A second-edition British power-loom manual (1948) by J. W. Hutchinson, a Bradford loom overlooker and author, covering the construction, setting and tuning of looms. It describes reeds, healds, tappet and dobby shedding, Jacquard machines, Hattersley, Dobcross, Northrop and Lancashire looms, shuttles, pickers, temples, weft forks, electric drives, and troubleshooting such as knocking-off and cloth faults. Later chapters deal with waste reduction, adaptability of designs and colour-and-weave effects, narrow fabric, towel and linen looms, and new yarns such as rayon, nylon and casein fibre. It has hundreds of line diagrams and photographs of loom mechanisms, a few pages of weave drafts, an index, and period advertisements for loom makers and suppliers.

Type

Book

Date

1948

Language

English

Pages

626

Weaving drafts

on 38 pages: 48, 69, 79, 80, 118, 157, 254, 394, 405, 406, 407, 408  and 26 more

Archive notes

Robotic scanned images provided by Kris Bruland