What's this piece?
Hi, newbie here! I've got a new-to-me Leclerc M-Series 45" loom that I'm in the process of setting up. I've been able to work out what pretty much all the pieces are, but there's a couple that have stumped me. The person I got the loom from hadn't ever set it up herself since she got it from its previous owner, so it came without much knowledge of what she was even giving.
All of the pieces were nicely wrapped together in arrangements that made logical sense (the frames tied together, the rollers all connected, the treadles attached as one unit, and even the sides and beams of the loom were intact), but that means I've got the two pieces to the left of the four frames in the photo below that I haven't been able to figure out what they do, and both the manuals and information I found on Camilla Valley Farms and good ol' Google haven't been much help.
The thicker piece of wood has 23 rods sticking out of it, but no other holes or anything. The piece beside is thinner and has a hole on each end. In my very limited knowledge, I've figured it might be for warping but weaving definitely seems like one of those things where the people have so much more knowledge than what's on the internet.
Thank you!
