Selling my 40-shaft loom

After several months of mulling it over, I’ve decided to sell Emmy (my 40-shaft AVL loom). While she is in good working order, I haven’t used her (except once or twice to test things) since I got the jacquard loom, and that seems likely to continue. And while the garage is barely big enough to fit both looms, it really isn’t wide enough to use both looms comfortably. So it seems reasonable to sell the 40-shaft loom to someone who will use and love her.

Here are the specs on the loom and all the things that come with it:

• Loom model is an AVL 40, the predecessor to the A-series
• 40 shafts
• 48″ weaving width
• Compudobby II
• E-lift
• Options and accessories:
  • Two sectional warp beams, one 1-yard circumference and one 1/2-yard circumference
  • AVL sandpaper beam
  • Bottom-swing beater
  • AVL new-style auto-advance
  • Fireside rolling temples
  • 7 reeds:
    • 7-dent (48″)
    • 9-dent (40″)
    • 10-dent (48″)
    • 12-dent (36″)
    • 15-dent (48″)
    • 16-dent (48″)
    • 18-dent (48″)
    • 20-dent (48″)
  • 4000+ heddles
  • tons of 48″ warp sticks if you would rather beam as a plain beam
  • (optional) a large dolly mounted on leveling casters (which convert from feet to wheels) to enable the loom to be moved about easily.

Price for the package is $12,000. The loom is currently disassembled, so can be shipped (my zip is 94089), but crating and shipping are up to the buyer (I believe this can be arranged remotely). The loom was working immediately before disassembly, with a lot of time and money put into various upgrades, and was given a tune-up by AVL.

I took a TON of photos during disassembly, so reassembly should be easy. If you are local to the San Francisco Bay Area, I will help reassemble the loom.

If interested, please contact me at tien@tienchiu.com.