Treadles and Tie-up – Ahrens Looms
Part 3: A Fairy Tale to Explain the Automatic Tension System Order Warping Your Loom & Tying On New Warps HERE When I was writing the book, I wanted to explain the tension system on the Ahrens …
There are two types of Jim Ahrens built: two-beam, and three-beam looms. Two-beam looms have no breast beam or back beam, the warp flows directly from the warp beam through the heddles and beater to the cloth beam. This loom also folds for storage or threading. Folded, it can go through a normal door frame…
Before he started building looms and weaving, Jim Ahrens was originally a cabinet maker, mechanical engineer and machine designer. He forayed into the world of textiles first as a hobby weaver and loom builder; later ran a weaving studio and weaving equipment business. He became a prolific production weaver and inventor of many tools that…
photographs of Carlos Ghys´ biography, part 22 = «KURT AHRENS»
The chrome sphere was a pressure vessel to maintain constant pressure on the lines. This was needed because the pump was a piston-type, and water would otherwise flow in pulses. Modern fire pumpers use a centrifugal pump that doesn't have that issue.
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This breathtaking 1936 Ahrens-Fox Model B-T wears registration number 4017, and was originally delivered to the Mount Vernon, NY fire department on December 11th, 1936.
1935 Ahrens-Fox ND Pump
This 1925 Ahrens-Fox was ordered by the Nashua, NH fire department to protect the city and its Merrimac River mills.
The legendary piston pumpers with the most noticeable big shiny ball in front looked and performed like no other fire engine in its time.
Columbia TN Ahrens Fox 1928
1927 Ahrens Fox NS2 Pumper.
