Your series of program bars can be as long as you like however, if the number of program bars becomes very large, you may want to consider an electronic dobby. If you want a harness to be raised, you place a peg in the corresponding hole of the program bar. The numbered holes in the program bars correspond with harnesses of the loom. The mechanical dobby is a program bar with pegs system. An investment in a Louët dobby ensures many years of comfortable and productive weaving. The great advantage of a dobby loom is that it avoids the necessity and the labor involved in making multiple tie-ups to treadles positioned underneath a loom. The performance of a multi-harness loom is vastly improved by using a dobby mechanism, as it overcomes the major problems associated with the use of a large number of treadles.Ī dobby loom allows you to select the combination of harnesses for every shed opening you wish to make. The dobby mechanism replaces the treadle/lam combination of the traditional floor looms. Dobby is short for “draw boy” which refers to the weaver’s helper who controlled the warp thread by pulling on draw threads. Magic Dobby 70: 88 x 100 x 140 cm (34 5/8” x 39 3/8” x 55“)Ī dobby loom has a dobby mechanism, which is used to program the harness combinations for the weave pattern.
The mechanical dobby comes with 30 program bars
The loom comes with the castle section assembled and a floor stand with treadle, swivel (pivot) beater system, raddle, a stainless steel reed 40-10 (metric), 600 (Magic Dobby 40) /800 (Magic Dobby 70) Texsolv heddles, lease and tie-up sticks and sixteen warp sticks. Magic Dobby is available in 40 cm (15 3/4”) and 70 cm (27 5/8”) weaving width and is made of lacquered beech. You must choose between a mechanical and electronic dobby.
The front and rear sections fold up towards the castle, for easy storage or travel. The loom can function as a table loom by using a lever to open the shed, or mounting it on the floor stand and using a treadle to open the shed.
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Magic Dobby (MD) is a portable dobby loom.
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