It's been a long and frustrating Monday, but it ended well!
DH spent a long stretch of the day on the phone with the lead engineer at AVL, being talked through various adjustment/fine tuning/replacement procedures. When he got off the phone, there was still one stubborn hook on one module that misbehaved in a consistent, repeatable pattern.
After much grumbling and swearing from both of us, DH finally tried unhooking the heddle and reattaching it after making sure the attaching assembly had no twists in it. Voila! As if by magic, the one misbehaving heddle began to work correctly.
I was able to run the loom through the first part of the "threading" file, described here, which lifts one heddle at a time so that I don't grab any heddles out of order while threading. Actual threading will start tomorrow. The warp I wound over 2 weeks ago will finally get to do something besides look tidy on the sectional beam.
Hooray! A celebration is in order!
About Me
- Sandra Rude
- I am a professional weaver, specializing in complex weaves using fine threads. Most of my studio work consists of scarves, shawls, and wraps woven on a 48-inch, 24-shaft computer-assisted AVL dobby loom or wall art woven on a 48-inch, 1,440-heddle AVL jacquard loom. I exhibit and sell my work through high-end retail craft shows such as the Smithsonian Craft Show, the American Craft Council San Francisco show, and several smaller regional and local fine craft shows.
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6 comments:
How wonderful the loom now seems to be behaving properly. :) Looking forward to seeing what you do on your inaugral warp.
Cheers!
Laura
Exciting progress!
Thanks for sharing your adventure.
Judy
Yay!! Congratulations!!
Sue
What a fascinating process that all is. Break open the bubbly and have fun!
It must be SO gratifying to reach that milestone. Bravo!!!
wooo!! and how lucky of you to have a magic husband :)
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