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Macomber Loom hook question
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Louise Yale
Also appreciate the info on Macomber hooks and texsolv.
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What has happened here.... After a phone conversation with Susan Sklarek of RISD, decided to buy a set of new Super hooks. Thank you, Susan, for all the advice and tips on Macombers. If anyone is planning to buy some hooks, Macomber does not process credit cards. I sent them a check plus the model and serial number of my Macomber. Louise, awaiting the new hooks in Northern California ------ Just deleting a thousand unread emails (!) and found some overlooked |
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Diane Rabinowitz
Just deleting a thousand unread emails (!) and found some overlooked responses to my query about switching to texsolv. I so appreciate all the helpful feedback! Diane in Pittsburgh |
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Diane, my Macomber is 48" wide and 12 shafts. The Texsolv heddles have really made a difference. Send me a note offline if you would like photos.
Best, Denise |
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Diane Rabinowitz
It seems everyone is referring to Baby Macs and folding them as the problem. My Mac is a big and HEAVY 48” model. I worry that the lamms and shafts are heavy. Has anyone converted one of that size to texsolv? Thank you to all who have replied as well as Denise Kovnat for her useful information.
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bigwhitesofadog
One thing I should add; my Baby Mac is old, and was probably intended to use hooks that went through holes in the lamms. I got the newer super hooks for it. These fit very snugly; to remove them I pull the hook away from the lamms with a pair of plyers and pull it up. Sandra |
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bigwhitesofadog
The hooks give a connection to the treadle that stays a strait line from the top of the shaft to the treadle. If you are not careful to make the texsolve do the same, you can bend the frames. Search Weavolution for more. Sandra |
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Kati Meek
The conversion of my Baby Macomber to Texsolv years ago was a loom-saver, as well as a back-saver. In Warp with a Trapeze and Dance with Your Loom (available from Becky's Vav Stuga (http://store.vavstuga.com/category/books.html) there is an illustration of tipping the Baby Mack (and other small looms) to make tie-up changes easy on the back. [Baby Mack is currently weaving 16 yards of upholstery gimp (without reed) with the back up on a 2x4 to make it more comfortable to weave this tiny warp-faced strip.] Treadle with Joy, Kati
Treehouse Studio in snow-bound Northern Michigan |
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Janet Stollnitz
Tina and others,
When I've had to fold up the loom, I undo the anchors from the Texsolv cords and leave them hanging. I also undo the Velcro. Janet On 1/18/2020 1:02 PM, Tina Hilton
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-- Janet Stollnitz Silver Spring Looms Dyed Dreams www.dyeddreams.com jstollnitz@... |
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Tina Hilton
I haven't converted mine to texsolv yet, but I heard from others the risk of damage is when you fold up the loom with the treadles connected. If you're not careful, the lamms can get bent. That's for a Baby Mac obviously. I do like Janet's idea of using velcro in place of the S hooks for the treadle bar. Those hooks are often coming undone for me. Tina Hilton On Sat, Jan 18, 2020 at 8:15 AM Lorelei Caracausa <beeweaverstudio@...> wrote:
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Janet Stollnitz
I replaced the hooks on my baby Mac with Texsolv quite a few years
ago and haven't had a problem with the shafts. I also replaced the
two "s" hooks with three small strips of Velcro. The "s" hooks
are/were used to hold the treadle bar in place. I wrapped the Velcro
strips around the treadle bar and the flat, metal bar at the front
of the loom--one at each end and one in the middle. The treadle bar
now stays in place.
Janet On 1/18/2020 10:02 AM, Diane Rabinowitz
via Groups.Io wrote:
I have been very frustrated with super hooks and think I will go for texsolv. What ways would the loom be damaged “if not done carefully”? -- Janet Stollnitz Silver Spring Looms Dyed Dreams www.dyeddreams.com jstollnitz@... |
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Lorelei Caracausa
I would like to know, also. When I still had the shop, I retro-fitted many BabyMacs with Texsolv and never had an issue. All of the customers seemed extremely pleased to not have the the issue anymore. On Sat, Jan 18, 2020 at 9:02 AM Diane Rabinowitz via Groups.Io <skyisblue2010=yahoo.com@groups.io> wrote: I have been very frustrated with super hooks and think I will go for texsolv. What ways would the loom be damaged “if not done carefully”? --
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Diane Rabinowitz
I have been very frustrated with super hooks and think I will go for texsolv. What ways would the loom be damaged “if not done carefully”?
thanks! Diane |
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bigwhitesofadog
Replacing the hooks with texsolve can damage the shafts if not done carefully. Sandra |
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bigwhitesofadog
I have never had a problem with hooks coming off my Baby Mac, and I treadle fast and do not release the treadles gently. The hooks fit snugly on the lamms and I remove them with pliars. Sandra |
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Jayne F
Hooks can become misshapen. If the long straight part of the hook is bent or bowed enough (or if the treadle slot has warped) the hooks can get stuck in the treadle slot. Then, when the treadle is released (traveling upward), the hook moves with it (instead of sliding in the slot) and the hook itself is lifted up off the lam. Straighten hooks and wax them to be sure they can move in the treadle slots freely. Jayne in Maine |
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Louise Yale
Hi Cynthia
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Interesting. Will give it a try. Louise in NorCal ------------------ Part of the problem with the treadle hooks on Macomber looms is |
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Nann Miller
From: weavetech@groups.io <weavetech@groups.io> on behalf of Louise Yale <cafeina@...>
Sent: Wednesday, January 15, 2020 7:46:59 PM To: WeaveTech <weavetech@groups.io> Subject: Re: [weavetech] Macomber Loom hook question Hi Nann Thank you for the valuable tips. Louise in NorCal ------------------ > I have used a Macomber 8-shaft 48" B4 for over 50 years--20 of those as a > production weaver. Alden Amos timed our weaving speed at a shot every > second to 1-1/4 seconds, so speed isn't the issue. The hooks do not fly > off. During the last 10 years, I have moved to a 16-shaft B5 and the > hooks still don't fly off. I also weave on a 24" 8-shaft Baby Mac, and I > don't have issues there either. I work in a weaving studio with 5 other 4- > or 8-shaft B4s and they don't have problems. Each of these looms uses a > different size Super-Hook and I am careful not to mix the hooks up. > > I wonder if you are centering the hook directly over the treadle? Are you > making certain the hooks are the correct size for the loom and number of > shafts on the loom? As you install (or remove the hooks) do you check > them to see that they aren't splayed at the top where it bends back? > > Nann Miller > ________________________________ > |
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Louise Yale
Hi Nann
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Thank you for the valuable tips. Louise in NorCal ------------------ I have used a Macomber 8-shaft 48" B4 for over 50 years--20 of those as a |
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Nann Miller
I have used a Macomber 8-shaft 48" B4 for over 50 years--20 of those as a production weaver. Alden Amos timed our weaving speed at a shot every second to 1-1/4 seconds, so speed isn't the issue. The hooks do not fly off. During the last 10 years, I have
moved to a 16-shaft B5 and the hooks still don't fly off. I also weave on a 24" 8-shaft Baby Mac, and I don't have issues there either. I work in a weaving studio with 5 other 4- or 8-shaft B4s and they don't have problems. Each of these looms uses a different
size Super-Hook and I am careful not to mix the hooks up.
I wonder if you are centering the hook directly over the treadle? Are you making certain the hooks are the correct size for the loom and number of shafts on the loom? As you install (or remove the hooks) do you check them to see that they aren't splayed at
the top where it bends back?
Nann Miller
From: weavetech@groups.io <weavetech@groups.io> on behalf of Teresa Ruch <teresaruch@...>
Sent: Wednesday, January 15, 2020 2:05 PM To: weavetech@groups.io <weavetech@groups.io> Subject: Re: [weavetech] Macomber Loom hook question I have not found this to be a problem on any macombers I have used. I have only woven on full size mac not baby macs so that might make the difference. I am a production weaver and like the macs because they are faster than my avl.
Teresa
On Wed, Jan 15, 2020 at 10:16 AM Cynthia Broughton <cbroughton5@...> wrote:
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Teresa Ruch
I have not found this to be a problem on any macombers I have used. I have only woven on full size mac not baby macs so that might make the difference. I am a production weaver and like the macs because they are faster than my avl. Teresa On Wed, Jan 15, 2020 at 10:16 AM Cynthia Broughton <cbroughton5@...> wrote:
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