Countermarch Tie-Up: Using
Countermarch Looms
What is
on the CD-ROM | Computer System
Requirements | Download Patch for Sound Cards | Ordering
Information
View Flash demo of the software (Broadband connection recommended for best results.)
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- What
is on the CD-ROM
- This CD-ROM is a complete guide to constructing,
gating, tying-up, and weaving on a countermarch loom. It is designed
for both novices and advanced weavers.
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- The program offers over 30 minutes of
stop-action video instruction with clear details and comprehensive
textual explanations which hyperlink to supplementary diagrams,
videos, still images, and definitions.
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- The program has ten sections: Introduction,
Tutorial, Anatomy, Tools, Assembly, Gating, Tie-Up, Problems,
Glossary, and Help.
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- The Loom Anatomy diagram (see screenshot
below) highlights as the mouse passes over key components. A
list to the right of the diagram identifies what the mouse is
selecting in the diagram. Clicking an item from the list will
also highlight its corresponding part on the diagram. Clicking
on a highlighted loom component in the diagram brings up more
information about that component. Click
here to view Flash demo of the Loom Anatomy Diagram. (Broadband
connection recommended for best results.)
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- (This is only a picture of the software.
You need the CD-ROM to run the actual program.)
- Click here for
ordering information
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- The Assembly section uses stop-action,
narrated video with descriptive text and contextual hyperlinks
to show all the ins and outs of assembling a countermarch loom.
It includes detailed views of joints and fasteners.
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You need the CD-ROM to run the actual program.)
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ordering information
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- The Gating section also uses stop-action,
narrated video (see Flash
demo -- broadband internet connection recommended) with descriptive
text and contextual hyperlinks to show how to create the shaft
assembly from a collection of jacks, shaft bars, lams, treadles,
and string. It includes original techniques for assembling and
leveling the shafts. It explains how to read the tie-up draft.
It shows how to tie-up the treadles to the proper length. It
shows how to balance the shafts so that they don’t drag
on the warp but rather open to a proper shed. It also provides
techniques to facilitate easier weaving on a countermarch loom.
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You need the CD-ROM to run the actual program.)
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ordering information
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- The Tie-Up Diagram is a simplified
sketch of the shaft assembly. It is hyperlinked to a tie-up draft
as it would appear on graph paper in a book. The purpose of this
diagram is to illustrate how a loom is expected to move when
tied-up to the treadles, according to the X and O markings on
the draft.
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- (This is only a picture of the software.
You need the CD-ROM to run the actual program.)
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ordering information
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- The Problems section explains various
problems that are common to using countermarch looms, as well
as how to correct them.
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- (This is only a picture of the software.
You need the CD-ROM to run the actual program.)
- Click here for
ordering information
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- Ordering
Information.
- The CD-ROM costs US$60 + US$5.00 Shipping
and Handling via US Mail for single unit purchases.
- Opened Software is not refundable.
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- Computer
System Requirements.
- Windows® 3.1, 3.11, or Windows®
95/ 98/ Me/ 2000/ Xp Home/ Xp Professional.
Click
here to get sound card patch for newer computer systems.
- Note:
This current version WILL NOT WORK with the 64 bit version of
Windows Vista.
This software has not yet been tested with the x86 version of
Windows Vista, therefore
it is not recommended to try to use this version of the program
with any version of Windows Vista.
- 486 66 MHz processor or faster, or 75
MHz or faster Pentium® processor.
- 16 Mb RAM; 15 Mb free hard disk space.
- 256 color display; thousands or millions
preferred.
- Any screen resolution; VGA minimum (640
x 480).
- 4x or faster CD-ROM drive required for
smoother videos.
- SoundBlaster® compatible sound card
and speakers and Windows compatible mouse.
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