Newcomb Weavers Delight

Here are pictures of my Weavers Delight

Here are pictures of another WD loom.

The Weavers Delight is a loom produced for weaving primarily rugs. With a fly shuttle, and cams to change the shed, this loom is semi-automatic. It runs only on "people power" however, so using one of these is still "handweaving". It just means you do not have to use your feet to lift the shafts.

For those who have one of these looms, the manual (1913 edition) may be downloaded below. If you do not have the Adobe PDF reader, you can download it here.

Here are the files: (hint: print these out, they are easier to read off-screen)

1913 manual (1.2 MB)

Series F parts & price list (195 K)

1920's era manual coming soon (? MB)

Four Shaft Designs

The following is from the 1913 Weavers Delight Manual. It is on page 44 of the manual, which corresponds to page 24 of the PDF file of the 1913 manual.

"We will now offer a number of 4 shaft designs, many of them original withour customers.

Cams to be used for different weaves:

Plain Cloth: 1,2,1,2	Double Plain: 2,2,1,1	Jeans: 5,6,3,4	Satinet: 5,3,6,4
Kersey Twill: 8,7,9,10	Tweed: 2,1,1,2	Birdseye: 10,7,2,1	3-ply: 14,7,8,3
Seamless Bags: 3,11,5,12	Cassimere: 1,14,3,10	Herringbone: 4,11,6,13	Union Cloth: 9,7,10,8
Basket Weave: 1,6,1,4	Double Thick: 12,10,11,3	Double Width: 6,11,5,13	No. 1: 2,2,1,2
No. 2: 6,8,12,7	No.3: 11,13,1,2	No.4: 3,4,1,2	No.5: 12,6,2,9
No.6: 9,9,2,1	No.7: 12,4,6,4	No.8: 6,3,1,2	No. 9: 6,1,4,3

Drawdowns

This is offered as they may be of interest to any weaver, not just Weavers Delight owners. Weave structure names change over the years, and this offers a list of names and structures as they were known at the turn of the 20th Century