Glimakra Ideal loom and prices

The Glimakra Ideal is a sturdy, versatile loom. It is well proportioned, but it takes up less space than the Standard loom. It has all the advantages of Swedish looms; the hanging beater for easy beating, light treadling, good height for comfort and it will produce beautiful woven items from sheer fabrics to rugs.

It can be countermarch,as seen below, or counterbalanceas seen on left. It can have four shafts or 10 shafts. The countermarch tie up is a good choice if you want to have more than four shafts. The counterbalance is easy to tie up when you want to weave with four shafts. The Ideal loom can also be fitted with a drawloom, a single unit harnesk or a shaft drawloom with up to 50 shafts.

For details on prices here.

The Ideal as Countermarch

This loom has a 100cm, 39+ inches weaving width, hanging beater, wedges for stability, large warp and cloth beams and large ratchet wheels for easy and exacting tensioning. The loom has a 49" total width and the beater measures 46 1/2" wide. It weighs approx. 142 pounds

It comes with an adjustable bench, 1,000 Texsolv heddles, complete Texsolv tie up kit, two lease sticks, two shaft holders, four rubber feet and 24 warp beam sticks.

The smaller Ideal has a 70 centimeters (27") weaving width, 38" frame width, weight: 122 pounds.

The Ideal frame is 40" deep. The floor space required is a little more than this as the bench and the warp beam extend some inches beyond the frame. The width of the loom is a little more than the frame width as the beater and the ratchet wheels extend beyond the frame. The frame height is 4' 10" with the top of the beater extending the height to 5' 1". The warp and cloth beams are 9" in circumference. The breast beam is 2 1/4" x 1 5/8" and is 34" off the floor. The frame uprights are 1 5/8" x 3 1/2".

Prices for the Ideal loom

100cm (39") Ideal, 4 shaft, 6 treadle counterbalance loom.....$2780
100cm (39") Ideal 4 shaft, 6 treadle countermarch loom.........$3075
100cm (39") Ideal 8 shaft, 8 treadle countermarch loom.........$3600
70cm (27") Ideal 4 shaft, 6 treadle counterbalance loom........$2640
70cm (27") Ideal 4 shaft, 6 treadle countermarch loom...........$2880
70cm (27") Ideal 8 shaft, 8 treadle countermarch loom...........$3150
A 10 shaft 100 cm Ideal is also available

Accessories

40 inch stainless steel reeds, 4" and 5" , 5,6, 8, 10, 12, 15, 18,20 and 22 and 25 dent reeds in stock.
boat shuttles range from $29 - $35. Visit here for specifics and prices
temples range from $38 - $69. Visit here for specs and prices
Swedish bobbin winders in two styles, the thin spindle is $95.00, and the thick spindle is $115.00
Table warping reel, 2 1/2 meter $395.00
Drawlooms (for Ideal looms 39" weaving width, includes everything but the heddles)

For more information on drawlooms, visit here

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update 1/08