K-Series Loom User Manual
Weaving Instructions
Warping The Sectional Beam
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2)
The warp from the upper warp beam goes over the separation
beam closest to the heddles. The warp from the lower warp beam
goes over the separation beam furthest to the back.
3)
Proceed with threading as if you were only working with one beam.
Follow your threading instructions and take special care which
thread from which pair of lease sticks comes next.
More Than Two Warps, Only One Beam? Separate Tensioning!
If you do not currently have two beams, or you need more than two
separate warps, you can weight and tension your additional warps
separately on the same beam. Follow the instructions below.
1)
Make your warp sections on the warping board and take them off
the board in a chain, on a kite stick, or just in a plastic bag.
2)
Make sure that each bundle is not too thick. You will know when
you need to divide each bundle if you feel that all the threads are
not being tensioned evenly.
3)
The weight needs to have a strong loop of string on it so the warp
bundles can be slip knotted into it. This makes it easy to undo the
slip-knot and move the weight when it climbs up to the back beam
and must be let down again.
4)
The weight also needs to be adjustable. Plastic bottles, with
handles, filled with water are perfect. You can also use fishing
weights, washers, nuts, bolts. They are not as easily adjustable as
water bottles, but take less space. The closer to the floor you can
hang them, the less often you need to reposition them.
W
ARPING
T
HE
S
ECTIONAL
B
EAM
The AVL Sectional Beam can be warped in sections with the use of a Tension
Box. The yarn travels directly from cones or spools, which are mounted on a
rack behind the loom, through the Tension Box, and onto the Beam.
Throughout the warping process, the Tension Box automatically keeps a
constant and uniform tension on the warp. The Tension Box allows you to
make longer warps than other methods.
You can also warp a sectional beam using the AVL Warping Wheel. With the
AVL Warping Wheel you wind threads onto the wheel then wind them from
the wheel directly onto the beam. When using a warping wheel, your warp
length will need to be less than 24 yards.
