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 /