Ribbon Loom

Posted by Mike Cash (Kiryu, Japan) on 11 October 2007 in Miscellaneous and Portfolio.

An antique, yet functional, ribbon loom. The thread is on a spool inside the shuttle and comes out through a spring-arm which trips itself to change direction on each pass. This type of loom has two heads, but only one was set up. Also in the museum were a half dozen identical antique ribbon looms that had been converted to run via an electric motor. This display model retained the original hand-crank mechanism.

Taken with a lens that has one of the worst reputations of all Pentax lenses, the Takumar (Bayonet) 135/2.5

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