Table Loom Levers

Table loom levers? What the heck are those? They are the part of the loom that help to raise and lower the various shafts, which in turn create the shed that the shuttle goes through to make the cloth. The sequence of raising and lowering makes the pattern in the cloth. But how does pulling a lever down raise a shaft to create a shed? That is the question that this video answers. Watch closely as I explain, and move the camera around to various close-ups of the loom, the shafts, the texsolv strings that connect the levers to the shafts. Is this video getting down into the weeds of technicality of looms and weaving? Yes. Is this video specific to Ashford table looms? Yes, but the principle shown here applies to many other table and direct tie-up looms. Thanks for watching my videos!