I was wondering if anyone in the school uses a sectional beam on there loom.
I have a sectional beam on my David III
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I also have a sectional beam and am new to weaving. I have used it once so far and wanted to hear others experiences with it. Do you like it and do you prefer this method of warping?
Cheryl Schwarz
I used sectional warping on my AVL Home Loom for over 20 years, and then when I sold it and bought the new David III, I stuck with sectional warping. My Woolhouse Tools 8 shaft table loom uses a regular warp beam. I like both methods, but if I am putting on a longer warp, or one with many color changes, I prefer the sectional warping method. It's faster and the tension on each section is identical.
I didn't care for winding spools and using a tension box, so I bought an AVL warping wheel. Love it and highly recommend that it's worth the purchase price. If I was a production weaver, warping 20 yard warps, then maybe the spool/tension box method would make sense. For me a 7 yard warp is a long warp.
I honestly enjoy every aspect of weaving and that includes warping, threading etc.
I know this is an old conversation, but I'm currently considering this exact set up for my david 3. Do you find that you don't use a warping board or mill anymore and just sectionally warp? If you do use a standard warp chain, how do you put it on the sectional beam? I would think you'd do small bouts and put them on the sectional or do a full and just make sure to space it in the raddle so that it would feed evenly?
I haven't tried it, but I've seen a video where an apron rod is inserted into the back of the warp and the apron rod is tied to the back beam. The length of the cords used to tie the apron rod to the back beam is precalculated so that when you wind the warp on, the apron rod will land in an open space between the sectional dividers. Then adjust the warp ends so that the are distributed fairly evenly between the sections.
Hello Tyler, For my David 3, I only use the AVL warping wheel and wind one section at a time.
I also have 3 table loom, and I have a Warping Mill that I use for those looms.
I found help in Handwoven Magazine, Madelyn van der Hogt, Oct 29,2020.: Ask Madelyn: using a Sectional beam without warping sectionally“. Since then I warp my David III that came with the extra of a Sectional beam without problems and further tools just feeding the raddle so that the warp does not fall on the top of the sectional pegs. The advantage of doing an extra work of counting how this will work is that I don’t have to use paper or sticks between layers of warp. Hope you still can find the article in the internet. Tina