Wiring Loom Lengths 9 Installations without Gauges 9 Installations with Gauges 9 Figure 3 - Connecting to Senders 9. Dorset UK, BH12 3PF Telephone: +44 (0)1202 746682 Email: [email protected]. Refer to the EMU Config Tool User Manual on the EMU-1 downloads page for instructions on how to configure the EMU-1. Harrisville Looms. Since 1972 Harrisville Designs has manufactured jack-type maple looms in an old New Hampshire textile village. Their philosophy has always been that function, quality and economy are equal elements of a sound design. Each item must be, first and foremost, a good tool.
Heddles for Handweaving Looms - Texsolv, Wire and Inserted Eye Heddles The following selection of heddles are available from Camilla Valley Farm Weavers' Supply. While these heddles are designed to fit Leclerc looms, they may fit other vendor's products. To verify size, measure the distance between the top edge of the top heddle support bar and the bottom edge of the bottom heddle support bar on your loom's shaft frame. If this distance is 9 1/2', 10 1/2' or 12 1/2' and as long as the heddle support bars are no greater than 1/2' (13 mm) wide and 1/8' (3 mm) thick, these heddles should fit.
I purchased this loom from eBay almost 2 years ago. I think I paid more for shipping than I did for the loom.
There wasn't any part of this loom that wasn't rusted or filthy. It's a Structo Artcraft 600 4-shaft loom with a maximum weaving width of 20'.
The loom came with a 15-dent reed. If the reed is sleyed two threads per dent (for a sett of 30 ends per inch) the loom could accommodate 600 warp ends. It was made sometime around 1925 but before 1932 (when the next model was released). I was able to find an original owner's manual and product catalog on eBay. Click any picture below to enlarge. I took the loom completely apart and sanded all the metal parts down to bare metal and spray painted them back to their original black paint.
I decided not to sand the mahogany down to bare wood, instead I sanded the old finish off with steel wool and used. This stuff is amazing. Here is the completed loom. I created cloth aprons with rods and ordered TexSolv heddles. I really didn't think I could get the rust off the 15-dent reed but I kept at it and it came out beautifully.
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Here she is with her first warp. I used the Katie Reeder Meek method of using a trapeze. You can get a review of her book Warp with a Trapeze and Dance With Your Loom Using Live-Tensioned Weights. For the first project I put on a little over 5 yards of cotton warp for dishtowels. I really enjoyed restoring this old loom. It's hard to believe it's the same loom. Terri, if you haven't joined us on allthingsstructo on Yahoo, please do!
Sounds like you have some good information to share with the rest of the 'structo junkies' who gather there! Love the work you've done! I have one old 'Baby Mac' in pieces and awaiting re-assembly after sanding and polyeurethining (guess I just invented a word) and another one, a vintage 50 years old, awaiting attention. It came with a hex beam to accommodate Structo spools! Macomber used to supply those with their looms! I also own about 25 structos, including one of just about every model. No, not nuts, but use them to teach!
Nancy C (admin for the group). Hi Teri, I just found your blog and am amazed at what you did with that structo loom. I found it through a google search trying to figure out how to add cloth aprons to a dorset loom that I am restoring (not in as bad a shape as your structo). Since I have no loom with aprons I would love to know how you made and attached the aprons to your loom.
My beams are wood, so I can attach with tacks or small screws, but did you need to put a rod on the beam end of the cloth, or was a hem enough to keep it straight. One more question - what type of canvas did you use for the aprons? I sure hope I can do as good a job as you did.