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Subject: J-* digest Message # 1
Date: Sun, 12 Sep 1999 20:14:18 -0400
From: Tom Vogl <tpv@world.std.com>
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> From: "Miss Muffet" <anniequilts@sisna.com>
> Subject: J-made looms
> To: <kcl@world.std.com>
>
> Hi,
>
> I do not own a J-made loom. But, I have an interest in buying
one. I
> had a deposit on a cherrywood used one a few months back and was
unable to buy
> at that time.
>
> If anyone is ever interested in selling theirs........I would be
> interested in talking with them.
>
> Thank you
>
> Annie
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------- Original Message --------
Subject: Re: [Fwd: Welcome to J-*]
Date: Thu, 9 Sep 1999 11:23:17 EDT
From: JMadelady@aol.com
To: tpv@world.std.com
Hi Tom and all the others. I feel that we should all get any information
or questions re the J-*. I for one feel it will help me learn more
about
my loom.
I have been weaving for more than 20 years, I had a twelve shaft Jmade,
and a Avl dobby for a long time. It was becoming difficult for me to
weave on them due to some health issues. I tried the J-* at Convergence
in Oregon
and was amazed at the difference it made. I sold both my big looms
and
bought the J-*. I now have it and a baby wolf I dont expect to by
another loom
ever!. Since my loom is not assembled, we are in transition and wont
be
in our new home untill Nov, im having seperation anxiety. I am
looking
forward
to hearing about others and thier looms . I work with Weave it, and
also
have Fibreworks, but I have not installed the last disks sent to me
by
Ingrid so I really havnt worked with it as yet.............
Linda
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Subject: Intro
Date: Sat, 11 Sep 1999 06:08:44 -0400
From: kcl <kcl@WORLD.STD.COM>
To: Tom Vogl <tpv@WORLD.STD.COM>
References:
Hi!
I'm Katherine Long - Tom Vogl and I share a 16-harness 48" J-Comp and
everything else. I grew up on a ranch in Texas, became a librarian
and
spent 20 years with the federal government mostly running contracts
and
working on massive library databases of one kind or another but also
spending some years buying library materials, at the reference desk,
and
teaching. Like many weavers, my first loom when I was a kid was
a
potholder loom and I still use it to make potholders and to teach folks
weaving basics. Then I went into bead weaving on various sizes
of bead
looms - making belts, hatbands and bracelets. About 10 years
ago I
started making placemats on rigid heddle looms and soon thereafter
a
friend lent me an elderly 24" 4-shaft direct tieup Harrisville.
Tom and
I taught ourselves how to weave and went through miles of tangles and
snarls trying to get a long warp on that loom! A Baby Wolf and
Mighty
Wolf came next and I settled down to mostly making table and kitchen
linens (overshot and network draft are favorites) with an occasional
lap
blanket thrown in. When we retired and moved to Massachusetts there
was
finally room for a big loom. We'd seen the Js at Convergence
in
Portland and it was love at first sight! I've made some overshot
(Cat
Tracks & Snail Trails) baby blankets on it and just took 20 yards
of
network draft dishtowels off (a brightly colored adaptation of the
"Mitchell Mouse" tablecloth on the cover of Weaver's a while back that
I
call "Crop Circles"). The loom stands empty in the living room
right
now - a very sad sight! However Tom just finished his M. Wolf
project
and is about to start winding spools for sectional beaming for
blankets. I'll take M.Wolf and make more dishtowels (I'm adapting
the
pattern in Weaver's 13 Star & Snowflake Shawls.)
Do you want to see JPGs of the projects or have WeaveIt drafts
attached? I'll let Tom answer that!
Katherine
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From: Tom Vogl
Subject: Some real suggestions and questions and some administrivia
1. When you send me messages for inclusion in this digest, please try
to
remember to put J-* somewhere in the Subject line. Thanks.
2. Katherine asks a relevant question (she often does). How do
y'all
feel about having pictures and drafts attached to messages? Put
another
way, will 100Kb - 200Kb messages, that is messages with pictures and
drafts attached to, or imbedded in them, swamp your computer or access
bandwidth?
3. For those of you who use computer dobbys, it would be helpful to
the
rest of us if you told us what software you are using, how you are
getting along with it, what you particularly like (and dislike) about
it, and what your wish list regarding software is.
4.A J-comp tip based on some recent experiences:
If you are having occasional (once every 15 to 100 picks) problems
with
the shed not advancing, it may not be your treadling. Here are
two
possible causes:
(a) If you have an older model J-comp (over about five years old) the
ground wire may be on an alternate, and not as desirable cable pin.
Make sure the ground wire (it is the thinner of the two white wires
going from just above the fuse on the bottom left of the panel to the
cable block) goes to pin 17.
(b) If you are using WeaveIt software, get the latest version of the
dobby driver from Sally Breckenridge.
5. Always remember: Never tinker with a machine that is runing just
fine. If you have a problem you can't seem to solve, maybe someone
on
this list has "been there, done that."
6. Don't forget to lubricate your loom (irrespective of make)
occasionally. WD-40 is great for all the metal parts including
the
J-comp solenoid assembly, but don't use it on wood (oil causes the
wood
to swell and will make problems worse, not better) and try to keep
it
off wires (Some lower quality insulation dissolves in oil). For
those
areas where metal shafts run through wooden blocks, use a pure silicone
lubricant, such as Kel.
Only you can make this list useful.
Happy weaving,
T.
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Tom Vogl
"Intuition is the result of 20 years experience" K. C. Long
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