Posted 8:39pm December 1st, 2009
THE 12-POINT GEAR IN THE FOREGROUND IS ' ORIGINAL - EQUIPTMENT ' AS SHOWN ON SOME OF PICS SENT BY ' HISTORIC LOOMS OF AMERICA '!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
THIS PIC GIVES BETTER VIEW OF THE OLD GEARS USED ON BOTH THE ' CLOTH-REEL " ( FRONT) AND THE " WARP-REEL " (BACK). MY NEIGHBOR, QUITE EXPERIENCED IN AUTO REPAIRS, EXPLAINED THEM TO BE THE ONES THAT A STARTER WOULD ENGAGE IN WHEN YOU TURN-ON THE IGNITION.
HERE, THEY ARE USED TO KEEP THE REELS FROM MOVING BY ENGAGING SOME SORT OF " DOG " ( KEEPER ) THAT IS RELEASED TO ENABLE ADVANCING WARP FROM STORAGE ON THE " BACK " REEL WHILE WINDING THE " CLOTH " ONTO THE " FRONT " REEL
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Posted 3:54pm December 17th, 2009Regardless of what somebody may have done, we gotta ' RUN-WITH ' what we ' got-in-hand '!!!!!!!!!!
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Posted 8:39pm December 1st, 2009THE 12-POINT GEAR IN THE FOREGROUND IS ' ORIGINAL - EQUIPTMENT ' AS SHOWN ON SOME OF PICS SENT BY ' HISTORIC LOOMS OF AMERICA '!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Posted 2:20pm November 28th, 2009THIS PIC GIVES BETTER VIEW OF THE OLD GEARS USED ON BOTH THE ' CLOTH-REEL " ( FRONT) AND THE " WARP-REEL " (BACK). MY NEIGHBOR, QUITE EXPERIENCED IN AUTO REPAIRS, EXPLAINED THEM TO BE THE ONES THAT A STARTER WOULD ENGAGE IN WHEN YOU TURN-ON THE IGNITION.
HERE, THEY ARE USED TO KEEP THE REELS FROM MOVING BY ENGAGING SOME SORT OF " DOG " ( KEEPER ) THAT IS RELEASED TO ENABLE ADVANCING WARP FROM STORAGE ON THE " BACK " REEL WHILE WINDING THE " CLOTH " ONTO THE " FRONT " REEL