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6.
Install the cloth beam and ratchet advance lever.
Parts: cloth beam
Hardware Bag B: 1X ratchet advance lever, 2X 3/8" USS washers
Place the ratchet advance lever on the right axle of the cloth
beam, next to the ratchet gear, orienting the lever as shown in
Figure 6A. Place a 3/8" USS washer on each end of the cloth
beam. Insert the cloth beam in the holes in the cloth beam
supports (Figure 6B). You will have to spread apart the cloth
beam supports to complete this step.complete this step.
8.
Attach the front beam.
Parts: front beam with attached front beam extension
Hardware Bag B: 2X 1/4-20 x 2-1/4" Phillips truss head machine
screws, 2X 1/4-20 barrel nuts
Orient the front beam with the extension facing the front of the
loom, with the rounded long edge of the front beam facing up;
position the front beam between the outside legs (Figure 8).
Insert a 1/4-20 barrel nut in the hole at one end of the front beam;
use masking tape and/or a slotted screwdriver to hold it in place.
Insert a 1/4-20 x 2" Phillips truss head machine screw through
the leg from the outside and tighten it firmly into the barrel nut.
Repeat for the other end of the front beam.
FIGURE 6: INSTALL THE CLOTH BEAM AND RATCHET ADVANCE LEVER
B
cloth beam
support
cloth beam
cloth beam support
ratchet advance
lever
A
ratchet
advance
lever
ratchet gear
3/8" USS washer
right cloth
beam support
7.
Attach the front castle cross brace.
Parts: front castle cross brace
Hardware Bag B: 4X #8 x 1-1/2" Phillips truss head sheet metal
screws
Orient the front castle cross brace with square holes at the top,
with the logo right side up and visible from the front of the loom
(Figure 7). Attach the front castle cross brace to the front edge of
the castle sides, just below the cloth beam supports, using two #8
x 1-1/2" Phillips truss head sheet metal screws at each end of the
brace.
FIGURE 7: INSTALL FRONT CASTLE CROSS BRACE
#8 x 1-1/2" Phillips
truss head sheet
metal screws
front edges of
castle sides
cloth beam supports
(cut away; cloth beam
not shown)
front castle
cross brace
FIGURE 8: INSTALL FRONT BEAM WITH EXTENSION
1/4-20 x 2" Phillips
truss head machine
screw
barrel nut
front beam
extension
