Mastodawn

The Ashford knitters loom has broken on its fifth project - that little plastic clippy nubble on the back beam brake is a part that is *designed to break*

It is also the main problem I have with weaving on this and the table loom as my arthritic hands can’t easily force those levers/clip over those metal pins.

Have to wait for a replacement if I can get one at all - the Ashford table loom brake is a different direction and size so I can’t even cannibalise my own looms for a repair.

Anyone have a temporary fix idea? Or a permanent upgrade?

Can I remove the project for safekeeping (leaving the heddle and back wooden stick in place perhaps) to retie on that stick to the back beam when a replacement arrives?

#weaving #AshfordLooms @weaving

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Deborah Pickett 1d ago

@Kymberly Agree, it’s daft to make something like that out of plastic. I wonder if you can get it printed in metal? It doesn’t need every curve; I presume it’s essentially an escapement with the teeth on the wheel.

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Kymberly

@futzle would metal make the clipping/unclipping easier? It’d definitely reduce the breakage risk.

In the mean time, woodworker’s clamps to the rescue (I suspect this might actually be my permanent solution, if I don’t need the warp to be full width! 😅)