Posted by Maria Hummel on Thursday, 13 September 2007, at 11:52 a.m.:
I have to let her go. I can ship or deliver, for a cost, or you can pick her up either fully assembled, or broken down. $300.00 includes reed, heddle jig, and shuttle, but not shipping. That would be extra. Here are the Statistics.
Fabric loom 4 shaft, 4 treadle (but room to put more on) counterbalance. Underslung batten. Mortise and tenon joins. 24 inch weaving width, ratchet and pawl on BOTH beams. Uses 2 top pulleys, 4 heddle horses, and string heddles. I can sit in a regular (comfortable) dining chair. There is no manufacturer information on it, but I have seen a Devereax loom, and this looks a lot like it. Footprint is 34"X 28"X 49" high. Small enough for most living rooms, even a few bedrooms.
I have used this as my loom for making loom shaped clothing, and also for doing period demonstrating, as it has a more old-type look to it than modern workshop looms do, yet would still travel for me, unlike my barn frame loom. I now have another demo loom, one that looks like a miniature barn frame loom, so I no longer use this pretty little thing for that. I also have other looms that I can use for my loom shaped clothing. She is currently set up as a 3 shaft loom, as I was learning 3 shaft patterns. It wove them very well.
I have worked long and hard on her, and she now works quite well, and has taught me a lot about weaving on antique looms