How to get A Good Shed on a Counterbalance Loom

You can even weave 3/1 patterns successfully. Your shed will be a bit smaller, but wide enough for a shuttle to pass through.

It is easiest to fine tune and balance your loom, once a warp is threaded. Here's how I do it.

• Start at the top of the loom and locate the centre.
  
• This Glimakra loom is 60" wide, so the centre is at 30".
  
• Now locate the centre point from both edges to the centre. This is where the upper pulleys for the shafts should be placed.

• The pulley is 1" wide, so I place it at 14.5" from the edge of the loom.

• The distance between the notches on the horses is 6".
  
• To check that the tie-ups to the shafts are also perpendicular, they should also be 6" apart, and the texsolv cords should be at right angles to the upper shafts.
  
• The distance from the edge of the shaft to the outer tie-up cord is 13".

• With your loom threaded, check on the side of the loom to see that the warp is running through at the centre of the heddles.

• If necessary, adjust the height of the cords that run from the upper pulleys to the horses.
  
• On this loom, this distance is 12".

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