Here is my tension box, in action. All the sections are finished now, in a very short amount of time.
My husband added a piece of scrap wood to the open end of the part that is supposed to secure it to the beam, so it can't fall off anymore. It works! No more trying to hold it on there while winding, and all the threads were lined up & stayed that way. Winding on was so very pleasant this time.
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I have never seen anyone put a tension box on the back of the loom that way. Upside down. I am guessing you are winding off the spools at the bottom of the loom. Is it a Union??
Very interesting.
I pulled all my spokes off the Unions......too dangerous......with kids around.....and I use a spool rack. But I am all for doing what works for you. I would have liked a picture of the entire loom...so I could see the spools.......
thanks Hilary, I will take a picture during the next warping so you can see. It is a Union 36, and the spools are down on the spokes. The tension box doesn't stay on the beam very well, there is a sliding piece with a wing nut that is constantly coming loose. I'll put up a picture of that, too. The cones seem to feed easier with it tipped down, would eventually like to get a spool rack, but there isn't a lot of room where the loom is set up right now. The spikes are dangerous, and they aren't the best system for the warp, either.
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