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Standard
Floor Looms
Our Standard floor loom comes in
two styles: The Standard Low Castle and The Standard High
Castle. Though both looms take up identical floor space, the
lower profile of the Low Castle model appears visually
smaller. A High Castle loom includes a storage tray and
holes drilled in the top of the castle uprights for the swivel pin
of an extension lamp, otherwise the looms function the same.
Both the Standard Low Castle and the Standard High Castle looms are
available in 36" and 46" wide weaving widths.
All
Standard floor looms may be ordered with eight or Four Now-Four
Later shaft options. The number of shafts you choose will
depend on the kind of weaving you intend to do. Though most
weave structures can be woven on four shafts, additional shafts
increase your pattern options extensively. If you have a keen
interest in pattern drafting and weave structures, eight shafts will
allow you to fully develop this interest.
The
Schacht Standard floor loom has an underslung jack mechanism to
raise the shafts. The jacks pivot from two points equidistant
from the center and lift the shafts by pushing up on the center
point. We employ a parallel lamm system which gives our
looms a light treadling action. Because of this parallel
lamm, it isn't necessary to adjust the tie-up cords.
Our tie-up
system is quick and easy to use. Premeasured nylon tie-up
cords hang from the lamms and are attached to a treadle by sliding
the appropriate cords into the treadle slot. This makes
changing tie-ups very fast.
Other
special features of our Standard floor looms include: friction
reducing aluminum shaft channels, a back beam which folds with or
without a warp on the loom, removable back and breast beams, and an
adjustable open-sided beater. Our braking system employs a
ratchet and dog on the cloth beam and a friction brake on the warp
beam. This combination give you precise tension control at all
times.
Sectional
Beam Sectional warp
beams are available for our floor looms: Wolf looms, Standard
floor looms, and Cranbrook looms. Our sectional beams are
easily assembled and can be installed on the existing warp beam of
your Schacht loom at any time. Sectional beams for Standard
floor looms have 2" sections and a one half yard circumference;
Baby Wolf and Mighty Wolf sectional beams have 2" sections and
a one foot circumference. They are available in maple or
cherry with maple pegs.
Double
Back Beams
facilitate the different warp tensions for weave structures such as
warp pile, supplementary warp, and Bedford cord. Installation
is straight-forward; holes have been predrilled in the loom for easy
assembly.
| DIMENSIONS |
| Weaving
Width |
36" |
46" |
| Width |
44" |
53" |
| Height-Breast
Beam |
32" |
32" |
| Height-Low
Castle |
37" |
37" |
| Height-High
Castle |
46" |
46" |
| Depth-Open |
38" |
38" |
| Depth-Folded |
26" |
26" |
| Weight-4-Shaft |
100
lb |
115
lb |
| Weight-8-Shaft |
125
lb |
141
lb |
| Weight-4
Now-4 Later |
110
lb |
125
lb |
| Weight-High
Castle |
add
10 lb |
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| Weight-Shipping |
add
27 lb |
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| Weight-4
Later Kit |
15
lb |
16
lb |
| Heddles-4
Shaft |
800 |
800 |
| Heddles-8
Shaft |
1000 |
1000 |
| Heddles
4 Now-4 Later |
1000 |
1000 |
| STANDARD
FLOOR LOOM ACCESSORIES |
| 36"
Double Back Beam |
|
19
lb |
| 46"
Double Back Beam |
|
22
lb |
| 36"
Sectional Beam |
9" x 3" x 2" |
7
lb |
| 46"
Sectional Beam |
8"
x 3" x 2" |
9
lb |
| Lamp
Holder |
4
1/2" x 2 1/2" x 1 1/4" |
8
oz |
| REEDS
AND HEDDLES |
| 36"
& 46" Reeds |
Total
Length: 1" longer than weaving width
Total Height: 5" |
| Flat
Steel Heddle |
9"
from center of eye to center of eye-9/16" eye |
| Inserted
Eye Heddle |
9"
from center of eye to center of eye-1/4" eye |
| Texsolv
String Heddle |
9
3/8" end to end-1/2" eye |
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