Thread: Completed at last

looks great mate , but what is it?, my guess is a weaving loom,am i right?, bob

The loom bench seat Bob

I didn't make the loom .......yet

looks great mate!!

G'Day Wheelin,
Didn't know if we were goin to get to see it. The stool I mean
That thicknesser has to be on order now

Nice job
Andrew

Nice work Ray. Also nice to see a shot of the missus taking ownership of the new creation. Who's a good boy then?

Most satisfying to see a project through to completion, especially one as functional & nicely finished as this one. Congrats.

Wayne

Looking good Ray. Some credits for the Kiama Wood Show?

Thanks all

Andrew in my dreams but she has said Working with wood show is coming June isn't that long to wait and after seeing what Fletty did for me I could be laughing now all i need is the space.

Wayne she's been praying for the rain to give me a nice day and kept coming out the whole day to see how I was going and carried each piece inside to the office where I/we could assemble it even gave her an allen key to put in her tool box at the bottom .

Pat its on the cards for sure only a short day drive

Nice job on that bench, Ray! It looks a bit fancier than the ones that come with the looms at work. The height adjustment on these is with a couple of thick dowels that screw to the underside of the seat, at one end, so they don't come loose. Unsure of the timber, Northern hemisphere stuff?
Noticed the Leatherman close by too, great tool aren't they!?

Cheers,

Thanks again

Andy that looks a little ruff n ready or should that be cheap and nasty now all I hope is that you didn't make them

LOML is interested in what & where work is that you have looms about
other than Cabarlah QLD

Hi Ray,
I think these stools are pretty basic, but actually well made and of decent timber (like most of the looms), as they have survived students for 20 plus years...I've been there since '91 and they were well used back then.
Part of my job as studio manager has been to service looms and spinning wheels etc in the Textiles department*. There would be 15 or so floor looms, including dobby style, and one computer controlled AVL from Canada; plus numerous table and inkle (strap) looms; tapestry frames etc. As mentioned, the timber in most of them is nice: very straight grained, medium density and strong, put together with M&T, some with inline bolts and housed nuts.

*http://www.usq.edu.au/arts/studyarea...facilities.htm

Cheers,

Originally Posted by Andy Mac

Hi Ray,
I think these stools are pretty basic, but actually well made and of decent timber (like most of the looms), as they have survived students for 20 plus years...I've been there since '91 and they were well used back then.
Part of my job as studio manager has been to service looms and spinning wheels etc in the Textiles department. There would be 15 or so floor looms, including dobby style, and one computer controlled AVL from Canada; plus numerous table and inkle (strap) looms; tapestry frames etc. As mentioned, the timber in most of them is nice: very straight grained, medium density and strong, put together with M&T, some with inline bolts and housed nuts.

Cheers,

Thanks Andy I have LOML drooling over my shoulder mainly for the computer controlled loom she reckons anything from 8 shaft to 24 shaft for it

If they are Canadian Leclerc looms they are made from Canadian Maple, I e-mailed them just prior christmas so I could match the timber for the stool but it would have cost me 3 times that of the Ash.
http://www.leclerclooms.com/ind_eng.htm

The Laclerc LOML has is a Nilus 45"4 shaft floor loom
an 8 shaft 24"Paget Table Loom
a Made in Melbourne 1940's 2 shaft 15" given to her by Joan Fisher who bought it at Anthony Hordens Sydney you can read it here http://www.nsweave.org.au/articles/2...an_fisher.html
she has written a few books which might be used in the collage
http://www.oztion.com.au/-Joan-Fishe...n/2588357.aspx

Joan is also Life member and founder of the Guild LOML is president of now

If you're interested I'll post a few more pics, including the AVL, which I think is a 24 shaft. There are some Laclercs too, and the Dobbies are from a Scottish manufacturer.
I took a batch of photos in that studio to show the 'woodiness' of them back in '06, but they are on another computer and only copied over that stool for you this morning! I think there was some thread here about making lathes (or for that matter any machinery) from timber. I intended pointing to the robustness of looms, which get a hammering with lots of stresses, as proof that it can be done, but never got around to it.

Cheers,

Originally Posted by Andy Mac

If you're interested I'll post a few more pics, including the AVL, which I think is a 24 shaft. There are some Laclercs too, and the Dobbies are from a Scottish manufacturer.
I took a batch of photos in that studio to show the 'woodiness' of them back in '06, but they are on another computer and only copied over that stool for you this morning! I think there was some thread here about making lathes (or for that matter any machinery) from timber. I intended pointing to the robustness of looms, which get a hammering with lots of stresses, as proof that it can be done, but never got around to it.

Cheers,

Andy that would be great I know LOML would appreciate it if its a hassle no problem or you could e-mail them if you dont want to load them here [email protected]