From the inside of the loom, showing the upper pawl, which moves the cloth advance, and the lower pawl, which holds tension on the beam. You can also see lever "L", which goes toward the back of the loom (upper left in this picture) and rides on a wheel attached to the sword of the lay (upright post of the beater):
Here is the view from the outside of the loom, showing a good view of lever "L" passing over the wheel on the sword of the lay, plus the bracket/spring assembly that connects to an eyebolt on the outside of the right-hand lower frame of the loom:
On older Weaver's Delights, they had a heavy weight in place of the spring.
Laura, my father-in-law's loom broke the lower pawl tension spring. Is there any way you could "zoom in" and photo the lower part of this spring so we can see how it's attached to lever L? It looks like it's just wrapped around a little rivet head. If I have to, I will form a spring end to fit it, unless you know a source to get a replacement spring from. Thanks
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