Some of the loom makes and models I have restored and returned to active life thru my shop. I refer to them as graduates.
Check back often as I keep adding as time permits me to search my archives.
Testing one of the original Voyageur prototype
looms in my studio
Warping the VA Museum Loom with the help of my wife Tess
This custom vintage counterbalance came out of Maine. Pretty well run into the ground. I retrofit it with Leclerc parts
and wove on it for years. In the end it went back to Maine with a good friend. Note the original Brake Arm.
An unknown brand 8 Shaft Jack that someone with a lot of loom savvt built.
I restored it to its original operating condition.
Clement 60" 4 Shaft
Backside of the Macomber 48". 8 Shaft
24: Macomber B2 in the background with two Voyageur prototype looms in their designer bags ready to ship on the floor
and my 45" Colonial set up as a Counterbalance in the foreground.
Left side of the VA Museum Loom.
Leclerc "Mira" 45" 4 Shaft Counterbalance
The original Leclerc Single Lam Countermarche prototype loom. I retrofit a Leclerc "Fanny" Frame with the Single Lam
parts Francois sent me. This is also the Loom I did the trials on to proove a Friction Brake will not slip under high tension.
A vintage Anders Levard Counterbalance masterpiece
Weavers Delight with all the bells and whistles. A real beauty
Front of Macomber 48" showintg the 4 Cell Flying Shuttle unit, Race and Boxes
