Heddle reeds

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This project began with my wife's request for me to create something like this.\r\n\r\nIt's likely just the beginning of a work in progress, with more sizes and patterns to come if it works out.\r\n\r\nIf I've got my terminology right, the first reed is a 41-thread 5-dent heddle reed (which is actually a 5mm spacing), featuring 2mm dots, 34x1.5mm short slots and 100x1.5mm long slots in a 225mm x 130mm x 3mm plate.\r\n\r\nThe second plate is a 63-thread 7.5-dent reed that includes edging, while higher dent heddles will follow once I've figured out the aspect ratios and what can be achieved for printing.\r\n\r\nThe "heddle sticks" version is a modification of the solid plate I thought up earlier today, though it remains untested in print form yet.\r\n\r\nIt should enable mixing all combinations of dots, short slots and long slots that seemed useful, in any order, with the option to set them up symmetrically by flipping one side relative to the other.\r\n\r\nAll the sticks have half a long slot on either side and should (I hope) line up properly to allow racking them in the rails.\r\n\r\nThe provided rails are 230mm and 300mm long, similar to the plate version, with divots at each end for a rubber band to keep everything together.\r\n\r\nUpdates: After testing the first plate, I'm changing the holes (dots) from a 2mm hole to a 4mm x 2mm oval, as that seems easier to thread.\r\n\r\nI've also created a 63-thread 7.5-dent using the same size openings as in the first one.