Hints on how to use

The Texsolv system, step by step.

Everything from the printed folder as web pages: what the parts are, how each connection is made, and how a whole loom is tied up with cord and pegs.

Hints on how to use folder
Quick tour

Flip through the folder.

Every figure from the printed folder. Pick a topic, use the arrows, or let it play. Each topic also has its own page below with the full text.

All topics

The guide, page by page.

Twelve short pages covering the cord, the pegs, every connection and complete tie-ups for counterbalance and countermarch looms.

The Texsolv loom cord

The Texsolv loom cord

What the Texsolv loom cord is made of, how the loops work and which cord to use where.

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Connecting pegs

Connecting pegs

Straight pegs and anchor pegs: which to use, what hole size an anchor peg needs, and how they lock the cord.

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Cutting cords to length

Cutting cords to length

How to measure, cut and fuse Texsolv cord so every cord in a set is exactly the same length.

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Permanent connections A to E

Permanent connections A to E

The five permanent Texsolv connections, A to E, for attaching cord to shafts, lamms and treadles.

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Adjustable connections F to J

Adjustable connections F to J

Adjustable Texsolv connections F to J: how to lengthen and shorten a tie-up in 12 mm steps by moving a peg.

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Snitch knot (S)

Snitch knot (S)

How to tie the snitch knot to join two Texsolv loops quickly and securely.

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Marked holes and beam extenders

Marked holes and beam extenders

Marking anchor holes for quick re-attachment, and using Texsolv cord for warp beam, cloth beam and sectional beam extenders.

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Heddles and threading

Heddles and threading

How to mount a bundle of Texsolv heddles on the shaft and thread the warp through the rectangular eye.

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Inserting a new heddle

Inserting a new heddle

Fix a threading mistake by inserting a new Texsolv heddle at the correction point, without re-threading the whole shaft.

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Lamm and treadle connections

Lamm and treadle connections

Three ways to connect lamms and treadles with Texsolv cord and pegs, shown in five figures: straight, doubled and adjustable connections for different loom constructions.

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Counterbalance loom tie-up

Counterbalance loom tie-up

Complete Texsolv tie-up for a counter-balanced loom: horses, pulleys, shafts and treadles.

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Countermarch loom tie-up

Countermarch loom tie-up

Complete Texsolv tie-up for a countermarch loom: jacks, shafts, upper and lower lamms and treadles.

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