TREADLE AID
For certain unbalanced weaves it is
helpful to prevent shafts from floating
when many treadles are tied up to one
shaft. For these instances your loom
is equipped with a “Treadle Aid.” The
treadle aid bar is already attached to the
rear castle cross brace. The other parts
that you will use for the treadle aid are 10
rubber bands, 10 extra tie-up cords, and
the 1/4” dowel. To set the treadle aid up,
push a rubber band through one of the
center holes of the treadle aid and then
over the dowel (an opened paper clip can
be most helpful with this step). Attach a
tie-up cord to the rubber band with the
same knot used to attach the tie-up cord
to the lamm. Repeat for the rest of the
holes, working from the center out. Attach
the tie-up cords to the ends of the floating
treadles in the same manner as the lamms
were attached.
TREADLE-AID
1/4" dowel
rubber band
tie-up
treadle
aid bar
rear castle
cross brace
There are 2 treadle styles on the 8.10.
The 2 outer treadles are different from
the 8 inner treadles between them. The
2 outer treadles have a bolt-and-thumb
nut tie-up system. To attach tie-up cords
to these treadles, remove the thumb nut
and back the long bolt out of the first eye
screw securing it to the treadle, loop the
end of the tie-up cord over the bolt, slide
back through the eye screw and close by
re-attaching the thumb nut.
There is a 1/2” diameter depression
on the underside of each inner treadle
to prevent the tie-ups from slipping off
when the loom is folded.
The tie-ups
should not be left in this hole when weav-
ing, they should hang straight down from
the lamm to the treadle.
INSTALL THE WHEELS.
With the loom unfolded, install the
wheels. Use two 1-1/2” screws and
two lock nuts to attach each wheel to
the rear leg brace.
INSTALL THE WHEELS
screws
lock nuts
right leg
(
viewed from back of loom
)
