Beamer (occupation)

[1] The taper's beam is a long cylinder with flanges where 400 plus ends (threads) are wound side-by-side.In early days beaming was often done in the weaving shed but later the process tended to be transferred to the spinning mill.[2] The spinners would send lorries loaded with of beams wound with thread of the ordered specification[a] to the weavers.Several tapers beams would be attached to creels on the Tape Sizing machine, and the threads from these would be sized and combined to create the smaller weavers beams.Colloquially, the term beamer was used for anyone responsible for moving beams of yarn.
Beaming onto a taper's beam. This example is on display at Queen Street Mill Textile Museum, Harle Syke Burnley
Manual beaming. Wrapping the warp threads around the warp beam of a loom in preparation for weaving.
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