Compound Sleying

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A short article on choosing and adjusting warp sett by sleying the reed with unequal numbers of ends per dent (compound sleying). It explains how much a sett can be varied from a calculated value, then gives a table of ends per inch for reeds No. 5 to 24 combined with sleying patterns such as 1-2, 1-1-2 and 0-1-1. It warns that some patterns leave more visible marks in the cloth unless it is washed.

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Article
Date
July 1956
Language
English
Pages
2
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