Hi. Does anyone have any pictures of how to tie onto the back beam of a Macomber floor loom, B-5 model? The only twist is that it has a sectional beam but I"m not using it as a sectional beam - I'm just filling the yarn between the spaces and using it as a plain beam.
This is 50 year old loom I inherited from my Grandmother. I've figured out how to set it up and how to warp back to front (I always used front to back before on a smaller table loom). Using the sectional beam as a plain beam has been fine as well. But the length of the strings attaching the back apron rod to the beam seem very long to me. I'm also not sure if I'm fastening the rod to the beam the right way - I end up just tying it onto the sectional beam pegs to keep it in place, but that seems kind of make-shift to me.
I wasn't sure if I was doing this the right way because I learned how to finally warp back to front from videos, but of course there aren't any videos (that I've found) on how to use a sectional beam as a regular/plain beam.
Thanks,
Susan