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20.
Install the brake cord.
Hardware Bag F: 1X S-hook, 1X plastic arrow peg
Cords Bag: 1X brake cord
Hang the brake S-hook in the hole on the rear of the brake bar
(Figure 20). Insert the other end of the S-hook through the
loop in the brake cord. Slip the remaining end of the brake cord
through the hole at the end of the brake release pedal. From
underneath the brake release pedal, insert the plastic arrow peg
into the fifth or sixth loop from the end of the brake cord.
FIGURE 20: INSTALL BRAKE CORD
brake cord
S-hook
A
plastic arrow peg
brake release pedal
B
21.
Install the brake eye bolt and brake spring.
Hardware Bag F: 1X brake eye bolt, 1X #12 SAE washer, 1X brake
spring with insert
Hook the brake spring to the brake bar in the same hole as the
brake cable (Figure 21). Insert the eye bolt through the #12 SAE
washer, then through the hole in the brake barrel nut, and screw
it into the spring insert.
Tighten the eye bolt until, when you stand at the rear of the loom,
you cannot turn the warp beam away from you with both hands.
When you hold the brake release pedal down, the warp beam
should turn freely in either direction.
You can increase or decrease the tension on the friction brake by
tightening or loosening the eye bolt. There should be small gaps
between the coils of the brake spring once the proper tension is
reached.
FIGURE 21: INSTALL BRAKE EYE BOLT AND BRAKE SPRING
brake spring
brake eye bolt
#12 SAE washer
22.
Install the warp beam crank handle.
Hardware Bag G: 1X warp beam crank handle, 1X 3/8" USS
washer, 1X 3/8" cap nut
Locate the threaded rod on the right end of the warp beam. Place
the 3/8" USS washer and then the metal crank handle on the rod,
with the wooden handle facing out. Secure with the the 3/8" cap
nut (Figure 22).
When you’re weaving, the crank should be pushed off of the cap
nut. To engage the crank for turning the warp beam, pull the
hexagonal hole in the crank onto the cap nut.
FIGURE 22: INSTALL THE WARP BEAM CRANK HANDLE
3/8" cap nut
wooden
handle
metal
handle
3/8" USS washer
threaded rod
