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Shire's Tabletop loom

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The whole loom, with shuttle and heddle.
Ratchet gear made of Birch and Sapele.
Side view
Other side.
The heddle: 38 teeth and eyes routed/drilled with 1/16 bits.
The whole loom, with shuttle and heddle. - CLICK TO ENLARGE

The whole loom, with shuttle and heddle.
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This is a tabletop loom. The mechanical design was reverse engineered from a online user manual for the "cricket loom". The rest is my own. This is my first project from rough lumber which I used to learn to use my milling equipment. Everything is made of either birch or sapele, including the gears and ratchet dogs. The heddle is made of 1/4" boards of birch with each teeth routed with a 1/16" straight bit (which overheated in a few seconds of operation). The finish was done with Danish Oil and wipe-on polyurethane.  


Design or Plan used: My own design - Bongotastic's blog
posted in: Reader's Gallery, oil, sapele, loom
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