How to Create the Jacquard Mechanism for a Circular Loom?
Jacquard looms have long fascinated me. Their cobweb-like form resembles a living organism. The machine is incredibly intricate, with so many moving parts that it's almost incomprehensible how one could create it — let alone maintain it. Yet, believe it or not, its complexity is based on a remarkably simple concept. the 'box' is the metal part on top Let's begin with the fact that Mr. Joseph Jacquard, a French weaver, didn’t invent the Jacquard loom. [ watch this video before moving on ] In 1804, he introduced a major addition to an already existing principle — an extrapolation of the draw loom , a concept developed by the Chinese long before the Common Era. The challenge was to automate and control individual or sets of heddles independently and enabling complex and intricate patterns to be woven faster and more efficiently. The Jacquard loom is said to have influenced the development of binary thinking. Its use of punch cards to control shedding later inspired e...
