Hi Folks,
In December I bought a lovingly cared for, used Macomber B5 (10h/16t) from an elderly lady who was moving. When we went to collect the loom, the lady’s son had already done most of the disassembling. My hubby and a friend helped him carry all the bits out to the U-haul with the sole instruction that the harnesses had to go back in a particular order. They were numbered 1-10 on bits of tape and the guys were absolutely sure that #10 went at the front of the loom and #1 was at the back. All that is duly done, everything is back in place, but there is a tremendous rake to the way the harnesses sit, highest at front and lowest at back.
Being the kind of person who’s prone to jumping in without knowing how deep the water is, I wound, sleyed, threaded, tied on and tied up. Oh my. The warp dips sharply down in the middle where it goes through the heddles and rises to both the back and breast beams. I get a wonderful shed between the beater and the heddles and virtually nothing between the beater and breast beam.
I know I have to have committed a major clottery somewhere, but I just can't see where. Can anyone help me out?
Best wishes,
Jeannie