Schacht Standard Floor Loom

The Schacht Standard floor is a High Castle Jack loom. The High Castle includes a storage tray and holes drilled in the top of the castle uprights for the swivel pin of an extension lamp. It is available in 36″ and 45″ wide weaving widths. All Standard floor looms may be ordered with eight or Four Now-Four Later* shaft options. The number of shafts you choose will depend on the kind of weaving you intend to do. Though most weave structures can be woven on four shafts, additional shafts increase your pattern options extensively. If you have a keen interest in pattern drafting and weave structures, eight shafts will allow you to fully develop this interest. The Schacht Standard floor loom has an under-slung jack mechanism to raise the shafts. The jacks pivot from two points equidistant from the center and lift the shafts by pushing up on the center point. They employ a parallel lamm system which gives the looms a light treadling action. Because of this parallel lamm, it isn’t necessary t