I did not want to pay the price for Maple as was probably used for the original, so I bought Poplar. Milled it to size and nailed and glued it up.
I really wanted to do something more like the metal section dividers of the Lerclerc loom, but could not find anything readily available to make that happen, something along the lines of a large stainless steel fence staple.I decided to go along with the original design until I find what I would rather have, retrofitting shouldn't be too much of a problem. So, 3/8" dowel sharpened in the pencil sharpener and then cut to length, x76. When was the last tiome one of you sharpened 76 pencils in a row?
A light sanding with 22o grit sandpaper, x 76.
And now it's time to quit and drink beer for the rest of the evening.
I did contact Clayton Boyer though, an incredible designer and builder of wooden gear clocks.
His wife is a fiber artist and he has designed some items for her. I challenged him to design plans for a specific piece that I would dearly love to have, but don't have the mechanical abilities necessary to design myself. A geared device that can twist 2 strands of rags together and, in the same operation, with the use of only one crank, then wind it into a ball. We'll see if he can come up with such a plan. If anyone can, it's him. He's a wooden gear and device genius.
A light sanding with 22o grit sandpaper, x 76.
And now it's time to quit and drink beer for the rest of the evening.
I did contact Clayton Boyer though, an incredible designer and builder of wooden gear clocks.His wife is a fiber artist and he has designed some items for her. I challenged him to design plans for a specific piece that I would dearly love to have, but don't have the mechanical abilities necessary to design myself. A geared device that can twist 2 strands of rags together and, in the same operation, with the use of only one crank, then wind it into a ball. We'll see if he can come up with such a plan. If anyone can, it's him. He's a wooden gear and device genius.
That then leaves me with the question; "can I follow his plans"?
5 comments:
Honestly, the part I understood best was the one about drinking beer, the rest was rocket science to me. But it does look great! :-)
I do hope it turns out well and your loome is so different from european lomms. About the devise for twisting and winding stings a I came to think about the little divise they used for twisting ropes for sailing ships, that can be worth looking at.
Ulf
Scheibster, I thought you were the rocket scientist;-P
Ulf, I was thinking about a rope twister. The only one I've ever seen though, at King rope's and saddles in Sheridan Wyoming was abot 50 or more meters long, not exactly what one can fit in their vävstuga;-D
Ah Lars is on the blog again :-) and i wondered if you´ve taken a long time off. Maybe to take some new pictures of californian islands for panoramio? I´ve found some some time ago in google earth.
So you´re still working with the loom, whats with that wooden chair project?
Orinoko, no california photo projects. The chair is moving along very sloooooooowly.
Post a Comment