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the rod to check whether the cords are equally tight. If required, correct them by loosening
the loops and then tightening them again by pulling on the rod.
When you are ready to tie on the warp to the apron rod, remove the cloth protector on the
breast beam by unscrewing the plastic knurled bolts
at both sides.
After weaving has begun and the apron rod has passed the breast beam, you can put the
cloth protector back in place.
When you tie the warp onto the apron rod, you will need to block the moving breast beam,
otherwise it will be impossible to get equal tension on all the warp threads. Take the spring
cords off the spring arms so that the breast beam becomes blocked by the cords that are
connected from the spring arms to the front posts of the loom.
The moving breast beam
You use the moving breast beam to set the warp tension. As long as you do not change the
settings, you can weave the whole project with the same tension. The warp tension can be
adjusted by shortening or lengthening the spring cords or by using the lower or top screw
head on the spring arms to which you can attach the cords. Fastened to the top screw heads,
the springs exert less tension on the breast beam. You will reach the highest warp tension
when you stretch out
the springs and attach them with a small piece of cord to the lower
screw heads.
Adjusting the height of the beater
The hinges in the bottom of the uprights of the beater are threaded. You can turn these
hinges in or out (on both sides of the loom), allowing you to adjust the height of the beater
very precisely.
The height of the beater should be adjusted so that the warp threads rest in the bottom of the
reed on the shuttle race. This allows the shuttle race to properly support the shuttle. The reed
and lower reed support should not push the warp threads up. This would result in the heddle
eyes resting on the warp so that the shafts that have to be kept down during a shed, would
not be locked in the lower position.
Advancing the warp
Lightly push the brake pedal of the warp beam. Due to its spring supports, the breast beam
will pull a bit of warp from the warp beam and move it forward.
Now turn the cloth beam, and when the spring arms of the breast beam are back in the same
position as before you released the brake, you will have the same amount of tension in the
warp. The first beatings after advancing the cloth always influence the warp tension a little so
you may have to adjust by turning the cloth beam one more notch of the ratchet wheel.
If you have turned the cloth beam too tightly (the spring arms pull the springs too far), you
can release tension by pushing in the brake pedal just a bit.
If you advanced the cloth too far, you can reverse it as follows:
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Release warp tension by pushing the brake pedal.
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Take both ratchets out of the ratchet wheel of the cloth beam and turn the beam
backwards.
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Return the ratchets into the ratchet wheel again.
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While pushing the brake pedal down, wind the necessary amount of warp back onto the
warp beam until the spring arms reach the vertical position in which they produce the
warp tension that you have previously chosen for your weaving project. If the needed
tension is too high for adjustment by beaming, you can adjust it by advancing the cloth.
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If you beamed back too far, release the brake and advance the cloth to its proper
position.
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