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Two-Shaft Treadle Loom with a Split-Cane Reed
On a treadle loom the feet open the shed, leaving both hands for the shuttle. A wooden frame carries the warp beam and the cloth beam; two shafts carry the heddles that lift alternate warp threads; treadles tied to the shafts work them; a batten with a reed, once made of split cane, spaces the warp and beats the weft in.
The picture: a peasant handloom from Romania, old engraving.
Advanced
Two weeks
Instructions
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1
Frame
Frame
Saw two side frames of beech, each two posts joined top and bottom by mortised rails, and join them with cross rails front and back. Glue and peg every joint square.
Materials for this step:
Beech Lumber6 pieces
Hardwood Dowels16 pieces
Hide Glue100 gTools needed:
Hand Saw
Tenon Saw
Chisel Set
Wooden Mallet
Hand Drill
Try Square
Double Boiler2
2
Beams and ratchets
Beams and ratchets
Shave two round beams from shafts for the warp beam at the back and the cloth beam at the front, with round journals resting in notches in the side frames. Cut a toothed wooden ratchet wheel on one end of each and a pawl on the frame to hold the tension.
Materials for this step:
Straight Wooden Shaft2 piecesBeech Lumber1 pieceTools needed:
Drawknife
SpokeshaveHand SawChisel Set3
3
Shafts and heddles
Shafts and heddles
Make two shafts, each a pair of light bars. Tie cotton string heddles between the bars, each with a small eye in the middle, all the same length (step 6). Hang both shafts from cords over a roller on top of the frame, so one rises as the other sinks.
Materials for this step:
Straight Wooden Shaft5 pieces
Cotton Thread200 m
Cordage6 metersTools needed:
Sloyd Carving Knife
Scissors
Ruler4
4
Reed and batten
Reed and batten
Shave split cane into thin, even dents. Bind them upright between two pairs of wooden ribs with cotton thread wound between each dent, spacing them evenly. Mount the reed in a batten hung from the top of the frame so it swings to beat.
Materials for this step:
Split Cane30 mCotton Thread100 mBeech Lumber1 pieceTools needed:
Sloyd Carving KnifeHand SawHand Drill5
5
Treadles
Treadles
Hinge two treadle bars to a rod at the back of the floor frame. Tie each to the bottom of one shaft, so pressing a treadle pulls its shaft down and lifts the other.
Materials for this step:
Beech Lumber1 pieceStraight Wooden Shaft1 pieceCordage4 metersTools needed:
Hand SawHand DrillSloyd Carving Knife6
6
Reed and heddles
Reed and heddles
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