A few reproduction looms on my work benches.

My shops re-open on February 1st even though it is still pretty darn cold.  We will see how it goes.  But while my shop was closed of course I did work when the whether permitted and even though today is super cold I managed to get this walnut treadle complete cut out.  This picture is before I routed all the parts but you get the picture.  With this loom this close to finished I can work on it when I get the chance so she'll be done sooner than I expected.  I also got a Maple top all glued up and ready to cut, so there's that!

And I also have 3 of the reproduction box looms all cut out and am putting a finish on the body parts now.  I have already completed the heddles and they have a finish on them but those are a bit of a surprise.  I used a reproduction design this time for the heddles and I'm really pleased with how they turned out. Here is the first coat of poly on the body parts.  Cherry, Walnut and Paduak are the woods I chose for these.

A new 2 Treadle loom started

So this one is going to be All walnut including the legs but will have accents in either Wenge (which I'm hoping for) if they ever get 1x in stock again, or yellow-heart or maple (which would be a great contrast).  I had considered all walnut and that is still floating in my head.
So this is the glue up of the walnut, you have to imagine it with a shiny finish which will deepen the color and pattern of the wood.  But here are some examples.  I'd love to hear what you think.

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.

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! 

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. :)