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FIGURE 3: SHAFTS / HEDDLES
Slots in
Frame
Heddles
Heddle Bars
Shaft Frame
Heddle Bar
Hooks
Apron Cord
Apron Bar
Beam
Apron Cord
FIGURE 2: APRON CORDS
2B
2A
and 2 on the 8S). Tighten the screw at
the rear of the castle brace.
4.
Peel the backing off the rubber
bumpers and press them into the
indentations in the bottom of the legs.
5.
Attach the apron bars. Locate the
pre-cut looped apron cords (one cord
for each hole in the cloth and warp
beams). Take one cord and insert one
end a few inches through a hole in the
beam. Now take the other end of the
cord and put it through the second
loop in from the short end that you
put through the beam. Pull firmly on
the cord to tighten it around the beam
(see Fig. 2A). Repeat this procedure
across each of the beams. To attach
the apron bar to the apron cords,
start at one end of the beam with the
outermost cord and work across. Fold
the end of the looped cord at about 4"
from the end and insert this doubled
cord through the second loop from
the end of the cord (see Fig. 2B).
Slide the apron bar through the loop
formed by the doubled over cord at
point X. Pull the cord tight. Repeat
across the entire beam.
6.
Untie the shaft lever cords and
remove the shafts from the bottom of
the castle. Lay two heddle bars on a
flat surface. Count out the heddles for
the first shaft, and carefully transfer
them in a single bunch from the hold-
ing bar or cord to the heddle bars.
Place the heddle bars in the shaft.
First fit one end of the heddle bar
into the slot on one side of the shaft.
Then bend the heddle bar slightly and
fit the other end into the slot on the
other side of the shaft. For 25" looms
there are wire heddle bar hooks (2
