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The other beam is the cloth beam and it will slot into the wooden upright towards the front of the loom
(there is a metal plate here as well).
Important
-
before you set your cloth
beam in place, slip the round end of
your crank over the axle of the beam.
The ratchet part of your
crank should be above
the crank handle.
Note: the plate with the worm gear should be in the
upper position and tightened in place (it sometimes
loosens during shipping) so that the gear and teeth are
engaged. In addition, the pawl above the gear should
be vertical and tightened so it does not touch the
gear. You only use the pawl if the gear is disengaged.
The worm gear is also called the cogwheel.
Now examine the two beams with the gears on the end. One has a threaded end (fig 1) That is your
warp beam and should go through the hole with a metal plate
on the back of the frame about two and half
feet up from the floor (fig 2).
Fig 1
Fig 2
