The Meccano Society of Scotland
Alastair Innes
Rapier Loom
I am in the process of trying to build a working Rapier Loom. The video below shows the Rapier Loom threaded and sequenced, nearly finished, but now need to solve how to feed the weft thread to the rapier ‘needle’ on each stroke
A video of this model can be seen further down the page.
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Photo - Alastair Innes
A model of a Rapier Loom built by Alastair Innes (13/01/2022)
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Photo - Alastair Innes
A model of a Rapier Loom built by Alastair Innes (13/01/2022)
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Photo - Alastair Innes
A model of a Rapier Loom built by Alastair Innes (11/11/2021)
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Photo - Alastair Innes
A model of a Rapier Loom built by Alastair Innes (11/11/2021)
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Photo - Alastair Innes
The jig for making healds for the Rapier Loom built by Alastair Innes (24/01/2021)
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