For the weaver who wants to explore complex weaving, production weaving on a very comfortable looms. This innovative dobby loom is the flagship of the Louet family and our top-end dobby loom. The ease of complex weaving often comes as a surprise to even the most experienced weaver! The Megado is simple, easy to operate, and robust enough to handle all your projects. One long treadle is simpler and gives a tremendous mechanical advantage that allows a weaver to lift as many as 30 harnesses with ease. No other multi-harness loom treadles as light and creates as large a shed, even with a very high tension on the warp.
Our electronic Dobby uses wi-fi to connect with a tablet, smart phone or computer. Operating software resides on the built-in computer to simplify weaving. Design on your own software, save the wif file on a flash drive and load it onto the dobby. Several software packages that work with the Megado interface include: Fiberworks PCW, Patternland, PixieLoom, Weavemaker, Proweave and Weave It. The Megado interface supports both PC and MacIntosh operating platforms. It’s a revolutionary system!
Options:
- Available in 27 5/8″ (70cm), 43 1/3″ (110cm) and 51 1/4″ (130cm) weaving widths.
- 16 harnesses (900 heddles) or 32 harnesses (1700 heddles) (pre-installed)
- Electronic or mechanical dobby
Features
- Megado comes with heddles pre-installed – 100 heddles on each of harnesses 1 & 2 and 50 heddles on every other harness. Total heddles is 900 for 16 harness loom and 1700 for 32 harness looms.
- Made of Ash hardwood and is finished with a double coat of semi-gloss lacquer
- The most complex castle section is pre-assembled
- A countermarch shed
- Connects via wi-fi to a tablet, smart phone or computer
- The lifting mechanism is incredibly light to operate, even when lifting most of the shafts
- Supports both PC and Mac operation systems
- The main treadle and also the optional weaving bench are adjustable in height to accommodate the weaver’s physical requirements.
- The Louet floating breast beam, a unique warp tension control system, which allows the weaver to set and check the warp tension each time the warp is advanced
Includes
- A large shelf
- Built-in raddle
- A stainless-steel reed 40-10 (metric)
- Texsolv heddles (392 mm)
- Lease and tie-up sticks
- Sixteen warp sticks
Options
- Available in 27 5/8″ (70cm), 43 1/3″ (110cm) and 51 1/4″ (130cm) weaving widths
- 16 harnesses (900 heddles) or 32 harnesses (1700 heddles)
- Electronic or mechanical dobby