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3.
Attach the fold bars to the castle.
Parts:
2 – plastic bearings, 2 – black knobs with 1" thread-
ed shaft.
Flip the legs/castle side assemblies so they are lying with
the slot in the castle side facing up.
Tip the castle side so that the metal nut inside the slot is
in the middle of the slot in the castle side. Put the plastic
bearing in the slot over the screw hole in the metal nut.
Place the ends of the fold bars over the plastic slide, first
the front bar, then the rear bar. Insert a fold knob through
the bars and plastic slide, and screw it into the metal nut.
Slide the knob to the bottom of the slot, opening the legs
as far as they will go, and tighten the knob. Repeat for the
other side.
Note: The fold bars must be assembled (stacked) in the
order shown in figure 3.
Figure 3 - ATTACH THe FOLD BArS TO THe CASTLe SiDeS
right castle side
front of loom
front fold bar
rear fold bar
fold knob
plastic bearing
metal nut
top of right castle side
metal nut
barrel nut
barrel nut
rear leg brace
3" machine screw
2" machine screw
Figure 5 - iNSTALL THe reAr Leg BrACe
4.
Attach the treadle assembly to the legs.
Parts: treadle assembly, 2 – 1/4" x 2" machine screws,
2 – 1/4" barrel nuts.
Remove any tape from the ends of the treadle bar. Orient
the treadle assembly with the treadle support at the front of
the loom. Line up the pins at the end of the treadle support
with the small holes on the inside of the lower inside legs,
and the treadle bar with the 3/8" hole in the legs.
Insert a 2" machine screw into each leg from the outside.
From underneath the treadle support, place a barrel nut
into the hole on each end of the treadle support. Tighten
the screws firmly into the barrel nuts.
5.
Install the rear leg brace.
Parts: Rear leg brace, 2
–
1/4" x 3" machine screws,
2
–
barrel nuts.
Insert a barrel nut in the hole at the end of the rear leg
brace and secure with a 3" machine screw inserted though
the hole drilled in the bottom of the outside legs. Repeat for
the other end.
treadle support
Figure 4 - ATTACH THe TreADLe ASSeMBLY
treadle support
plastic
spacer
treadle bar
treadle support pin
2" machine screw
barrel nut inside
treadle support
hole for
machine screw
hole for
treadle support
pin
