i have a pretty old mira cb 4 harness loom.  i have woven a few things on it, but am still having trouble.  it has great tension on the warp.  my trouble is getting any kind of shed.  i can depress the treadles with some difficulty.  it is harder to depress the treadles on this than on my jack loom.  also, the shed is poor.  i have replaced some of the cords on it that were fraying.  the rest are the ones that were used by the last weaver.  if i replaced the cords from the treadles to the v shaped thing that connects the treadles to the lamms, and made them long enough so that the far edge of the treadles touched the floor, would that solve the problem?  i love this little loom, and i would like to get it to work better.  

Comments

Sat, 12/23/2017 - 22:25

sandra.eberhar…

Can you post some pics of the tredles, lamms and cb set up?

Sun, 12/24/2017 - 04:34

Joanne Hall

I lengthened the treadle cords on the Mira I had in the 70s.  It makes the treadling more comfortable, especially if you are normal height or taller. 

You should be able to get a good shed.  Have you looked at the Leclerc website?

Joanne

Sun, 12/24/2017 - 13:22

ellen santana

thank you both, for your time.  i look at that web site all the time, and wrote to the man at leclerc.  i will try your suggestions, and if i still have trouble i will try to put some pictures up.  es