Weavebird

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M. Kevin Burns from Ireland developed the "Weavebird" system and Leclerc designed the necessary modifications to build a NEW 16s loom that is very "Weaver Friendly" to work with and affordable in price.

WEAVEBIRD SYSTEM!
Weavebird is a center closed dobby shedding mechanism.

Center closed shed

Open shed

There are no jacks, no lams, no tie ups, no limitations on shaft combinations and no limitations of pattern repeats.

Two treadles, hinged from the back of the loom, operate the shedding mechanism.

Weavebird controls both the rising and sinking shed so the tension on the warp threads is always uniformly even. Because part of the warp threads rise while the balance sink, the yarn stretch is minimized.

The loom has 2 treadles. The right treadle opens the shed and the left treadle closes it.

Due to Leclerc's unique Shaft counter-weight design, physical stress to operate is minimized.
The treadling effort to operate this 16 Shaft Loom is similar to operating a 4 shaft counterbalance loom.

16 and 24s LOOM STANDARD EQUIPMENT

Interface Box
"Weavelec" software to drive the loom from any .WIF pattern
1 Stainless Steel Reed 6, 8, 10 or 12 dents per inch
Inserted Eye Heddles 12½" or Texsolv
1 End Feed Shuttle 6122-8000
12 Pirns 6¼" 6133-6000
1 Reed & Heddles Hooks 10 5/8" long 6140-1000
2 Wood lease sticks
4 Warp rods
Book: "Warp & Weave"
Assembly Instruction and Video
Aprons
2 Years Warranty on all parts including the Interface box and Solenoids

OPTIONS

	27"	36"	45"	60"
Double Warp Beam	call	6432-3000	6432-4000	6430-6000
Bench open ends	6384-4000
Sectional warp beam 1" section	6441-3000	6441-4000	6441-5000	6441-6000
Sectional warp beam 2" section	------------	6442-4000	6441-5000	6441-6000
Overhead Beater	6395-9000
Flying Shuttle Beater	------------	6471-4000	6471-5000	6471-6000

"Weavebird" With the Flying Shuttle Beater

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Weavebird report from a customer
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See also those web pages for more info on the Softwares and drivers
1- FIBERWORKS PCW ( software and Leclerc drivers)
2- ProWeave (software and Leclerc drivers)
3- WEAVE-LEC

VIDEO: 40 PICKS PER MINUTE (4,398,426)	WEAVEBIRD 16S AND 24S JANUARY 26 2005
	LOW SPEED (4,227,162) Windows Media Player
	HIGH SPEED (8,353,257) Windows Media Player
Customer feedback I haven't had much time lately to weave but did finish a 24 shaft pattern table runner. It is a little more dense than I expected (even after finishing a 24" X 12" sample). I made it for a friend with a very large table (finished runner after two times in tumble washer and ironing 24" X 82"). I downloaded the pattern as a WIF from handweaving.net. Every project that I have tried has been a pleasure to weave on the Weavebird. Jim - ============================================== Weaving on the weavebird loom is just like riding a bicycle. Down ============================================ The most important advantage for Leclerc is service. A.. and L.. have recognized names but their service is not so good. With a good product and excellent service Weavebird will become the leader in the large computerized market. Laurie =============================================== I purchased a Weavebird loom from you a couple of months ago. I really do love weaving on this loom. I am very glad that I did purchase this particular loom. Just wanted to let you I am a very satisfied custome June