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21.
Install the warp beam crank handle.
Parts: 1 – warp beam crank handle, 1 – 3/8" washer,
1 – 3/8" cap nut.
Place the 3/8" washer and then the metal crank handle
on the threaded shaft extending through the leg from the
brake end of the warp beam. The wood crank handle faces
away from the loom. Secure with the 3/8" cap nut. Tighten
the nut by placing the handle over it and turning clockwise.
To engage the crank for turning the warp beam, pull the
hexagonal hole in the crank onto the cap nut. While weav-
ing, the crank should be pushed off the cap nut.
Inside
left leg
back beam
fender washer
black knob
barrel nut
Figure 24 - iNSTALL THe reMOVABLe BACK BeAM
beater pin
beater pin chain
beater pin holder
1/2" screw
Figure 25 - iNSTALL THe BeATer PiN HOLDer
beater pin and
holder
23.
Install the beater pin.
Parts: Beater pin with chain, beater pin holder, 1 – #6 x
1/2" screw.
Put the screw through the hole in the end of the beater pin
chain and through the hole in the beater pin holder. Fasten
it to the small pilot hole in the right leg. There will be a
hole between the pilot hole and the screw holding the fold
support bar.
The beater pin is used to hold the beater upright during
warping. Push the pin through the hole in the leg and then
through the slot in the beater side. Remember to pull the
beater pin out and replace it in its holder before weaving or
folding the loom.
22.
Install the removable back beam.
Parts: Back beam, 2 – 1/4" black knobs, 2 – fender wash-
ers, 2 – 1/4" barrel nuts.
Slide the back beam into the slots cut in the top of the
inside legs. Put a fender washer on a knob, and insert the
knob through the leg, into the back beam, and tighten it
into a barrel nut in the back beam. Repeat for the other
side.
Figure 23 - iNSTALL THe WArP BeAM CrANK HANDLe
cap nut
warp beam
crank handle
3/8" washer
threaded
shaft
slot in beater side
hole for
beater pin
to hold
the beater
upright
fold support bar