What are they

to anything?    Why is it "obviously" something to do with wool?  It has interesting holes on it - must be for something.

That brass needle thing - maybe it goes into a hole somewhere and locks something in place - like a brake handle for example?

What kind of loom did these come with?

Sally

The round thing isnt attached to anything although I guess it could have been. It also has the words on the opposite side- "To start feed end of wool upwards through this hole" This is the dark bit (at about 11 oclock)

The loom itself is a 1966 weavemaster loom

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Paul

The pin looks like a locking mechanism to either hold your shafts up or down for threading or to hold your beater steady for threading. Do you see any similar size holes immune loom that the locking pin could be placed thru?

There are definitely no holes of a corresponding size to fiut the pin in. It is also of a completely different metal to everything else. I guess it will remain a mystery until its solved!

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PAul

Some manufatureres use a pin that looks like that to allow a quick change of the tieup to the lamms.  Most of the pins I have seen have a means of locking them in place and not just an eye.  Some Le Clerc looms have that type of quick change pin on thier treadles. The eye is just used as a convenient handle.

I've had a closer look at the brown thingy and it has a patent on it for pattons and baldwin. I have emailed them They were taken over by Coats in 1961 - 5 or 6 years before my loom was purchased and therefore predates the actual loom.

Thanks

Paul

They are about 2ft long. The uprights are 1 inch dowel about 9 inches long and the "bottom" cross pieces rotate on a nut.

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PAul

These look like the ends of a horizontal warping mill. There should be four dowels connecting them plus some sort of  stand to hold it so it can rotate.

The round thing may be a device that cuts fabric strips--probably for making rag rugs.

Janet

Could these be part of the horizontal warping mill? Does anyone know of a picture on the net of one?

 There is a box thing with four holes going through it.

The holes can be closed off with a rotating metal cover

Thanks PAul

Something like these?

http://www.hornshawwoodworks.com/index.php?var2=282

Thanks Slipstream. Following the link and then looking at Wikipedia and following another link I think it is a Weasel rather than a swift. I'm collecting it from where I cleaned it later today and will see if I can make more sense of it.

Could these be some sort of warp tensioner for sectional warping?

Many Thanks

Paul

The round thing is a wool cutter, for cutting wool into latch-hook size pieces for rug-making. I have one, but have never been able to use it effectively.

The pin looks like the ones in my temples to hold the size right.

Andy_SA has definitely got the correct ID for the round thing.  Check out "Dexters latch hook wool cutter" on google and you'll find several for sale on Ebay.  They cut yarn in uniform 2 1/2" lengths for rug hooking.  

Thanks for sorting that one out. Do you think this might be a warp tensioner for sectional warping?

The brass pin looks like it's for a temple to adjust length and act as a hinge. I've made them here from 1/8" brass rod. I've also made them, a bit longer, as axils for my skein reels. Info in "Home Built Equipment" forum group. The idea for these comes from Worst in his book from 100 years ago. He most likely adapted them from others.

The box thing looks to me like a spool rack for sectional warping.  Look up "spool rack" and "warping" in google images to see pictures of similar racks.  The holes support metal rods or dowels that serve as the spool axles.  The rotating metal covers keep the axles from falling out.