Mills Style Webbing Loom

[Jerry Lee]

I thought you might like to see what a Mills type webbing loom looks like. I visited the production facility in India where my repro Mills equipment is made. This loom looks like the one in the grainy photo in the pamphlet about Mills equipment history. I have no idea how old this one is, looks like it has been producing webbing for quite a while. With this machine my webbing expert has been able to reproduce exactly Mills equipment features such as woven on pockets and pocket dividers, double woven bottoms, and variable width webbing. I am impressed.

[steved409]

Thanks General, now THAT'S impressive!!! WOW!

Lights hanging from the ceiling by cords and an electric fan. Power via an over head shaft. Looks like US circa 1910. Gee, where's OSHA? NEAT

Thanks

[transport]

Ahoy!

WOW! Now that is just way too cool!

I always wondered what the machine looked like.

thanks for posting the photo!

Chuck

[johnt]

Spectacular. I had no idea that Mills looms were still being used anywhere. Here is a scan of the original loom photo you mentioned, from Albert Lethern's The Development of the Mills Woven Cartridge Belt 1877-1956. That book was produced in 1956 and the loom in this photo maybe from that period. Yours looks to be quite a bit earlier than that!

[oldmp]

I can only imagine the history of that machine. Thanks for sharing Sir.

Mike

[leighm25]

Thanks for sharing the pic Jerry.
It looks to be one belt driven beauty.

I would agree with everybody else and say that it appears to date from circa 1910.

I would love to see it in action some day