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When you push the shed treadle, there is no shed
Possible causes:
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The cable of the treadle has become undone.
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To prevent overheating of the interface, it becomes inactive if you wait a while before
making next shed. Activate the interface again with your software.
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There are no pegs in the program bar that you just put into position.
While weaving, the tension in the warp changes
Possible causes:
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The brake cable is not mounted properly on the disk. The windings are to be positioned
neatly, next to each other.
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The brake pedal is adjusted too high and is released by touching the middle section when
the back portion hinges up.
During the assembly of the loom the brake pedal was adjusted horizontally. After using it for
some time, you will find that the brake pedal has come up a little. Check the cap nut of the
carriage bolt, the hinge point of the pedal, and make sure that the nut is tight.
Adjust the brake pedal a little lower, back to a horizontal position:
Stand beside the loom and push the pedal down. Slip over the brake disk side one winding of
the cable, so that the tension is released. Now let the pedal go and have both hands free for
adjustment. Take the cable loop from the threaded hook and twist the hook clockwise for
several rotations. Hook on the loop again and push down the pedal so that you can replace
the cable onto the disk. Check again the height of the pedal.
The warp does not come loose from the warp beam when the warp is advanced
Possible causes
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The brake pedal has to be pushed in further.
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The warp tension you use for your project is too low to pull the warp from the warp beam.
This can happen if you make a small cloth from fragile material. In this case you will need to
advance the warp beam a little by hand, while you push the brake pedal. If you weave with a
low warp tension, the lease sticks, if left in the warp, could give too much restriction to allow
the warp to be moved forward. Remove the lease sticks from the warp.
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The brake cable crosses itself on the brake drum.
The cable makes two turns around the brake drum. The cable must lie on top of the drum
and not cross over itself, which causes the cable to hold on and not release when the brake
pedal is pushed in. To release the cable again, it is necessary to remove the tension from the
cloth beam by disengaging the two springs that hold the moving breast beam and taking both
ratchets out of the ratchet wheel.
Now you can turn the warp beam back a bit and the cable will come loose so you can
position the brake cable properly. Do not forget to put the springs for the moving breast beam
back in place again.
The cloth cannot be wound onto the cloth beam
Possible causes:
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One of the ratchets is not locked into the ratchet wheel.
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The apron rod of the cloth beam hits one of the spring arms.
The roller of the mechanical dobby does not come into the next position completely
when you push down the treadle
Possible causes:
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