Leclerc Looms COMPACT 8 SHAFTS User manual

COMPACT 24”
8 SHAFTS
1022-0001
1573 Savoie
C. P. 4
Plessisville, Qc. Canada
G6L 2Y6
TEL: [phone]
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www.leclerclooms.com
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On receiving the loom, unpack and
lay out the loom components.
Do NOT discard any packing material until
all parts are inventoried.
Check the parts received against the
parts list on pages #2 to #6 of the assembly
instructions. Report any discrepancies to
Leclerc immediately.
To assemble this loom, a minimum of 2
people are needed but it is recommended
you use 3.
Loom Prepared by:_____________
Inspected by:_________________
Date:____________________
...compact /compact8s.indd
(2019)

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1 frame with 8 shafts
10½” 600 heddles 10½”
1 threading hook
1 red screwdriver & 1 black
1 crank (Octagonal)
5x12 treadle cords 9” with
washers 1/8” x 3/16”
1 - 5 yard cord
2 - 10 yard cords
1 boat shuttle (6122-1000)
1 adjustable wrench
Note for Leclerc in French :
Enler les rondelles 3/16”
dans chaque cordes et attacher
par pacquet de 12 cordes.
Pare-chocs sous cadres aminci
Installed side handles

3
1 reed
2 lease sticks 25” (metal)
2 beam sticks 24½” (metal)
2 warp rods (metal)
NEW friction brake system. Do not
remove the tape over the “S” hooks
1 right hand side front post (with brake cable) 44”
1 left hand side front post 44”
1 right hand side rear post 44”
1 left hand side rear post 44”
1 lower rear cross-member 30½”
1 treadle cross-member 29”

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1 cloth beam 25”
1 warp beam 28 9/16”
1 thread beam 29 1/2”
1 take-up motion handle
with 12” loop cord
+ 1 eyesrew
1 left hand side cloth beam support
1 right hand side cloth beam support with ratchet
pawl 10½”
5 wood treadle blocks
4 side post
iron ttings
Treadle springs
10 springs with loop cords and knot
LECLERC NOTE:
Oeillet légèrement ouvert

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2 batten swords 27 ¼”
10 treadles 20”
1 brake treadle 20”
1 treadle rod 5/16” x 30”
1 batten handtree 29”
1 batten sley 27 ¾”
1 breast beam 31”

6
0
1"
2"
3"
4"
Metal Washers
4 X - 3/16”
6 X - 5/16”
2 X - 1/4”
Plastic Washers:
2 X 3/16’’
HEXAGON NUTS
4 X- Nylon auto lock 5/16”
6 X Wooden spacer 1.5’’
1 Wooden spacer 1’’
Wing nuts
2 X - ¼” (6 mm)
Round head screw
11 X - #14 x 2” (50mm)
8 X - #14 x 1½” (40mm)
4 X - #12 x ¾” (20mm)
10 X - #12 x ¾” (20mm)
1 loop cords 24" for the brake treadle
1 DVD Instruction Video showing all
stages of installation.
1 book Warp & Weave
1x push nuts 5/16”
for treadle set rod
Nylon Wing nut for the Warp beam
advance control system
Machine bolts
1 X - 5/16” x 3”
Carriage Bolts
2 X - ¼” x 2 3/4” (6mm x 65mm)
2 X - 5/16 x 2¾” (8mm x 70mm)
2 X - 5/16” x 2” (8mm x 50mm)

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Fix an iron tting A on each of the 4 legs . Make sure they are positioned exactly as shown in the diagram
below.
Put a 3/16” (5mm) steel washer between the iron tting and the leg. Screw them in using the 3/4” (20mm)
round-headed screw No. 12. Do not over tigten so the iron can move freely.
The screw must be inserted into the smallest hole of the iron tting.
Screw No. 12, 3/4” (20mm) Steel Washer 3/16” (5mm)
Left rear leg
Steel Washer 3/16” (5mm)
Screw No. 12, 3/4” (20mm)
Right rear leg ATTENTION:
Application
of soap to the
screws will
make their
insertion
easier.

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Place the loom frame on its right side. Fix the left front A and rear B legs to the left side of the frame with a
5/16” x 2¾” (8mm x 70mm) carriage bolt. With a hammer, hit on the head of the bolt until it is even with the
leg B. Cross the legs so that the lower end of the leg B is towards the back and the lower end of the leg A is
towards the front. Add a steel washer and screw a 5/16” (8mm) lock nut in without overtightening it.
You must feel light resistance when you swivel the legs.
Steel washer 5/16” (8mm)
Nylon Lock nut 5/16” (8mm)
Left Rear
Left Front
Carriage bolt
5/16” x 2¾”
(8mm x 70mm)

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Lay down the frame (the bumpers must be on top) and pull on the lams C until the jacks D are parallel with the
lams.
Insert the left support E into the left end of the cloth beam F, then insert the take-up motion handle G and the
right support H, into the right side of the cloth beam. Push all these parts between the sides of the loom and x
each support with two 1½” (40mm) round-headed screws No. 14.
Bumpers Bumpers
D
C
Fig. 1
Screws no 14
1½” (40 mm)
E F H
G
Heavy part on the back
of the loom
Make sure that the
ratchet pawl is in the
correct position.
Fig. 2
ATTENTION:
Application
of soap to the
screws will
make their
insertion
easier.

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Place the loom on its right side and remove the handle B. Make sure the plastic spacer A is in place. Install
rst the rear leg iron tting D and then the front leg iron tting (g.5). Screw back the handle into the lower
position. Place the loom on its left side and install the right front and rear legs the same way.
Place the loom on its legs.
Fig. 5A
C
D
B
B
A
Fig.5

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Assemble the treadle set using the 10 treadles, 5 trealde blocs (B), 6 treadle spacer 1.5’’ (S) one spacer 1’’(S1),
one brake treadle (BT) and one push nut. Start making the assembly at the left side.
Leave 2 5/8’’ of rod free at the left side.
B
S
S1
BT
Afx the push nut after the brake treadle. Make sure to leave 4’ free in the
treadle rod.
7/8’’ (2.2 mm) free
2 5/8’’ (6.5 mm) free
Afx the treadle crossmember using 5 screws no 14, 2’’
Install the treadle set to the loom. Insert the left side rod to the post. Insert the right hand side and
afx the treadle cross member with 2 screws no 14, 2’’ (50 mm)

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Thread one end of the loop brake cord A into the hole of the brake
treadle B, then thread one end of this cord into the second loop of the
other end. Pull so that it makes a knot.
Brake treadle
Machine bolt 5/16” x
3” (8mm x 75mm)
Install the warp beam A between the two (2) back posts
Screw a 5/16” x 3” (8mm x 75mm) machine bolt into the
brake drum B.
Use the crank D to tighten the bolt rmly.
ATT: see the 2 next pages

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Remove Saran wrap over the brake circle.
Make sure that the friction brake parts are as this picture. Do not
remove the black tape over the “S” hooks.
Place the back beam next
to the brake circle. Start
passing over the brake
drum, the brake circle.
Start with the inside (of
the loom) row like in this
picture.
Pass the second row.
Pass the last row.
The brake circle should
now be in the groove of
the brake circle and the 3
rows have to be side by
side.

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Insert the machine bolt in the hole, align the warp beam
and screw the bolt in the brake drum.
Use the crank to screw until it is hard to turn.
Attach the spring loop cord to the main castle screw at
the black mark.
The tension on the spring should be high enough to lock
the warp beam while weaving.
The warp beam should turn with some friction
clockwise (while standing at the right side of the loom
near the brake system) and this is the warping rotation.
However, you should always release or reduce the ten-
sion on the brake circle by adjusting the length of the
loop cord when warping.
Connect the back lever “S” hook to the brake treadle.
Use the black mark as a starting point.
To advance the fabric when weaving, depress the
brake treadle just enough to release the warp beam.
Depressing the brake treadle too far may cause the
brake circle to come off the brake drum or be a mix-up
in the brake drum.

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Install the thread beam (29½”) A using round-headed screws No. 14, 1½”. Install the lower cross-member B
(30½”) in back of the loom with round-headed screws No. 14, 2”.
For installation with the wheels, use 2 at headed screw #14 x 3 ½”.
Screw 1½” (40mm)
No. 14
Screw 2” (50mm)
No. 14
Screw 1½” (40mm)
No. 14
Screw 2” (50mm)
No. 14
Back Post

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Fix each of the two (2) batten swords A inside the front legs with a 5/16” x 2” (8mm x 50mm) carriage bolt.
Place a steel washer between the sword and the leg. With a hammer, hit on the head of the bolt until the square
inside part is in the wood. Put a washer inside and lock it with the nylon auto lock nut 5/16” (8mm) without
overtightening it. The swords must move freely.
Fix the batten sley B with two 2” (50mm) round-headed screws No. 14.
Fix the batten handtree C with two 1/4” x 2 3/4” (6mm x 70mm) carriage bolts, two steel washers 1/4” and two
wing nuts 1/4” (Fig. 12A).
2” (50mm)
Screw No. 14
Carriage Bolt
5/16” x 2”
(8mm x 50mm)
Washers 5/16”
(8mm)
Nylon Auto lock nut 5/16”
(8mm)
Wing nut 1/4”
(6mm)
Washers 1/4”
(6mm)
Carriage Bolt
5/16” x 2”
(8mm x 50mm)
Carriage bolt
1/4” X 2 ¾”
Fig. 12A
NOTE: The beater hight is now adjustable.
The middle of the groove is a good place to
start with.
Round-Headed
screws #14, 2’’ and a
plastic washer 3/16’’

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Place the reed A between the batten handtree B and the batten sley C, and lower
the batten handtree.
Tighten the wing nuts.
Using a hammer, insert a batten stopper D (round piece of wood) into each of the
two (2) swords E.

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Install the breast beam A with two round-headed screws 1½” (40mm) No. 14.
Make sure that the hole for the eyescrew is on the right side, more instruction on next page.
Screw 1½”
(40mm)
No. 14
Front Post
Hole for the take-up
motion handle loop
cord eyescrew

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Screw the eyescrew in to the pre-drilled
hole of the breast beam.
Adjust the height of the take-up motion
handle by changing the length of the
loom cord.

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Install treadle cords with the
washers under the treadles as
shown here
NOTE: This loom works better when all the
treadles are connected to lams with tie-up cords.
Tie-up cords prevent the lams from jamming as
the shafts go down.
Lam
Washer
and knot
Treadle cord with
washer
Following each tie-up, close the gate at the
end of each treadle.
Note that if the gate on a treadle is hard to
open/close, it may be necessary to slide the
Texsolv Treadle Spring Cord a few inches
along the treadle closer to the front of the
loom to make opening/closing the gate
easier.
Once the gate is closed the Treadle Spring
Cord can be re-positioned back closer to
the gate."