My wife has been weaving for about 3 years at a local city supported Art Center.

I bought a Macomber Loom for her in October, the person who I purchased it from thought that it was 40 or 50 years old.  It does not have a mark on it.

It is a Model B-4 - Serial # 2258x - It is a 48" Loom with 12 Harnesses, 14 Treadles and has room for 3 additional Harnesses and two beams on the rear, one

with sections and one without.

The overall width of the loom measured from the inside of each castle is  54 5/8 in. and the depth measured from the inside of the castle is 7 9/16 in.

My wife loves her new loom and I am looking for and additional items that I could purchase for her that she might enjoy.  She has a couple of nice

Shuttles and I purchased a 48' Fluorescent fixture with 4 Daylight Bulbs, which I suppended from the ceiling with 4 small chains, so that we could adjust height for

the best lighting conditions. Since the unit was designed to be installed on the ceiling I painted a 1/8 in. piece of plywood and mounted on the top of the fixture

so that all of the light would be directed ownward.

I am getting ready this week to make her a Bobbin Winder.  Any sugguestions of ideas on items for would be helpful for my wife would greatly be appreciated.

Sincerely,

Mike

Comments

Mon, 01/16/2012 - 21:27

mrdubyah (not verified)

Macomber looms are assigned their serial numbers sequentially from 1 to 10,000.  When they reach 10,000 the numbers start over.  They've apparently made three or four cycles through the numbers so far.  (See http://macomberloomsandme.blogspot.com/2009/05/making-sense.html).  If you call Macomber and describe your loom they can probably tell you when it was made (and maybe who first bought it).  

As for gifts, does it have a sectional warping beam?  Does she have a warping board?  A spool rack and tensioner?  How about a second back beam for double weave?  Is there room to add more harnesses?  Tools are always helpful too.  The possibilities are endless.               DRW

Tue, 01/17/2012 - 03:08

Michael White

WElcome to the macomber group. If you contact Sarah at [email protected] she should be able to give you some details on your loom. 

Like DRW said you can always find something she needs. Start with the basics like a raddle and lease sticks, yarn, the small hand tools, reed and heddle hooks etc.

Michael

 

Wed, 01/18/2012 - 01:59

SallyE (not verified)

You could make her a warping mill!