Hi Denise, Glad you’re sorted. Your husband’s comment made me think of a wee ditty I wrote several years ago based on a true life story. Here is the link

Thanks very much to everyone for all the detailed advice. The loom is working much better -- for a couple of reasons, at least at this point. I did call Dave and he recommended Teflon spray for the

As promised, here are two pics of my fix for the cord breakage issue. There are actually two sleeves. One covers the end of the wire connecting the treadle and also serves to help the cord from

I didn’t use anything to secure the sleeve. You would have to be very careful that the electrical tape wouldn’t snag on anything. I will take a picture of my pulley and cord and send it

The email address I have for Dave is support@... Jan Silver

You might try replacing the cord with something more abrasion resistant, like polyester cord, or replace the screw with a countersunk flathead screw or a wooden peg. Sandra

Tracy at Lone Star Loom Room also may be able to help. On 2/16/2021 3:07 PM, Denise wrote:

I received many informed answers to my question. Thank you WeaveTech! So wanted to report modified, well almost perfect success story. My friend resleyed, rebeamed and reweighted one of the colors,

The terms the hardware store folks understand for “flexible plastic sleeve” is ‘heat-shrink tubing’ and to secure it use ‘black electrician’s tape.’ I would follow Fran’s suggestion

On the Facebook Megado Owners group, I was encouraged to contact Dave via support@.... I rec'd a quick reply. Sue Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone

The last phone number I have for Dave Van Stralen is 681-888-5378. He made some repairs to my loom just before the Covid shutdown. I don't know if he is back to traveling around the

Fran, I think you left a letter r out of your website addy? kathyo

I have dealt with the same problem several times with my older Megado that I purchased used but only after it had woven without problems for some years. I replaced the cord several times. I finally

You can purchase a spool of cord from any weaving dealer and just measure out the broken cord. Also I’ve emailed Louet with questions and it takes 2-3 days to get a response. I’m sure that ETC

Greetings to all! I recently purchased a new-to-me 32-shaft Louet Megado 70 loom. Long story short, the Texsolve cords on the pulleys for the compu dobby keep breaking. I do know that Dave Vanstralen

Hello Carol…I would start with someplace like https://www.pleximart.com/ that produces custom plexiglass forms. I am sure if you google something like “plexiglass art enclosures custom size in

Pony bead lacing did not work with this small circumference drive band. The hangup appeared to be the connector for the 2 ends of the pony lacing stopping on the "mousetrap" spindle. The connector

Dear Group, I'm not sure if this topic or question is for this group, delete if not appropriate. I specialize in large wall hung weavings and want to branch out to public spaces, think Health Centers

When I added 4 more shafts to my Spring to make it 12, I moved the bumper hole/slot just a bit higher. Louet already had a hole there ready for the bumper. Yours may not have that but its a simple