We are very pleased to be carrying the Swedish Glimakra Looms & all their accessories.
Each floor loom comes with a bench included, free shipping on the floor looms.
These looms have a long standing reputation in the world of weaving as extremely well made, easy to use, sturdy looms. The hanging beaters make beating easier and give a good sound beat to your weaving web.
A firm beat with the hanging beater is effortless since the swinging motion produces the momentum to get the firm beat without using force on your part. A light beat for open weaving is also easy to control. They are a deep loom which gives you much more weaving area before you have to advance the warp.
Treadling is easier and more comfortable on a Swedish loom. The treadles are attached at the rear of the loom which gives the treadling a light touch. They are also close together so that you can feel them with your feet and move from one to the other without looking at them. This closeness is also an advantage when you are using many treadles, as they will be close together and easy to reach. If treadles are too far apart, the outside treadles will be too far away. This causes you will be off balance and you may have to look at them to find the right one.
Swedish looms have counterbalance or countermarch systems of moving shafts. These systems give you the very best weaving with no sticking of warp threads, sure responsive treadling and the most quiet system available. It is the best way to weave tight weaves such as rugs and is also the best for fragile warp threads. These are the best systems for developing a rhythm in weaving motions. Tie-ups are made with Texsolv cord, which you can purchase by the yard or in the form of tie-up kits. The Texsolv cord is much easier to tie than ordinary cord, and is very easy to adjust. Swedish looms are quiet, have clear trouble free sheds and very light treadling.
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Standard Loom
The Glimåkra Standard is a sturdy, versatile loom. It is well proportioned, comfortable and extremely easy to treadle. It has the hanging beater for easy beating, good beater height for even beating, comfort from a high breast beam and it will produce beautiful woven items from sheer fabrics to rugs. It can have from four to twelve shafts. On special orders, the Standard loom can have 16 shafts and 16 treadles. Delivery of looms takes approximately two weeks, for counterbalance and countermarch looms from 4 to 10 shafts. It can be countermarch or counterbalance. The countermarch tie up is a good choice if you want to have more than four shafts. The counterbalance is easy to tie up when you want to weave with four shafts. It can have a flying shuttle, sectional beam and a double back beam. The Standard loom can also be fitted with a drawloom, a single unit harnesk or a shaft drawloom with up to 50 shafts and up to 100 shafts on the larger loom. Glimåkra Counterbalance Loom The photo has four shafts tied up with counterbalance pulleys and counterbalance horses. The Standard is manufactured in three weaving widths, 120 centimeters (47") 59" frame width, weight: 232 pounds 150 centimeters (59") 72" frame width, weight: 254 pounds 160 centimeters (63") 78" frame width, weight: 264 pounds. The Standard loom is 56" deep. The warp beam and bench extend beyond this measurement. The frame is 4 or 5" wider than the weaving width, and the beater and ratchet wheels extend beyond the frame, adding to the width of the loom. The frame height is 5' 2" high with the top of the beater extending the height to 5' 10". The warp and cloth beams are 12" in circumference. The breast beam is 2 3/8" x 3 1/8" and has a fabric protector. The breast beam is 36" off the floor. The frame uprights are 1 5/8" x 4 1/2". It comes with a bench, 1000 Texsolv heddles which are kind to warp threads, Texsolv cord tie-up kits which simplify the tie-up, instruction booklet, lease sticks, shaft holders, 48 warp sticks for beaming the warp, and rubber floor protectors.
