Ask me about layaway for items in my shop if this would work for you. Please note that the image is shown with the Mechanical Dobby which has to be purchased separately.
No more tedious tie ups! Also does away with the need for treadles. The Magic Dobby (MD) is a very portable and comfortable loom to weave on. This loom can be used as a table loom by using a lever to open the shed, or mount it on the floor stand and use a treadle to open the shed. The front and rear sections fold up towards the castle, for easy storage or travel. To remove from its stand, just pull the two long bolts and it lifts off to become your table loom. For use as a table loom, there is a lever to open the shed instead of the stand treadle.
Surprisingly portable, when the loom is folded it measures only 24" x 24” x 30”.
Available as a mechanical or electronic Dobby. If you're interested in the electronic, convo me for pricing and availability.
Magic Dobby is available in 40 cm (15 3/4”) and 70 cm (27 5/8”) weaving width and is made of lacquered beech. The loom comes with the castle section assembled and a floor stand with treadle, swivel (pivot) beater system, raddle, a stainless steel reed 40-10 (metric), 600/800 Texsolv heddles, lease and tie-up sticks and sixteen warp sticks. This listing is for the looms without the Mechanical Dobby Head, as well as the Mechanical Dobby Head. Choose from drop down box at upper right.
A Dobby loom has a Dobby mechanism, which is used to program the harness combinations for the weave pattern. Dobby is short for “draw boy” which refers to the weaver’s helper who was used to control the warp thread by pulling on draw threads. The Dobby mechanism replaces the treadle/lam combination of the traditional floor looms. So say goodbye to the tie up system! The performance of a multi-harness loom is vastly improved by using a Dobby mechanism, as it overcomes the major problems associated with the use of a large number of treadles.
A Dobby loom allows you to select the combination of harnesses for every shed opening you wish to make. The great advantage of a Dobby loom is that it avoids the necessity and the labor involved in making multiple tie-ups to treadle positioned underneath a loom. An investment in a Louët Dobby ensures many years of comfortable and productive weaving.
The mechanical Dobby is a program bar with pegs system. The numbered holes in the program bars correspond with harnesses of the loom. If you want a harness to be raised, you place a peg in the corresponding hole of the program bar. Your series of program bars can be as long as you like; however, if the number of program bars becomes very large, you may want to consider an electronic Dobby.
Dimensions (Width x Depth x Height)
Magic Dobby 40: 58 x 100 x 140 cm (22 3/4” x 39 3/8” x 55“)
Magic Dobby 70: 88 x 100 x 140 cm (34 5/8” x 39 3/8” x 55“)
Weight
Magic Dobby 40: 25 kg (55 lb)
Magic Dobby 70: 33 kg (73 lb)