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Monday, June 5, 2017

Rotary Temple fitted to AVL Workshop Dobby Loom

I bought a Rotary Temple from Fireside Looms some years ago and fitted it to a Leclerc Artisat. I subsequently sold the loom and the temple has been carefully packed away for about ten years.

I have an AVL WDL which I haven't used for about 6 years - I recently took it out of its packaging, gave it a good clean and got it ready to weave again. So that I could move it about I built a wooden dolly which the loom sits on very nicely.

Once the loom was on the dolly it occurred to me that the dolly might make a firm base for a framework to hold the rotary temple.  I  adopted a "suck it and see" approach to the design, clamping various bits of wood into place until I something that would hold the mounting brackets in the correct position. I screwed and glued it all together, put on the brackets and track and it works. I am still using clips to secure the framework in place until I think of something slightly more elegant.


Initial mockup with uprights clamped to the loom frame and sitting on the dolly





A slightly diferent set up


Bracket clamped in place

The arrangement had to be different on each side to allow for the ratchet handle


Final design - uprights on the left
Uprights on the right

Upright, bracket, track and temple
In use


2 comments:

  1. Fantastic to hear about this rotary temple. I didn't know there was such a thing. Look forward to hearing more about it.
    Anne

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  2. I found your wonderful website while doing a search for how to use my fireside rotary temple on a different loom. Can you explain your final design? I am not mechanically inclined, so I dont really get it from photos.

    One other question that maybe you can answer - the metal track that is on the rotary temple is, apparently, a standard metal fabrication. I would like to get a longer one, but I do not know what that metal is called. Do you have any idea?

    Thanks. Now I am off to look at your beautiful tapestry weaving post.

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