I don't know if this will help you ; My Crossley shuttles are 15 inches long and are marked Crossley's England, 122, 6/86. The tensioner is bronze metal, the tensioners are 2 and 1/4 ounces in weight

This was written for CB and CM looms, if you treadle a loom that's in balance it will operate easily with you, but one that is off balance (do to a misplaced mass somewhere) is more work. That's about

When we had to snap good photos of glass with iridescence., I found that doing it outdoors was the only way. Try a shaded spot at different times of the day to see the best results. Bill & Gaye Koepp

It's worth doing if only for the illustrations which are top notch! Bill & Gaye Koepp

I'd suspect it's a lack of sufficient tension on the warp at that edge or the selvedge or both. Have fun ! Bill & Gaye Koepp

I did that, I filed the tips to the radius of a pea (grinder works too) then smoothed the tips with steel wool. I made some pirns : I took a piece of aluminum tubing that fit the rod, cut it so it was

I'd guess the selvedge weave doesn't match the structure of the main weave closely enough or the selvedge tension is not what it should be. I like to use adjustable weights on each selvedge so I can c

Since the software and the hardware are being developed, it would not be wise to publish until the project is a working weaving loom attachment, it avoids a lot of chaos and misunderstanding. After th

If it has metal caps on the ends it's not hard: Just about any reed can be shortened; the older reeds with metal end caps are the easiest, just pry out the little nails and save them then remove the e

For those interested in Countermarch looms or looms in general, there are three texts which can be found on used book sites that speak of the CM loom in detail: Fanin, Tovey and Zielinski. Ref: "Handl

Could you describe the Countermarch design for us? Does the loom have short and long lamms or are all of the lamms the same length? If you have long & short lamms are the short lamms tied to sink the

I probably used the wrong term, unbalanced to me means when one shaft has more treadles/lamms attached to it so that it has more weight and hangs lower. This may make one of the shed movements have mo

I don't know your loom, but with the 60 inch CM loom I had I sometimes weighted a couple of treadles or tied in empty treadles when using an unbalanced tie up, to make the loom sing. Best of luck to y

Hi Holly, Well if your warp is well centered in the reed at rest, then some cord adjustments should be made; I did my final adjustments with all pins or locks off and the warp under weaving tension so

I always had the warp touch the bottom of the reed dents when the sheds are opened. I like a flat floor to the shed, so the shuttles doesn't drop through. Adjusting - Check that the warp is in the mid

Likewise the heddle jig illustrations in: "L�Encyclopedie, Art Des Textiles". In that one, two bobbins were used, so a worker could tie pretty fast. Ref: "L�Encyclopedie, Art Des Textiles", by Denis D

This looks like it was an advancement in the making of heddles, as it's mentioned in Fox's text: "Heald-making (the old term for heddles) is now a special business and is usually conducted in separate

Quite true. Paraffin, candle wax or canning wax is a good way to reduce friction, I use beeswax on wood screws only because it sticks better on the steel threads and I also use beeswax on cords that r

Paint thinner, sometimes called Mineral Spirits, is probably good for that, as is Turpentine, but use sparingly and keep an eye open for any tape or paper coming loose on the dowels. Normally just wea

If the distance is under 500 miles, I'd probably rent a pick up truck and secure the loom in four directions, just wrap the reeds in a blanket and let them ride along next to the loom. If unable to dr