I have a David loom. Does anyone have a trick for holding up the brake release bar if necessary? On my schact there is a way to slip a bar over the peddle and hold the brake “open” if you need to release the back beam and you need two hands. But I cannot figure out how to do anything similar on the David. I have to hold the release bar up with one hand which means I cannot stand behind my loom to do any work or adjustments. Any ideas?
If I need to loosen up the warp a wee bit while it's tied on, I release my brake a tad, and if I've nervous about it moving - I flip the toggle on the ratchet to hold everything while I do my adjustment. To be honest, I'm not sure how it's done on other looms. My David is not a "young" one, so I also don't know if that has changed on newer versions.