Thursday, January 24, 2019

Handywoman 2 Treadle Reproduction Loom finally complete!

So here she is...all finished, well, I have a few touch ups to do but she's pretty much ready to go.
The next one will be walnut and wenge (if I can get 1x8 wenge stock from my supplier, if not I'm thinking of walnut and yellowheart or butternut.
This one, I did not get the take up rod slot centered and I didn't notice it till it was pretty much too late without having to make that assembly again.  I ran a test and it doesn't affect the weaving so It's just going to be who this girl is rather than spend another week on her.  These take a very long time to make and I'm ready to move on from her....
Anyway here she is in all her purple majesty.





















Monday, January 21, 2019

Getting close....

So the treadle loom is nearing completion.  I have a few more parts to get the finish on.  I am limited to space for putting finish on items so it is time consuming.  Mostly it's just the pegs and the pawls that need the finish.  Today I'll get the loom strung up so tomorrow I can do a test weave.  The treadles are different on this loom so wish me luck that I've got it right! 



Friday, January 18, 2019

New Treadle loom will be done soon!!!

Finish is on all the the loom parts. Running the heddles and tools today and putting first coat of finish on the heddles. :) getting really close now. :)





Monday, January 7, 2019

Final dry fit on Treadle Loom

The legs are all complete and set so today I did the final dry fit on all the major body parts.  Lots more to do but these parts will now start getting a finish. 





Sunday, January 6, 2019

More progress made on the Cherry and Purpleheart 2 Treadle Loom

ll parts are sanded now and a few more made so all that is left to make are the heddles and tools. I'm gluing up the leg assemblies today. Yesterday my son visited as he normally does on Saturday. :) (Yes, I'm a lucky mom :) ) I did run the warp cage reel parts yesterday morning so those are done and I rand the take up rod and the warp cage rod today. I built her again before I did the leg glue ups and all looks good. Once the legs are good and dry tomorrow I'll do one more build and check that all is good. I need to sand the leg assemblies a bit then I will get started on getting a finish on her. While I'm doing the finish I will run the heddles and tools and get them ready. This one is close to done.
I did also get a walnut top glued up so the next one will be all walnut. I may do some parts in another wood but I haven't decided yet. I'll have to see what I can get.