Floor Looms

THE LOOM WIZARD

Having trouble setting up your loom?  In a muddle with warping?

It can be so frustrating when all you want to do is start weaving....so....why not call in the Loom Wizard?  I will travel to you to help you to sort out any problems you are experiencing with your loom.  With over 25 years of experience with all types of hand looms (excluding dobby looms) I have set up and fine tuned numerous looms.  I can also help with warping and tie-ups.  

I am prepared to travel within a radius of 50 miles of Midhurst, West Sussex.

WANTED: Hattersley Domestic Loom MK 1 or 2

LOOKING FOR A LOUET FLOOR LOOM OR SIMILAR

WANTED DOBBY LOOM - COMPUTER OR MECHANICAL

WANTED AVL DOBBY LOOM OR OTHER BRAND COMPUTER DOBBY LOOM

BUILDING OR RESTORING A FLOOR LOOM?

I have some floor loom parts to give away... front and back beams etc.  Collection from West Sussex.  For more details, please telephone.

WANTED : HATTERSLEY DOMESTIC LOOMS / LANCASHIRE 2/2 LOOMS

I'm looking for Hattersley Domestic Looms mark 1 or mark 2 and / or Lancashire 2/2 heritage looms and / or a Dob Cross -  working preferred (particularly with the Dob Cross)  but happy to restore if you have one in bits. I would also like to buy pirn winders that go alongside and if anyone has a warping mill that would be brilliant. We are building a community woollen mill for cloth production and would prefer heritage kit.

Happy to pay cash and will collect from any where in the UK / Ireland

WANTED: Hattersley Domestic Treadle Loom (MK1 or MK2) or other treadle loom

Wanted: Hattersley Domestic Treadle Loom (MK1 or MK2) or other treadle loom in order to start a small weaving studio. Ideally in complete working condition, but all looms or parts of looms considered. Happy to collect from all parts of UK or Ireland and possibly even arrange shipping of looms abroad.  

Loom Bench

see Miscellaneous section of this catalogue

Brand New Toika Warping Mill

see Miscellaneous section of this website for more details

1. Glimakra Eight Shaft Countermarch Floor Loom

Glimakra 8 shaft countermarch  floor loom . Up to 120cm weaving width.  In nearly new condition and complete.

 Additional Equipment .  Bench, 2 Reeds, Temple ,and 2 Boat Shuttles and Texsolv Heddles.

 Assembly instructions and 2 books by Joanne Hall “Tying up your Countermarch Loom” and “Learning to warp your Loom”

 I am based in North Somerset and the buyer would need to collect.

2. Four Shaft Counterbalance Floor Loom

Mahogany Counterbalance floor loom for sale.  It has four shafts and six pedals.  In need of a bit of TLC, needs new canvases at each end of weaving work, otherwise it is still a very strong and robust loom.  Weaving width: 3'8", length: 4'.  Buyer collects from Bampton, Devon.

3. Four Shaft Counterbalance Floor Loom

Aprox 3ft wide, its an old loom with all parts included (three reeds included and associated weaving books)

Collection only from Peterborough.

4. Varpapuu Finlandia Floor Loom

Varpapuu Finlandia 12 Shaft Floor Loom

Loom Width 1400 mm  Loom Depth 1300 mm  Weaving width 1000 mm

12 Shaft  3off 1000mm reeds in excellent condition, 2 more in need of cleaning up.  Texsolv tie up system,  Bench,  Warping Mill,  Warping sticks,  Shuttles,   Flying shuttle race.

The loom has recently been take out of dry storage and is currently part assembled available for inspection/collection near Ludlow, Shropshire.

If a sale is agreed it may be possible to deliver to  Midlands / Wales for a fee.

5. Douglas Andrew Floor Loom

Douglas Andrew floor loom for sale. All pieces present as per diagram and in good condition, but needs new heddles etc. Warping pegs on side of loom. Several shuttles and other bits & pieces. Currently dismantled due to house move and lack of space. Collect from Cambridge. 

6. Lervad Four Shaft Floor Loom

Lervad four shaft floor loom with texsolv tie-ups and heddles.  32" weaving width.  Raddle which was supplied with the loom and a second raddle home made, easier to use.  Cross sticks as supplied plus a shorter pair for narrower warps.  Spare pegs for shafts and pedals.  Texsolv cord - about 25m.  Warp sticks assorted lengths.  Reeds - the original supplied with the loom 40/10cm, reed full width 8 dent.  Reed 26" 9 dent.  Reed 26" 15 dent.  Reed 24" 12 dent.  Warping frame, 3 boat shuttles, 4 large roller shuttles, 1 small roller shuttle.  7 flat shuttles, 12 wooden bobbins for roller shuttles.  Heddle threading hooks.  Original string heddles removed to replace with Texsolv.  1 x inkle loom, 1 x home made peg loom.  Large wool winder attaches to loom frame.  2 bobbin winders and frame to hold spools.

Collection only from Rochester, Kent.

7. Glimakra 10 Shaft Countermarch Floor Loom

120 cm weaving width. Includes all assembly instructions. Warping pegs. Bench,shuttles threading hooks and fish ,one reed and yarns. Plus a few get started books...

Very good condition

Buyer collects from Dorset

8. Glimakra Ideal Counterbalance Loom

Glimakra Ideal counterbalance loom.  100cm wide.  4 shafts, 6 pedals.  Complete with assembly instructions.  2 reeds (10 & 12), shuttles, warping sticks, heddles, bench.  Disassembles for storage/transportation to approx. 150 x 110 x 30cm.  

Price includes free warping mill (which disassembles to approx 180 x 20 x 20 cm).   

All in very good condition.  Collection only from Mid. Sussex.

10. Glimakra Ideal Floor Loom

Wooden Glimakra Ideal Floor Loom.  It has 8 treadles, 6 shafts, 6 harness.  Weaving width: 80cm.  Comes with bench , loom feet for the legs of the loom, wooden mallet, Dryad Raddle Ski Shuttle x three, Temple Extended 90cm, closed 60cm, Warping Sticks x twenty one, Spacer and Reeds x two, sizes 10/1 & 8

Collection only from South Cumbria

11. Toika 150cm 8 shaft Counterbalance loom

14. Four shaft Flying Shuttle Loom

16. Eight Shaft Floor Loom

8 Shaft floor loom.

Aprox 1 meter cloth width, it's restored to working order (include three reeds). All new texsolv threading.

(Currently in France, shipping can be organised)

23. Leclerc 4 Shaft Artisat 36" Floor Loom

Leclerc 4 Shaft Artisat 36" Floor Loom
Excellent condition, very compact folding to a depth of 14" with warp on.  Sale includes 7 Shuttles, 1 Reed, Heddles, large amount of Spacers and an assortment of Stick Shuttles, plus many other items of equipment.
Also included are 19 excellent condition weaving books and an assortment of weaving magazines.
Please phone for more details and photos,
Collection only from South West Dorset Area.

DOBBY LOOM LAGS FOR SALE

155 x hard wood dobby loom lags for 16 shafts,  upper surface measures 350 mm tip to tip top by 17 mm wide
underside measures 300mm tip to tip by 8 mm wide,  sloping side of lag measure 13 mm
centre of hole 1 to centre of hole 16 measures 255 mm,  centre to centre of each hole measures 19mm
a sample lag can be posted.

DL1. 1950’s George Wood 16-shaft dobby loom (with fly shuttle)

1950’s George Wood 16-shaft dobby loom (with fly shuttle) - weaving width of 0.5 metres

Height – approx 2.5 metres

Width – approx. 1.65 metres

Depth – approx 1.7 metres with the floor beam extending a further 0.6 metres.

In great condition.

Collect from Oxfordshire

DL3. Louet Megado Electronic CompuDobby

Louet Megado 70cm 16 shaft Electronic CompuDobby Loom.  This Megado loom is just two years old. We are moving house and down sizing and so my loom must be downsized too ! The weaving width is 70cm and it has 16 shafts. Each shaft has extra heddles added. There is a second back beam included and also the adjustable weaving bench. The electronic dobby works from the computer using weaving software. I use Proweave but it is compatible with Fibreworks, Weaveit etc. To buy this configuration new at the moment would cost £8500.  I live in south west Scotland close to Lockerbie and just 4 miles from the main M74. If you would like to know more please contact me by phone or email.

DL4. Rare 24 peg Dobby Loom

Rare, 24 peg Dobby loom. Ex. Welsh woolen mill?  Single treddle. 3 box, drop fly shuttle.
Stands apx. 6'6" square and apx. 8' tall.  Buyer to dismantle and collect from Watton, Norfolk.

DL7. 16 Shaft AVL

DL8. George Wood Compu Dobby 16 Shafts

DL21. George Wood Loom Frame

36" with 3 box fly shuttle, 16 shaft Robert Hall mechanical dobby head and quantity of industrial shafts - needs some DIY skills to restore shuttle boxes and adjust dobby and assemble as a working loom - only £450 - could help assemble at reasonable rate(£80/day+ travel) within 50 of mile radius of mid wales.

TL1. Varpapuu Tapestry Floor Loom

Varpapu Tapestry floor Loom ht180cm depth 58cm width 1.37cm    good condition 2 shaft Finnish loom .can be dismantled as joints labelled,includes 1m warping square
buyer collects from north devon