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Rigid Heddle Loom: a Beech Frame, Two Rollers and a Slotted Heddle
Tex

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Rigid Heddle Loom: a Beech Frame, Two Rollers and a Slotted Heddle

In a rigid heddle loom one heddle does the work of the shafts: warp ends pass alternately through holes and through the slots between them, so lifting the heddle raises half the ends and lowering it drops them, opening the two sheds for plain weave. Build a beech frame with a warp roller and a cloth roller, and a heddle of slats with a hole in each. The picture: a small wooden rigid heddle with its slots and holes, for weaving bands.
Intermediate
Several days

Instructions

1

Frame

Mortise and tenon two beech side rails to a back beam and a front beam, about 50 cm wide inside (our size). Glue and peg the joints.

Materials for this step:

Beech LumberBeech Lumber2 pieces
Hide GlueHide Glue0.05 kg
Straight Wooden ShaftStraight Wooden Shaft1 piece

Tools needed:

Tenon SawTenon Saw
Hand PlaneHand Plane
Chisel SetChisel Set
Marking GaugeMarking Gauge
C-ClampC-Clamp
Large Pot (lower, for water bath)Large Pot (lower, for water bath)
Glass BeakerGlass Beaker
2

Rollers and ratchets

Turn a warp roller and a cloth roller that run in holes through the side rails. Fit each with a wooden ratchet wheel and a pawl so it can be wound and held.

Materials for this step:

Beech LumberBeech Lumber1 piece

Tools needed:

Pole LathePole Lathe
Turning GougeTurning Gouge
Hand DrillHand Drill
Tenon SawTenon Saw
Chisel SetChisel Set
3

Heddle

Rip thin beech slats, drill a small hole through the middle of each, and set them evenly spaced between two grooved bars, glued, so slots and holes alternate (step 5 for spacing).

Materials for this step:

Beech LumberBeech Lumber1 piece
Hide GlueHide Glue0.05 kg

Tools needed:

Tenon SawTenon Saw
Hand PlaneHand Plane
Hand DrillHand Drill
RulerRuler
4

Heddle rest and finish

Fix a block on each side rail notched to hold the heddle up, down or in the middle. Sand everything that touches yarn and rub with wax.

Materials for this step:

BeeswaxBeeswax0.02 kg

Tools needed:

Tenon SawTenon Saw
Chisel SetChisel Set
SandpaperSandpaper
5

Heddle density

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Materials

4

Tools Required

12

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