I am excited to have just purchased my first new loom, a David 3, also my first floor loom. Although it has 8 shafts I’m only ready for 4 shaft patterns, I bought 8 for future proofing! Assembling the loom has raised a question though, can I just completely ignore shafts 5-8 or do they still have to be connected to an unused treadle?
Cheryl Schwarz
Congrats on joining the David 3 club !! I think you should connect all of the treadles so that you can adjust the shaft heights etc for the initial setup. When you are weaving with just 4 harnesses, you don't need to have any of the treadles tied up.
MRS M K FARRANT
Thanks. Just trying to figure out the shaft heights!
I meant to state that you don't need to have any treadles tied up to harnesses you aren't using when weaving with 4 harnesses....It would be really hard to weave if you didn't have and of the treadles tied up LOL...glad you understood what I was thinking instead of what I wrote.
Cheryl Schwarz
Congrats and welcome! I got my David 3 last June and I love it!
I am reading an interesting article on three shaft weave structures. Would you be able to tell me if I can weave a three-shaft structure on a David 3 loom? Or will it be unbalanced? I'm not sure I'm wording the question correctly 🤔
Mary - Yes, on your David loom you can weave using 3 shafts. You can weave using as few as 2 shafts and as many as 8 and any number in between.