Ask Madelyn: Heavy Shafts
Raising four shafts with every treadle makes the treadling very heavy. Is there anything that you can think of that would make it easier to treadle?
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Raising four shafts with every treadle makes the treadling very heavy. Is there anything that you can think of that would make it easier to treadle?
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