<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Looms For Sale Blog</title><description>Buying, selling and running used weaving machinery.</description><link>https://www.loomsforsale.com</link><language>en-US</language><item><title>Bought a used jacquard loom? When to check the harness</title><link>https://www.loomsforsale.com/blog/used-jacquard-loom-harness</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.loomsforsale.com/blog/used-jacquard-loom-harness</guid><description>A used jacquard loom comes with the harness of its last job. The signs that it needs attention, what changes with a new fabric or width, and how a harness job runs.</description><pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Widening a Van de Wiele loom: 175 to 240 cm</title><link>https://www.loomsforsale.com/blog/van-de-wiele-loom-width-extension</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.loomsforsale.com/blog/van-de-wiele-loom-width-extension</guid><description>Most Van de Wiele looms leave the factory at 175 cm. The widths we extend them to, what changes besides the width, and when it beats buying another loom.</description><pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>VMM32, MPS32, VME22, MPS22: what listings show</title><link>https://www.loomsforsale.com/blog/van-de-wiele-vmm32-mps32-vme22-mps22</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.loomsforsale.com/blog/van-de-wiele-vmm32-mps32-vme22-mps22</guid><description>Four Van de Wiele model names come up again and again in the used market. Here is what the machines we have listed tell you about years, widths, jacquards and the work they were set up for.</description><pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Buying a used loom from Türkiye: 5 steps</title><link>https://www.loomsforsale.com/blog/buying-a-used-loom-from-turkiye</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.loomsforsale.com/blog/buying-a-used-loom-from-turkiye</guid><description>What happens between finding a machine and weaving on it: inspection by video or on site, the sales agreement and deposit, Incoterms, customs and installation.</description><pubDate>Sun, 27 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>7 checks before buying a used Van de Wiele loom</title><link>https://www.loomsforsale.com/blog/used-van-de-wiele-buying-checklist</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.loomsforsale.com/blog/used-van-de-wiele-buying-checklist</guid><description>Gearbox clearances, shaft output, missing parts, dobby, shed setting, backrest and take-up, and whether it is a 32 or 22 series. What to check before you buy a second-hand Van de Wiele.</description><pubDate>Thu, 02 Oct 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>