Louet Jane Assembly instructions

Jane
Instructions for assembly
Instructions for Assembly..............................................................................2
Folding the Jane Loom................................................................................12
Tips and tricks.............................................................................................13
Troubleshooting ..........................................................................................14
Version: Jane-V8-EN

Welcome to Your New Jane Loom
We know you’re going to love your new Jane! Louët is dedicated to bringing
you the most comfortable and enjoyable weaving experience. This manual
provides you with step-by-step assembly instructions, as well as some
commonly asked questions about usage.
A portion of your loom comes pre-assembled. In the below image, we have
labelled the parts and listed the Louët part numbers in parentheses.
1. Right diagonal castle support (HL0013)
2. Left diagonal castle support (HL0054)
3. Metal beater support (BZ0083)
4. Right side of base (HL0058)
5. Left side of base (HL0059)
6. Front beam (J40: HL0060, J70: HL0062, J50: HL0061)
7. Back beam (J40: HL0063, J70: HL0065, J50: HL0064)
8. Warp (or cloth beam) (J40: HL0066, J70: HL0068, J50: HL0067)
9. Top beater support (J40: HL0069, J70: HL0071, J50: HL0070)
10. Bottom beater support (J40: HL0072, J70: HL0074, J50: HL0073)
11. Right side of castle, vertical (J40: HL0075)
12. Left side of castle, vertical (J40: HL0078)

Instructions for Assembly
After you have taken the loom out of the box, remove the cardboard buffers
and wrapped paper.
Open the hardware box which contains (Louët part number):
1. 2 beam handles (HL0076)
2. 4 buffers (BZ0084)
3. 2 black star knobs (BZ0085)
4. 4 dowels with a rubber coating (BZ0086)
5. 2 screws 5 x 50 mm (BS0067)
6. 2 screws 4 x 35 mm (BS0064)
7. 12 screws 4 x 15 mm (BS0061)
8. 2 apron bars (J40: WR0124, J70: WR0125, J50: WR0440)
9. 16 shaft bars (J40: HU0019, J70: HU0021, J50: HU0020)
10. 16 shaft sides (WR0157)
11. 16 warp sticks (J40: WR0119, J70: WR0120, J50: WR0237)
12. 2 lease sticks (J40: WR0129, J70: WR0130, J50: WR0443)
13. 1 Pz2 screwdriver (BZ0049)
14. 2 or 4 bundles of 100-205 mm Texsolv heddles (WA0214)
15. 6 or 8 nylon cords for the shafts (J40: WR0108, J70: WR0114, J50: WR0443)
16. 8 pieces of elastic cord (J40: WR0111, J70: WR0112, J50: WR0444)
17. Texsolv cords for the warp and cloth beams (BZ0060)
18. Shelf with toggles (J40: HA0001, J70: HA0003, J50: HA0002)

1
Turn the loom so that the bottom
is up, and tap in the four dowels
with a rubber coating using a
rubber mallet. You will know you
have reached the bottom of the
holes when the sound changes
when hammering.
Turn the loom back onto its
buffers and unfold it while you
lifting the front slightly.
Install the star knobs onto the
threaded ends that protrude from
the slots in the beater supports.
When the neck of the knob is
screwed into the hole at the end of
the slots, the loom is locked in the
unfolded position and there is no
need to tighten the knobs too
tightly.

2
Use the 5 x 50 mm screws to
attach the shelf with the toggles
onto the loom.
Use the two 4 x 35 mm screws to
attach the handles onto the warp
and cloth beams.
Screw 8 of the 4x15mm screws
into the holes of the clothbeam
and the warpbeam, so that their
heads level with the surface of the
beams.
Hook the ends of the the texsolv
cords around the screw heads
and let them hang

3
Create a half hitch in the texsolv
cord and insert the apron bars, for
a total of 3 times.
The apron bars are marked where
the cord loops should be
positioned.
Tighten the half-hitch-loops by
pulling on the apron bar.
After ensuring the cords at both
sides of the loops have even
tension, mark the middle of the
cords to help attachment of the
bars next time.
Assembling the shafts
Take eight of the shaft sides and
insert two shaft bars into each of
them.

4
Slip a bundle of heddles onto one
of these incomplete shafts and
untie the bundle.
Count the number of heddles that
you will need on a shaft and cut
them apart, using a pair of sharp
scissors.
Insert the bars of another shaft
through the separated bundle and
move the heddles from the first
shaft bars.
Install the second shaft side and
make sure that the eyes at the
end of both shaft sides point in the
same direction.

5
Press the ends of the shaft bars
onto the bottom of the shaft sides
as shown in the picture.
Assemble all eight shafts the
same way.
On each shaft, cut the loops that
connect the heddles.
Make a knot at one end of each
elastic cord at about 1 cm (5/8
inch). Use a fork or your fingers to
pull the knot tight.

6
Thread the cord from the inside
through the hole in the shaft side
and pull the knot into the hollow of
the shaft side.
Thread the other end of the cord
from the outside through the hole
in the other shaft side and make a
knot at that end too. Pull the knot
into the hollow.
Installing the shafts and the cords that connect them to the toggles
Turn the loom upside down, so
that it rests on the back beam and
the top of the castle.
This picture shows the 40 cm
Jane, which has a carrying
handle.
The 70 cm Jane does not have such a handle because it is too wide to
comfortably carry the loom in that way. The 70 cm Jane can best be carried
by turning it 90 degrees and hold it using the cross bar of the castle.