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Cleaning and Refurbishing The Loom

3/9/2019

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This past week I have started to assess the loom, below are lots of pictures of what I found and it basically comes down to this. It needs to be cleaned and only some minor work done to it.  YES, I could weave on it right now but with a wee bit of love and attention before I start any projects, would be beneficial.

NOTE: A lot of this information in the Sarah Haskell's Macomber Looms Manual, which is worth the $12.50 it costs. 

So here is what I am going to do. 
  • Remove the eye bolts and springs which connect the back beam breaks to the break pedal, this is so I can open the back beam and lay it on the floor (done last weekend)
  • Remove the treadle hooks and harnesses from the loom (done last weekend)
  • Open the front and back beams (done last weekend)
  • Remove the reed from the beater and remove the beater bar from the loom (done last weekend)
  • Remove the old cotton warp from the sectional back beam (did that last weekend and it was very dust packed) 
  • Remove the old tape from the treadles so they can be cleaned and washed
  • Wipe down all the chains that hold the heddle harnesses and that connect the treadles to the jacks
  • Wipe/wash all the wood with Murphy's Oil Soap as recommended by other Macomber loom owners
  • Apply daubs of Vaseline to the jacks where the bronze bushings meet the metal rod known as the Jack post
  • Apply silicone spray to the lamm and jack rods so they glide through the wood slots 
  • Wipe down the break drum on the sectional beam and inspect the ratchet on the regular beam
  • Remove the heddles on the 8 harnesses and set aside any bent heddles. Wipe the harnesses down, apply silicone to the harness tops and bottoms so the heddles, when put back on, glide smoothly.
  • Remove the old bumper pads from the beater bar - these will be replaced with new ones
  • Remove old pads from under the upper jacks each side of the castle
  • Remove the skirts from the front and back beams - they are functional yet old, yellow and bordering on crumbling
  • Remove the felt strip from the top and bottom grooves of the beater where the reed sits, need to confirm this with Macomber!
  • Clean the 3 reeds (10, 12, 15 dent)

Then I have to order the following, probably next week:
  • Bumper Pads for the beater
  • Beater Handle (new to me) as the beater does not have one
  • Felt strips for the reed holder in the beater
  • Pads for under the upper jacks 
  • Front and Rear Skirts
  • New strings for the sectional beam - I may have to make these
  • Wheels (new to me) as the loom does not have them and it would make moving it, for cleaning under it, easier
  • Extra Treadle Hooks

Of course after I am done cleaning, I then get to put it all back together, after the replacement parts arrive, why do this twice!

There are things I need but I don't want to order just yet as they maybe given to me when the rest of the accessories are sorted by the person I bought the loom from
  • Warping board
  • Tension box
  • Raddle, for use with the regular beam or I will make one
  • Extra treadle hooks, there were only 10 in use when I bought the loom
  • Handles for the drum and ratchet brakes
  • Maybe get a 5 dent reed since rug warps are thicker and a finer dent reed can be abrasive!
  • Insert eye heddles, I had them on my other loom and like them better for rug warps

Having had my second cuppa coffee, it is now time to start the cleaning
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    Laurie lives in central Texas with Erich, a.k.a. "the shop elf", her hubby of 35+ years and Cowboy Boots, the cat; her metals studio including 100+ hammers and 300+ chasing tools; her sewing studio which has a sewing machine, a closet filled with fabric, hundreds of skeins of embroidery floss and perle cotton, silk and other materials, and Mrs. King the dress dummy; two weaving looms, assorted knitting needles, tubs of yarn; lots of books; plus a plethora of geeky tech gadgets, computers, and more.

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