I have a Leclerc old Medico S loom and it came with 800 miles of green old dry rotted warp thread. I read about about that on other boards and did some sampling with it and decided to cut off the rest. When I got the loom going I finally decided it was missing the front apron rod and added one. Now that I have the other end uncovered, I have some questions about the sectional warp side. I looked online at lots of photos of other sectional warp beams and notice mine is different than others. It has dowel rods like others but there is also a set of hook and eyes with cord and an apron rod. The way the last warp was tied on it had the cord from the eyes tied to the bundles of thread. I am wondering if this even belongs here, the apron rod. How come it has hook and eyes? does it need to have the rod or tie direct to warp / 

Comments

Tue, 08/07/2012 - 23:01

laurafry

You don't *have* to warp sectionally even if you have a sectional beam with the rakes.  You can just pull an ordinary warp onto the beam, being careful to make sure no threads get caught on the tips of the dowels.  I expect that is why there is a dowel through the cords....

cheers,

Laura

Tue, 08/07/2012 - 23:04

mneligh

If it works like other sectional beams, you don't typically tie on to a dowel rod.  Instead, you warp each section independently, tying on to each loop of cord.  The dowel rod may be an adaptation to allow beaming a conventional warp instead of winding each section independently, but I don't know why they might want to do that.

Tue, 08/07/2012 - 23:10

thenutmeg2000

that this may be the missing front dowel. But I was wondering if someone decided to add the hook system as the appear very clean and shiny to be on a loom from 1962. Nothing else is this shiny. Would I just tie directly on to the beam its self and avoid the cord and hook and eye system?

Tue, 08/07/2012 - 23:16

laurafry

To beam sectionally you tie one section worth of yarn to the cord and fill that section.  And so on.  If you don't have a spool rack and spools/tubes enough to wind on, you can just wind a warp on a board or mill and beam as usual, taking care that no threads hang up on the dowels as previously mentioned.

cheers,

Laura

Tue, 08/07/2012 - 23:25

thenutmeg2000

for your advise and tips. Much appreciated!

Wed, 08/08/2012 - 04:56

amyfrey (not verified)

The way it was explained to me:  Measure the distance from the beam to within a few inches of the heddles, double that measurement and cut a length of cord for each section of the sectional beam. Fold in half and knot the ends of each length of cord to make a loop. Put the loop through the eye then through the knotted end of the loop and pull snug.  Each section of warp (bout) is knotted at the end and attached by a lark's head knot.   The purpose for the cord is to reduce the amount of waste at the end of the warp as it allows you to weave until the knots are just a few inches from the heddles.  Just be sure to count the number of turns you make as you are winding each section so that all your warp is the length you want! 

Fri, 08/10/2012 - 19:13

steve104c (not verified)

At work, can't send pics now but will send tomorrow. Made my own sectional for my Leclerc. Makes warping much easier.................Steve.

Fri, 08/10/2012 - 23:01

thenutmeg2000

Ohh now I get it Amy. Took me a minute to think about it. I think I need to sign myself up for Daryl's class on sectional warping and get some education. The way you are describing is in fact how the yarn looked when I finally cut to the end of the yarn that was old and on the loom, tied in the little sections to the loops. Makes sense for the waste as well. Also, glad you mentioned the idea of count how many times I wrap too. I was wondering how in the world I was going to figure that out. Duh, keep it simple.

Tue, 08/14/2012 - 23:11

mrdubyah (not verified)

If you wind from a spool rack through a tension box, you'll get even tension and even distribution of the threads within each bout.  Tension boxes can also be equipped with yard counters as well.  Or, get an AVL warping wheel and skip all that:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U6KwP2zmk_g

 

Tue, 08/14/2012 - 23:48

Joanne Hall

If you go to the Leclerc website, you will find a short video on how to do the sectional warping with Leclerc equipment.  Then you can decide if you want to do it with your loom.

Joanne