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jacquard loom heddles tier
A professional who attaches harness parts to head of jacquard loom to prepare pattern control mechanism for weaving process. Responsibilities include:
- Ties neck (tail or tug) cords to hooks in head of loom or connects cords with wire link.
- Draws neck cords through bottom board (holed board) to prevent tangling, and ties neck cords to harness cords which have been threaded through comber board.
- Places leveling board on loom and reties harness cords to heddles to align heddle eyes.
- Brushes varnish on cord knots to prevent slipping and clips ends of cord close to knots, using scissors.
- May draw harness cords through comber board holes in specified order, gathering ends of harness cords in bunches and tying heddles and lingos (small weights) to other ends of cords.
- May place drop wires on warp threads.
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