If this post is unacceptable, please delete. My weaving journey is just about over. The challenges outweigh the enjoyment. I have started organizing books and looms for sale. I have 2 special books th

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Their web site says ‘account suspended’, so that would appear to confirm the rumour. Best regards Ian Bowers (Dr) Managing Director www.georgeweil.com GEORGE WEIL & SONS LTD, Old Portsmouth Road, Peas

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Has anyone else heard that Borgs yarn is going out of business? I heard from a fairly reliable source ... Pat Bullen

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Hi Sue, Challenge accepted! It might take a while - CW Seminars is on the horizon and the Woven Optical Illusions book is in full swing, as well as studio teaching happening again (yippee doo!!) but I

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This is why I have weaving software. Doreen McLaughlin

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Very interesting fabric. The description is for a dobby with at least 16 shafts. The drafts, as shown, are for the development of the threading and do not show the liftplan associated with the threadi

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There’s an interesting photo of a cloth designed by Marianne Straub and analysed in Mary Kirby’s book Designing on the Loom, 1955 (p.70). However the threading she gives on the opposite page makes no

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I had metal rods cut to the proper lengths for my looms at a local Metal Supermarkets. They have franchises all over the country. The ends were smoothed (deburred) nicely and they drilled holes near t

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Using rebar has been discussed before. Rebar (steel rods used for reinforcing concrete) is designed to be easily bent. It is bent to fit the form to be reinforced. So not the best tie on rod. Mild ste

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Thanks! Makes sense to me. 😊 kathyo On Nov 16, 2020, at 11:30 AM, marmar weaves via groups.io

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I also have a very strong metal rod on one of my looms. I find the heaviness of the rod makes it a bit more difficult when lashing on. The aluminum tube with a dowel inside seems to be just the right

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Joe, I laced the width of the 12" warp plus an inch on either side to the cloth beam rod and am seeing bending. Sounds like I should have not laced beyond the warp's width. Right?

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My second-hand loom came with (I assume steel) rebar for the rods. I have seen the same product at the big box hardware stores.

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Hi Everyone I have a Cranbrook loom two of them 1 48 and the other 63 wide Now who makes the Cranbrook looms? Schacht-Spindle Jane Patrick's husband, Now the example I sent to the list about how to st

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I use hollow aluminium rods which are a centimetre wide and a metre long. They never bend. I lash my rod at either end of the warp (and once in the middle) - to the warp beam. I had solid metal rods,

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As Claudia states >One thing that would prevent the bending is only lash the width of the warp, not the entire length of the warp. That advice came from Jane Patrick (Schacht-Spindle owner)< This will

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Kathyo, my DH had tge opinion that metal tube would be less likely to bend with dowel. My 3/4” dowels bowed only when I tightened it too much. But together DH thght they would not bow or bend.

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Hi Everyone You are going to need 2 rods and cord if you want to stop the bowing of the rod rod for tie on ------------------- cord lacing /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/] This is the best I can do for example. Rod i

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It is true that the tensile strength is higher (weight for weight) , but the feature which matters is the bending modulus (ie stiffness) where steel wins. Bamboo is also weak across the nodes, the joi

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bamboo is supposed to have a higher tensile strength than steel. Has anyone used bamboo? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Jody Williams jody@... 1245 W Calzada Court Tucson AZ 85704 520 505-4468 ~~~~~~~~~~

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