Walnut Creek, CA
east of San Francisco, east of Oakland
Please send a message if you are interested in this loom.
Local pick-up, cash sale only
$1,250 for Ravelers. Listed on CL at $1,450.
Fully restored, perfectly functioning loom plus bench & 10-dent stainless steel reed, and black lamp
Leclerc Nilart floor loom (predecessor to current Nilus II)
45” weaving width, with beam & interior shaft measurement of 47 1/2”
Jack loom: rising shed, rising pattern shafts
12 shafts, 14 treadles
12 1/2” wire heddles, 150 per shaft, 1800 total
Extra warp beam you may choose to use or not, for supplementary warps including position on the loom back support for the second beam with a second brake.
Leclerc size-large bench with open ends straddles 14 treadles: 26” high, 44” length
10-dent stainless steel Leclerc reed
Measurements:
The widest part of the Nilart is the beater, at just under 56”
Other than the beater rest of the loom is 52 5/8” wide.
The depth of the loom is 46 1/2” open, and 33” with the back folded.
The 9” of the treadles in front of the loom are covered by the bench when not in use.
The bench is wider than the set of 14 treadles, so it straddles the treadles.
Height is 34 1/2” at breast beam.
Height of castle is 48”
Crank handle included
Holder for articulated engineer’s arm-style lamp on castle
Full shelf on top of castle
Since owning this loom, I have completely cleaned, lubricated and updated the loom. It has brand new aprons and tie-on bars, brand new treadle cords, brake release cord, new shaft bumpers, new beater bar bumpers, new cording on the tie-on rod.
I cleaned the wood with Howard’s Wood Soap, then applied multiple coats of Howards Restore A Finish, then sealed with Howards Feed & Wax. Each shaft was removed, all metal on each shaft was cleaned and lubricated, and all heddles were removed, counted and reinstalled “right side up” for threading by a right-handed person.
Inside the loom frame, the metal shaft guides alongside the shafts and the lamms were cleaned with steel wool and lubricated with Silicon Oil-PTFE. All moving parts on the loom, such as the metal joints of the lamms were lubricated. No squeeks!
NEW PARTS ON THE LOOM:
New Leclerc brand aprons for cloth and back beam
New Leclerc brand treadle cords
New Leclerc brand brake release cable
New Leclerc beater bumpers
New Leclerc brand shaft frame bumpers
New treadle hooks
New spring system for shafts which prevents floating shafts when 3 or more shafts are tied to one treadle
I have (way) too many looms, so something must go. I am selling this Leclerc Nilart 12-shaft loom, which is the predecessor to the current Nilus II loom. When Leclerc changed the name to Nilus II, they eliminated the 12-shaft model. However, this is the same as Nilus II, but with 12 shafts. You cannot buy a new 12-shaft Nilus II anymore. As does the Nilus II, this uses 12 1/2” wire heddles (you get 150 per shaft, for a total of 1800 heddles). Those long heddles give you a super large shed. The breast beam height and physical size of the loom are the same as the current Nilus II.
This loom comes with its original, matching Leclerc size large bench which has a storage bin on either side. The 44” sideways “length” perfectly straddles the 14 treadles of the Nilart.