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15.
Install the shafts.
Hardware Bag E:
4-shaft looms and 4 Now-4 Later looms:
7X 8/32" hex nuts,
7X rubber O-rings
8-shaft looms:
11X 8/32" hex nuts, 11X rubber O-rings
Working from the rear of the loom, slide a shaft frame into the
frontmost channel in the castle sides. Insert the jack pin into the
hole in the center of the bottom of the frame (Figure 15). Secure
the jack pin with an 8/32" hex nut, then push a rubber O-ring on
top of the hex nut.
Install the remaining shaft frames into channels, working
backwards from the front of the loom. The heddle bar hooks in
each shaft frame are slightly off-center. The hooks should all
line up when the shafts are installed in the loom—if they do not,
remove any misaligned shaft frames, turn them around, and
reinstall.
Note: This process is covered in the video
Assembling the
Baby Wolf Loom
at youtube.com/user/schachtspindle.
FIGURE 15: INSTALL THE SHAFTS
heddle bar hook
8/32 hex nut with O-ring on top
heddle bar
shaft frame
jack pin (inside frame)
16.
Install the upper castle supports and tray bottom.
Parts: 2X upper castle supports, tray bottom
Hardware Bag E: 8X #8 x 1-1/2" Phillips truss head sheet metal
screws
Orient an upper castle support with its thicker part at the bottom
and the ledge facing inside the loom (Figure 16A). Attach this
upper castle support to the rear of the castle with two #8 x 1-1⁄2"
Phillips truss head sheet metal screws at each end of the brace
(Figure 16). Repeat at the front of the loom with the second upper
castle support. Lay the tray bottom in between the supports on
the ledges.
17.
Install the warp beam.
Parts: warp beam
Hardware Bag F: 2X 3/8" USS washers
Place a 3/8" USS washer on each end of the warp beam. Slip the
threaded rod through the hole in the inside right leg as far as
it will go. Fit the short rod in the other end into the hole in the
inside left leg—this hole does not go all the way through the leg
(Figure 17). You will have to spread the right and left inside legs
apart to accomplish this.
FIGURE 17: INSTALL THE WARP BEAM
threaded rod goes through
hole in right leg
short rod fits into hole
in left leg
FIGURE 16: INSTALL THE UPPER CASTLE SUPPORTS
A
ledge
B
upper castle support
#8 x 1-1-2" Phillips truss
head sheet metal screws
