Hello, new poster here!
I am looking for some suggestions on how to improve my Harrisville Designs 36" 4 Shaft / 4 Treadle Loom.
I bought it this past August in Vermont and it took a month or so to bring it back up to working order - it had been sitting in a garage for who knows how long: the beaters were rusted, the leather cords of the counterbalance pulleys were a total mess...
Anyway, the one thing that is still really off are the bottom pulley wheels right above the treadles. They should be evenly spaced apart from one another along the same lines as their respective partner pulleys up in the castle, and yet, after a few passes, one of them (the first shaft, and pulley / treadle on the far left) is pushed back by the tension of the cord and rubs up against the next one (second shaft).
This wouldn't be the end of the world but it makes a HORRIBLE moaning / squeaking noise every time, and it probably isn't very good for the cords in any case.
Does anyone else experience this problem? How have you kept the wheels in their proper place while still letting them do their job?
Any help would be a big help - this is my first loom and it's very scary trying to remedy problems by my lonesome!