Aye, so it's no fancy, but it does the job. You may notice it's made from an old bed frame. Fortune favours the busy, as I was too busy all week to go to B n Q to buy wood to make a loom stand, and then I found out my uncle had thrown out an old single bed frame. I originally took it home thinking to make cupboard shelving with it, and the more I thought, the simpler it seemed to simply make a stand for the loom with it.

 

The loom is a weavemaster, 4 shaft loom. weaving width of about 32", which is kinda mad for a table loom. I'd go as far as to say that this table loom with stand is probably about the size of a decent modern jack loom, the kind you get cause you have a small flat.

 

I used to have a smaller weavemaster, with a weaving width of 18", and I've seen a mini one in a shop window which was about 6" across with 2 shafts. If you can find them they're really good and sturdy looms, though it's a challenge finding a table the right height to mount one on. Coffee tables are too low and dining tables too high, unless you sit on a stool, which isn't comfortable.

 

Anyway, i'm happy now. Wonder what I'll weave on it.

 

Andrew

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ReedGuy

Are they the rails Andrew? I have made beds. I used hard maple rails and cherry for head and foot board. Anyway, yours looks like a rugged piece of wood. :)

Andrew Kieran (not verified)

Yeah, those are the side rails. It was lucky that the loom was only 1 inch narrower (exactly) then the bed. So I used the head and end board to make the feet, and cut 22" lengths off each end of both side rails. Which gave me a really solid and square base to work on.

 

The thing is made of MDF, with pine slats. I have slats to strengthen it at the top and sides, and for the loom to rest on. The loom isn't actually attached, which means I can put it out of the way and stick a piece of hard board on if I need somewhere to do soldering or jigsaws, which is well handy, because it's a right pain trying to do soldering on a coffee table in the front room.

 

I have now been asked by my fiancee whether we can perhaps have 8 shafts in the future, so I'm going to start thinking about making a new castle for the thing, and maybe extending it a little at the back so there's a longer draft behind the shafts.