Comments on: Heddles to pay…. http://www.allsewnup.com/2010/01/22/heddles-to-pay/ Tue, 27 Jul 2010 20:33:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Gidget http://www.allsewnup.com/2010/01/22/heddles-to-pay/comment-page-1/#comment-4620 Gidget Tue, 27 Jul 2010 20:33:04 +0000 http://www.allsewnup.com/?p=1158#comment-4620 hehe, I'm not good enough to carve anything in the round. I love your idea for the saw blade encased in masonite! Admittedly, I drug around my small Makita circular saw blade for a week, trying my best to figure out how to make it work, it never dawned on me to encase it. Terrific Idea! As for the reed, I ended saving my $'s and buying one from the woolery too. LOL The one I had made had a few curved reeds that caused gaps which would not 'wash' out. Thank you so much for the comments. Do you have any pictures available on a website that I could see? I would love to see the looms that you made! hehe, I’m not good enough to carve anything in the round. I love your idea for the saw blade encased in masonite! Admittedly, I drug around my small Makita circular saw blade for a week, trying my best to figure out how to make it work, it never dawned on me to encase it. Terrific Idea! As for the reed, I ended saving my $’s and buying one from the woolery too. LOL The one I had made had a few curved reeds that caused gaps which would not ‘wash’ out.

Thank you so much for the comments. Do you have any pictures available on a website that I could see? I would love to see the looms that you made!

]]> By: Kathy Armstrong http://www.allsewnup.com/2010/01/22/heddles-to-pay/comment-page-1/#comment-4619 Kathy Armstrong Tue, 27 Jul 2010 17:20:09 +0000 http://www.allsewnup.com/?p=1158#comment-4619 Whoops! Those are purchased legs!! ...good idea. ...and pretty, too! Our ratcheting system uses old saw blades that my husband encased in masonite. The "pawl" is made from a piece of flat metal that was twisted into a "hook" on the end to catch the teeth of the blade. We are still refining everything on our looms. We have made 3 now. One counterbalance that was taken apart and redone for a second loom. And then we made a jack loom. I love them as much as my big Macomber!!! Whoops! Those are purchased legs!! …good idea. …and pretty, too! Our ratcheting system uses old saw blades that my husband encased in masonite. The “pawl” is made from a piece of flat metal that was twisted into a “hook” on the end to catch the teeth of the blade. We are still refining everything on our looms. We have made 3 now. One counterbalance that was taken apart and redone for a second loom. And then we made a jack loom. I love them as much as my big Macomber!!!

]]> By: Kathy Armstrong http://www.allsewnup.com/2010/01/22/heddles-to-pay/comment-page-1/#comment-4618 Kathy Armstrong Tue, 27 Jul 2010 17:13:52 +0000 http://www.allsewnup.com/?p=1158#comment-4618 I was impressed by the take up beams...all carved nicely!! We have made a couple floor looms from 2x4s. Were weren't as fancy about the reed...we bought one from the Woolery! Haha But one time I did make a reed from sushi matts! That worked well for a pit loom I constructed from old wood found in the woods. I love to see the ingenuity of people...it is our history really... I was impressed by the take up beams…all carved nicely!! We have made a couple floor looms from 2x4s. Were weren’t as fancy about the reed…we bought one from the Woolery! Haha But one time I did make a reed from sushi matts! That worked well for a pit loom I constructed from old wood found in the woods. I love to see the ingenuity of people…it is our history really…

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