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13.
Install carriage bolts on the castle cross braces.
Hardware Bag D: 2X 1/4" USS washers, 2
X
1/4-20 lock nuts,
2X 1/4-20 x 4-1/2" carriage bolts for 4-shaft looms or 2X 1/4-20 x
7" carriage bolts for 8-shaft and 4 Now-4 Later looms
Push the jacks down in the center. From the front of the loom,
insert the carriage bolts through the square holes in the front
castle cross brace, all the way through the holes in the rear castle
cross braces (Figure 13).
From the front of the loom, turn the carriage bolts until their
square parts fit into the square holes in the front castle cross
brace. At the rear castle cross brace, place a 1/4" USS washer
on each bolt and secure with a 1/4-20 lock nut. Tighten the lock
nut all the way so that the carriage bolt fully engages in the hole.
Then loosen the lock nut slightly so that the washer remains
loose.
14.
Install heddles on the shafts.
Parts:
4-shaft looms:
4X shaft frames, 8X heddle bars, 400X heddles
8-shaft looms:
8X shaft frames, 16X heddle bars, 800X heddles
4 Now-4 Later looms:
4X shaft frames, 8X heddle bars, 800X
heddles
Note: The heddle bar hooks in each shaft are slightly off-
center. The hooks should all be lined up when the shafts
are installed in the loom.
Lay a shaft frame on a flat surface. Push up on the slide lock
on the heddle bar hook and pull the heddle bar out of the hook
(Figure 14A). Release the slide lock. Flex the heddle bars enough
to remove one end from the slot in the side of the frame. Remove
the other end from the frame (Figure 14B).
Keep the heddles loosely tied until the heddle bars are installed in
the shaft frame. Be sure to keep the heddles oriented in the same
direction for easier threading. Lay the heddle bars next to the
heddles. Carefully slide a group of heddles onto the heddle bars
(Figure 14C).
Replace the heddle bars in the shaft frame. Insert one end of each
heddle bar in the slot in the frame. Flex the heddle bar and insert
the other end into its slot. Divide the heddles approximately in
half and push them to either end of the heddle bar. Push up on
the slide lock and place the heddle bar back on the hooks (Figure
14D).
Repeat this step for the other shafts. For 4 Now-4 Later looms,
you can install all the heddles on shafts or set them aside them to
install with the 4 Later kit.
Note: This process is covered in the video
Assembling the
Baby Wolf Loom
at youtube.com/user/schachtspindle.
FIGURE 14: INSTALL HEDDLES
slide lock
heddle bar
shaft frame
heddle bar hook
A
heddle bar
shaft frame
B
heddle bar
C
D
FIGURE 13: INSTALL CARRIAGE BOLTS ON CASTLE CROSS BRACE
carriage bolts secured with 1/4" USS
washers and 1/4-20 lock nuts
rear castle
cross brace
front castle
cross brace
