FS: Macomber Ad-a-Harness Baby Mac CP1, 20”, 4H/6T with room for more, extra reeds, $700 (Eastern/Central MA)
This is a very good loom, as all Macombers are. I have been using her quite successfully, enough that I have now upgraded to a larger Macomber loom and would like to pass her on to her next owner.
It is a Baby Mac (CP1), 20”, 4H/6T with room to go to 6H/8T. She folds easily and has a handle — you can fold her with a warp in place and easily load her into the back of a car. Lots of people like these looms because they are so easily transported to seminars and such. Plus, they’re just terrific looms, easy to use, deep shed, etc. Here’s the company page:
http://www.macomberloom.com/Type_CP_Portable_Loo.html
Cost for the loom, 400 heddles, and one reed would be $961 for the 4H model and $1079 for an 8H model with 4H installed (the 4-now-4-later option), if you wanted to get it new from the company and wait until it was made. They no longer make this exact configuration with the 6H castle, so I am basing my price on the lower of the two comparable models, with a substantial discount.
I’d like to sell her for $700, which I think is a good price, but if you don’t agree, tell me why and tell me what you think would be a fair price. I’m a reasonable person and I’d like for this loom to go to someone who will enjoy her as much as I have!
Looms are not easily shipped — best to plan on pickup from Stow, MA (01775). PM me for details and to arrange a time.
More details for those who are interested:
Weaving width is 20”.
The castle can hold 6 harnesses: there are currently 4 of them, and you can add 2 more from the company (www.macomberlooms.com) for a total cost of $210. I did confirm with them that the current harnesses are the same size and will fit just fine.
The loom has room for 8 treadles: there are currently 6 of them, and you can add the other two for a total cost of $50.
I have a few CP hooks, but most of them were bent before the loom got to me (hint: this loom can fold with a warp on it, but you have to take the hooks off!). You can get replacements from the company for $1 each. Or, you can do what lots of Macomber users do and use Texsolv cord and pegs for the tie-ups, which is much easier to work with and allows you to fold the loom without undoing the tie-up. I heartily recommend this option, so heartily that I took my own Texsolv cords off and moved it to the new loom, sorry!
The loom comes with a whole pile of flat-steel heddles.
61 of them have some rust that I don’t think would affect weaving (I threw away any with rust on the eyes or the openings where they thread onto the harness)
162 were stored in a box and have very slight rust on them
739 were stored on the loom and look pretty clean (no guarantees, I did go through them individually but very quickly). That’s a total of 962 heddles.
If you had bought this loom from the company today, it would have come with 400 inserted-eye heddles).
Note that if you prefer your loom quieter, I know that there is a belief that jack looms cannot be used with Texsolv heddles, but I can assure you that I personally put Texsolv heddles on this loom and used it without a problem on my own projects. Your mileage may vary, of course. (I have moved those heddles to my new loom, sorry!)
If you had bought the loom from Macomber, you would have gotten one stainless-steel reed, and extras would cost $57 each. You can have the four 20” reeds that I happen to have kicking around, which are 10, 12, 16, and 20 dent, some with minor rust spotting but really all quite usable.
If there are any other questions I didn’t think to answer, just ask. This is a great loom and I am looking forward to sending her off to her next owner!