Louet Megado 110, Instruction Manual

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4. Installing the bar with the rollers for the cords
You have to attach this bar with the
guide rollers, using the hole that you
will find on the right side of the shaft
section of the loom in the lower cross
bar that is farthest back.
Take the bar with the three rollers and
remove the m8 carriage bolt (the one
that has one roller, three washers, and
a cap nut).
Push the carriage bolt from the inside
through the hole on the cross bar and
slide the bar with the rollers onto it, so
that the two rollers point sloping
downward (see picture).
Next slide two washers, the roller, and
the other washer, which you have
previously removed, onto the
protruding bolt. Tighten with the cap nut
until you can just move the bar around
the bolt to adjust its position later on.
5. Assembling the reversing disk
With the reversing disk (see pictures on next pages) you can reverse the movement direction
of the program bar chain. The treadle drive of the dobby mechanism runs via this disk. The
disk has to be attached to the outside of the right front post. The carriage bolt, washers,
bushing, and cap nut, which you will find in the centre hole of the disk, are required for this
assembly.
Remove the bolt from the disk and insert it from the inside, through the hole on the front post.
Now slide the big washer, the bushing, the disk, and the cap nut onto the carriage bolt and
tighten the nut securely. Make sure that the square neck of the bolt is fully pulled into the
wood.
Take the remaining screw hook out of the hardware bag and screw it into the pilot hole of the
front post, just under the cap nut of the spring lever. You have to attach the spring of the
reversing disk to this hook later on.
6. Assembling the anchor and the cords connecting the anchor to the reversing disk
On the back of the dobby mechanism you will find a wooden knob with four nylon rollers on
the inside. The knob is held in position by a spring wire, pressing against two of these rollers.
When you turn the knob, you push the spring wire out first before it flexes back in and
presses against two rollers again. This cycle takes a quarter turn of the wooden knob (90
degrees). The square wooden bar, which is connected to the knob, advances the program
bars into position
. Every time you push the dobby treadle, the knob is turned 90 degrees by
means of the anchor; which is the angular piece of steel wire. Cords attached to both ends of
the anchor will be guided over the rollers and connected to the reversing disk.