– 4 –
– 5 –
and pull tight. Repeat until all cords are
attached to the apron bar. Attach the other
apron bar to its beam in the same way.
INSTALLING THE HEDDLES IN THE
SHAFT FRAMES
If your loom has a high castle, first remove
the accessory tray (see page 6, Removing
Shafts on High Castle Looms). Remove
the nut from the jack pin at the bottom of
each shaft (Figure 4) and pull the shaft
from the loom castle by lifting it straight
up. Lay the shaft frame flat on a table.
Release the heddle bars from the heddle
bar hooks that hold them in the shaft.
Bend the heddle bars just enough to
remove one end from the slot in the the
shaft frame. Pull the other end out of the
opposite slot in the shaft frame.
Carefully slide the number of heddles
that you need onto the heddle bars. This
is best done by holding a small group
of heddles firmly together, sliding one
end of the heddle group onto the upper
heddle bar, then sliding the other end of
the heddle group onto the lower heddle
bar. Do not let the heddles slip out of
place while transferring them. Replace the
heddle bars in the shaft frame by bending
the bars slightly. Secure the heddle
bars in the heddle bar hooks (Figure 5).
Replace the shaft in the castle, insert the
jack pin into the hole in the bottom of
the shaft frame, and fasten with the nut
(Figure 4). Repeat for each shaft. Be sure
to keep the heddles oriented in the same
direction for easier threading.
FIGURE 5: INSTALLING HEDDLES
shaft frame
heddle
bars
heddles
heddle bar hook
heddle bar hook
Note: 45" floor looms have two heddle
bar hooks on each heddle bar.
FIGURE 4: REMOVING AND ATTACHING
SHAFT FRAMES
nut
jack pin
jacks
shaft bottom
