(And a few other things). Lots of loom developments this year! Soon after the first set of adjustable spindle units was finished I became aware that an unusually narrow chain wire spacing is being used by at least one paper maker. The chain wires that I saw were only 15-16 mm or 5/8″ apart. ThisContinue reading “#64 Some Improvements to the Adjustable Chain Spacing System”
Category Archives: Paper Mould Making
#62 Soldering Brass Corner Braces
I have found three shapes of extruded brass that are suitable for making braces to protect the bottom corners of moulds. The largest size is a true half round 1/2″ wide and 1/4″ thick. The other two are roughly half oval. One is 1/2″ wide and about 1/8″ thick and the other 3/8″ wide by 3/32″ thick. IContinue reading “#62 Soldering Brass Corner Braces”
#61 Mould Maker’s Loom Part 10, Making Parts for the Twisting Mechanism
Note: This information may be obsolete as explained by Post #63. This post will try to convey information needed to make the most complicated part of this mould maker’s loom. It’s very long but the amount of detail should help the aspiring loom builder. For those not interested in actually making a loom skimming theContinue reading “#61 Mould Maker’s Loom Part 10, Making Parts for the Twisting Mechanism”
#60 An Alternate Sewing Method
Two Wires Instead of One for Very Fine and Single Faced Laid Moulds Very fine laid moulds and single faced laid moulds can benefit from having closely stitched laid facings. Shortening the distance between stitches gives the delicate chain wires more protection from being stretched or bent. Especially in the case of single faced laidContinue reading “#60 An Alternate Sewing Method”
#58 Making a Very Fine Laid Facing
At 30 wires per inch this is the finest facing I’ve ever made. After running tests to see what size chain wire to use I set out to make a facing for a 12″ x 18″ mould. The laid wires are .0144″ diameter 3/4 hard phosphor bronze and the chain wire is .0102″ diameter annealedContinue reading “#58 Making a Very Fine Laid Facing”
#57 Investigating a pair of 19″ x 22-1/2″ Double Faced Laid Moulds from Wookey Hole
This is the other pair of moulds that was referred to in post #46; “Investigating a pair of Amies Wove Moulds”. There were not as many surprises this time but, as always, there are interesting details to observe. Both moulds and deckle have this identifying tag, #319. These moulds have laid facings that are asContinue reading “#57 Investigating a pair of 19″ x 22-1/2″ Double Faced Laid Moulds from Wookey Hole”
#55 Mould Maker’s Loom Part 8, Configurations of Laid Wire
The Structure of a Laid Facing Mould facings vary in how closely the laid wires are packed together. What is perhaps an average proportion is represented above with the spaces being a little wider than the wires. A 53%/47% split is shown between the size of the openings (spaces) and the size of the laidContinue reading “#55 Mould Maker’s Loom Part 8, Configurations of Laid Wire”
#54 Mould Maker’s Loom Part 7, Some Other Important Parts
The larger structures and functions of this loom have been described in the last six posts. Some small but essential parts have not received much attention and these are more fully explained here. Spindles and Spindle Drive Weights Spindles A spindle is required for each pair of chain wires so a lot of them areContinue reading “#54 Mould Maker’s Loom Part 7, Some Other Important Parts”
#53 Mould Maker’s Loom Part 6, More on The Wire Twisting Mechanism
Most of this information is good for understanding the way this loom works. But you should look at posts #63 and #64 for recent improvements in the loom design which make some things here obsolete. This is a self contained mechanism that is fastened to the front of the traveling beam of the loom. TheContinue reading “#53 Mould Maker’s Loom Part 6, More on The Wire Twisting Mechanism”
#52 Mould Maker’s Loom Part 5, The Wire Twisting Mechanism
Assembly of the Mechanism Note: Parts of this post may have been rendered obsolete. See Post #63. Examining the parts as they are put together may be one way to understand its workings. I don’t usually assemble the parts on the loom as I will do for this post. Normally the various spindle racks (aContinue reading “#52 Mould Maker’s Loom Part 5, The Wire Twisting Mechanism”
Timothy Moore Bookbinding Tools 