Handwoven area rugs to enhance the warmth and beauty of your home
We have an established rug weaving business for sale. I have 6 looms, all the accessories to the looms, a 10x10 booth set up, warp, yarn, wool and cotton fabric, selvage edge shaggy strips, dyes, dyepots. I primarily market my rugs at Art Festivals throughout the west. I've sold at Art Festivals since 1983. I also work with interior designers on specific projects.
I have professional jury slides which are ZAPP formatted. This slide format is being required at more and more high end art festivals for their jury process. Also, included are computer saved patterns for rugs. Both the jury slides and rug patterns will provide a good foundation for the first year, giving the new owner time to develop their own weaving styles and marketiing directions. This is a business a novice can step into and immediately begin making money. I did it - so can you.
This business needs a fairly large working space; approximately 1200 sq ft.
$52,000 Sell 52 big rugs and the business is paid for.
Electronic air filter, Emerson CSC 1000, ceiling mount 6 Flourescent Full Spectrum fixtures, various lengths Singer 31-15 Industrial sewing machine Eastman 623 Blue Streak II Cutting Machine Wool fabric
Wool Yarn Cotton corduroy, denim and cotton fabric
Shaggy selvage strips
Gabardine and crepe wool fabric
Reeds (18 reeds in various sizes)
Air compressors (2 are available)
AVL Tension Box
LeClerc Tension Box 6160-1000
LeClerc Tension Box Counter 6160-6000
Plastic sectional beam flat dividers
2 Wooden grooved tracks for warping looms
4 foot Track
12 foot Track
Bobbin winder
Parts, pieces for all looms
Rug backing supplies
3 Toika Metal Temples 16" x 24" = $33 24" x 37" = $ 37 35" x 59" = $60
3 Wooden Temples 36" x 62", 61" x 113", 85" x 159"
2 wooden rag ski shuttles @ $33.00
6 wooden rag shuttles 22" long @ $15.00
3 wooden rag shuttles 18" long @ $15.00
6 wooden rag shuttles 36" long @ $15.00
Newcomb shuttle tubes, spool racks (inc. with Newcomb looms).
Stair rods, samples of rods we used in installations.
metal racks for hanging ripped material
Catalogs - suppliers, festival lists, weaving books, magazines, patterns
Jury slides
Video tapes, instruction-general weaving theory & also assembly and
use of each loom
Heddles - All the looms have maximum numbers of metal heddles
12' AVL RUG LOOM
This loom has eight harnesses. Any one or all can be raised so designs are endless.
This loom currently sells for around $18,000 +. However, we have added several improvements which make it an even better rug loom. We replaced the original beams with 6" steel beams. We replaced the dobby chain with a computer. There are two sectional thread beams so you can weave with two warps, air controlled gear brake and motorized warp beam. We added air cylinders to the beater so you can make a firm rug. There is room for four more harnesses which we are planning to do. A set of designs and warp/weft combinations make a wholesale offering easy.
Included are 12.5, 12, 10, 8, 8, 6.5, 5 dent reeds.
This Glimakra loom is unique. Glimakra isn’t making them anymore because due to its massive size, it is too expensive to build and sell at a profit. New price would be at least $25,000. In addition to the original Swedish quality craftsmanship, our loom has been modified by a previous weaver in Texas who had a business weaving fancy show saddle blankets. His modifications of air powered beater and harnesses plus steel harnesses and heddles make it easier for the production weaver.
Four steel beams 6 ½” diameter
Overhead beater is a huge wood beam
The reed overall height is 9” to accommodate a huge shed. The reed is 6 dent.
Beater and 4 harnesses are air powered. Because of the air power on harnesses, you can weave patterns using one harness up, 3 harnesses down, (i.e. double corduroy pattern.)
Steel harnesses and metal heddles.
Four steel gear brakes.
This loom has been used for tapestries and tightly woven wool saddle blankets. We have also woven boundweave and double corduroy rugs on it. The air power beater makes an extremely tight rug with minimal effort from the weaver.
This loom would be the ideal piece of equipment for the weaver with a saddle blanket business.
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65" MACOMBER FLOOR LOOM
This loom has 20 harnesses and has a computerized air system to create the harness patterns plus a power cloth advance. The computer controls air lines to each harness to provide the sheds of the pattern. The computer sytem is an Atari 130 XE with Disk Drive and B/W Monitor. If you buy software to edit drafts and plan projects, you would, of course, have to use a more current PC or Mac computer; but then you can manually transfer the data to the Atari system or upgrade the whole system to a PC or Mac. We use the Macomber computer harness lifting system to also lift the harnesses on the AVL when using the AVL.
The MaComber has two switches on the beater that change the shed in sync with the beater operation, so an experienced weaver develops a rhythm of throwing the shuttle and beating without thinking about changing the shed.
Included are 12.5, 12, 10, and 8 dent reeds
1" Sectional beam.
Sliding bench
Numerous boat shuttles and bobbins.
Weave Master & Pattern Master Software
This loom will produce intricately patterned table linens, baby blankets, or other fabrics.
NEWCOMB FLY SHUTTLE FLOOR LOOM
The Newcomb is a mechanically automated loom developed 100 years ago. It's a simple design of sets of cams that create specific sheds and a friction brake system that allows the beating of the rug to actually forward the thread beam and the rug take up beam so the weaver never has to stop weaving, release tension and forward the woven rug. This all happens when you pull the beater forward which also throws the shuttle. This is a true production loom. Also, if one sets up a board holding spools of warp, you never have to rewarp the loom again. I have two of these boards. These looms are my "bread and butter". I can quickly weave an assortment of small throw rugs and placemats to create diversity in my booth at art festivals.
I have 3 of these looms.
Four harness
45" weaving width
2" and 2 1/2" sectional beams.
There are 8 additional reeds.
Also included are spool racks, boat shuttles, aluminum cylinder cans and box, "pony" to fill the cylinder cans, and 2-harness and 4-harness cams.
The first photo to the left shows the loom, tension box and spool rack.
The second photo shows another loom plus a wooden boat shuttle.
The third photo shows the "pony" and fill cylinders. You fill the cylinders with the prepared rags and place the cylinder in the wooden boat shuttle and place the boat shuttle in the fly shuttle race on the loom. Also, this photo shows the Singer industrial sewing machine.
LIGHT DOME CANOPY BOOTH
10 X 10 With four zipper side panels and front awning.
Rails, rug display racks, wood desk, directors chair, foot stools, handtruck, indoor/outdoor carpets for the booth floor, corner weights, miscellaneous signs, tools, etc.
Replacement costs on all these accessories would be at least $500.
New price for a Light Dome with 4 zipper sides, 2' front awning and zipper carry bag is $950. This doesn't include shipping which would be approx. $100
Two stainless steel dyepots on wheels (easily moved) -
approximately 30/50 gallon capacity.
Heated by propane.
Bottom drain spout
An additional stainless steel 40 gallon dyepot (unheated) with bottom drain (not pictured). This also has wheels so the pot can be moved when it's empty.
EMERSON ELECTRONIC AIR FILTER
Ceiling mount
Model # CSC 1000
If you click on the picture to the left, the enlarged photo will show the air filter mounted from the ceiling in the left top corner of the picture. Also, in this photo is the Singer industrial sewing machine.
This air cleaner costs $960 new. We purchased ours in 1999.
This cutting machine has been essential in my business. There are certain fabrics which need to be cut rather than torn. Time would be lost without this machine.
New price is around $2000. Ours was purchased as a rebuilt.
(This $ figure is estimated replacement value of this business.)
* Estimated value: means exact replacement value is unavailable.
* Dyepots are stainless steel - They were built by the Hutterites for their community kitchen. To duplicate these tanks would cost much more than I'm asking.
* None of these estimated or replacement prices include shipping charges which can be considerable due to the heavy weights of this equipment.
*Not including our improvements
There are a total of 24 reeds. Subtracting 1 reed for each loom leaves an additional 18 reeds. The new price to replace these reeds would be $1.30 per running inch. Gowdey Reed Company - 401-723-6114. Thus a reed which is 102" long would cost $132.60. To replace these 18 reeds would cost approx. $1800 not including shipping.
A variety of reed dent sizes allows flexibility in pattern design.
REEDS
Newcomb loom312 dent reeds45'
311 dent reeds45"
410 dent reeds45"
2 8 dent reeds45"
MaComber 112 dent reed 65"
112.5 dent reed 62"
1 10 dent reed 62"
1 8 dent reed 62"
Glimakra16 dent reed138"
AVL1 12.5 dent reed 102"
1 12 dent reed 140"
1 10 dent reed 147"
1 8 dent reed 147"
1 8 dent reed 117"
1 6.5 dent reed 137"
1 5 dent reed 142"
SINGER INDUSTRIAL 31-15 UPHOLSTERY SEWING MACHINE
This is an older sewing machine mounted on a heavy table. This machine handles easily all weights of fabric. I use it to sew the narrow strips of fabric together to create a large ball of material to put in the shuttle. Normal sewing machines can't do the job without breakdowns. This machine is from the 1930's. Check the internet for prices that go from $200 to $900.
TEMPLES
A device to maintain the warp width as sleyed in the reed to prevent narrowing.
Wood Temples:
25" x 40"
26" x 35"
27" x 45"
36" x 62"
61" x 113"
85" x 159"
Note: Click on picture for larger view.
PLASTIC SECTIONAL BEAM DIVIDERS
These are useful for long warps and are placed in each section every 10 - 20 yards to prevent uneven buildup of threads and to keep uniform tension on the warp. There are a few hundred dividers.
SECTIONAL WARP BEAM GUIDES
A set of eight extenders that fit on the steel divisions for each section of the sectional warp beam. They prevent the warp ends from going into other sections as you're winding on the warp. When the section is filled, the guides are simply transferred to the next section.
LECLERC TENSION BOX
Provides a uniform adjustable tension on all wqrp ends as they are wound from the spool rack to the loom.
COUNTER
Mounted on the tension box this counter measures the length of the warp to ensure that all sections are the same length.
AVL TENSION BOX
Provides a uniform adjustable tension on all warp ends as they are wound from the spool rack to the loom.
TRACK FOR MOUNTING TENSION BOX
This is a special slotted track for mounting the AVL tension box. The tension box slides on the track as you wind on the warp section by section. I have a 4' and a 12' track.
SHUTTLES
Traditional boat shuttles crafted from Canadian Maple.
The middle boat shuttle is weighted and has a special tensioning system which increases weaving speed and produces more uniform fabric and selvages.
27" long ski shuttle made for medium to heavy yarn or rag. Because the rag is wrapped horizontally, this shuttle slides easily through the warp shed.
Regular rag shuttles crafted from maple. 18", 22", and 36" lengths
DYE INVENTORY
The dye inventory is procion dyes. The majority of the jars are PRO MX Reactive dyes used for cotton, silk, rayon, linen and wool. Pro MX Reactive dye is versatile, permanent and easy to use. There also are a few jars of PRO Washfast Acid Dye for wool yarns and fabrics.
Prices vary for each dye color so I averaged the price at $20/#.
27 - 1# jars @ $20 = $540
5 - 1/2# jars @ $10 = $50
www.prochemical.com
An alternate option would be to exclude the Glimakra loom & yarns from this package deal. Everything that you would weave could be woven on the AVL loom. Possible reasons to have two 12' wide looms would be if you had employees or a separate business weaving saddleblankets on a continuous production thereby making it difficult to weave other projects.
Excluding the Glimakra and yarns could reduce the overall price by $14,000.
