When I got my Kromski Harp rigid heddle loom, the ratchets and pawls, which keep the warp from moving when you don't want it to, were plastic. On the first use, I realized that they weren't sturdy enough when they let my entire warp fall and become unwound! Then, while I was looking for weaving-related presents for myself for Christmas, I saw a kit being sold to replace those plastic parts with metal, so I got it. I had a new project to weave, so I decided it was time to do the job.
I have always been very proud of how I can figure out how to do
something by reading. That is how I learned to weave, knit, spin, and
put my looms, spinning wheel, and various pieces of furniture together.
Changing the ratchets and pawls wasn't any different.
First, I had to make a copy of the template in the instructions. If I
had just cut it out, I would have cut out the instructions on the other
side. The template shows where to put a screw in where there isn't one
already. The screw is to hold a magnet, the magnet holds the ratchet,
the ratchet is to hold the pawl.
But I'm getting ahead of myself.
The right side of the loom is the side you have to work on so that was the side to take off. I used the template to place the screw for the magnet, took off the old ratchets and pawls, and attached the new ones. An extra washer to make everything fit a little more snug at each end, and then it is put back together.
It works much better now that the teeth on the pawl don't bend.
I have started a new project involving this loom. I don't want to say too much about it right now. Gotta keep an air of mystery or something, donchaknow.
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