I have just bought a Louet W70 loom to expand my skills. It is a 4 shaft and has a stand. From my internet searches I understand this look to be the earliest version of the Louet Kombo Loom, that then became the Jane. It’s very sturdy and U think I am going to have fun with it!

I mentioned that it would be great if I could pedal the shafts. My son took one look at it and was determined to add those pedals!

Today we spent a lot of time trawling the internet for old instruction manuals and seeing what other people had done when converting table looks to treadle ones. There is one video on Facebook that we found very informative, and so we started. He has so far designed a direct tie-up method for lifting the shafts and is now working on designing the treadles. Meanwhile I have ordered Texsolv cord and clips to make the tie-up easier and so that the pedals can be disconnected to enable folding the loom away.

Update

The loom is now working. It has four direct threaded treadles and I’m working on it with a short, narrow test warp using some wool/acrylic and a 10epi reed.