wax or seal, which protects it from lanolin and marks over the years. On a natural bobbin, sand the core lightly, leave the ends unsanded, and keep any lacquer very thin inside the grooves, or leave it off there, so the band grips.
Not sure which bobbin you have?
Measure across the ends of a bobbin that came with your flyer.
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Frequently Asked Questions
One more than the number of plies, because the empty bobbin you wind onto counts, so a two-ply takes three. The two full singles hold about four braids between them.