Hi everybody! I'm new to the forum, and the reason I'm here is because I'm considering buying my first loom — a used Baby Mac. It's obviously been..."well loved," and that love involved the previous owner replacing the front apron beam with a squared piece of wood which is a little splintered, and the strings have been replaced by a make-shift and, at this point, dirty apron (years of use will do that to a piece of white cloth). I've been trying hard to find out how the beam is attached to the rest of the loom so that I can know how difficult it'll be to replace with a clean, new cylinder, repairing the crank for it in the process, since that's also broken. Does anyone have any insight on either of those things?
Also, I'm curious to how it sounds to people who know looms that a baby mac with no reed, rusty jacks, and the problem above would cost $575, with a warping board thrown in?