I would like to have a tension box and rail that could be used on a Cranbrook as well as an old Union Custom Loom we are renovating. I have never done sectional warping, but I can learn. However, to get a box and a rail for the Cranbrook cost over $500...not to mention the electric winder and counter which is another several hundred. Anyone have any ideas that won't break the bank? Also, I've only seen videos on using a tension box, etc. for sectional warping so it's hard to imagine how the rail for moving the tension box hooks to the loom. Do you really need a rail? Can't you just move it by hand or something? Certainly, they did not have electric winders and counters a 100 years ago.
Thanks, Jane