Woolthing

My Macomber loom is older than I am and that’s getting up there.  I’ve only had it a few years but I’ve anthropomorphized it, stopping short of calling it anything other than “the Mac”, it is a bit like a friend to me but I know it is just a machine that is replaceable. You would expect to do some maintenance on any machine that you use a lot and once in a while I do.  Cleaning, oiling and tightening screws.  I was, however, not happy to see this.

On not one but two screws.  I tried to get the ends out of the loom with no success so the only thing left to do was some major surgery.  There will be scars.

I found the drill, took a deep breath (maybe more than one) and did this.

A couple of bolts later and the loom was back in business.  Just a little the worst for wear.  Maybe it will keep weaving for another 50+ years.

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