Schacht CRICKET QUARTET SL2045-05 User manual

CRICKET QUARTETTM
Assembly
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PARTS
2X castle sides
1X cross brace
2X rear shaft guides, holes close
together
2X front shaft guides, holes spread out
1X pulley brace
1X lever plate
2X beam extensions
2X beater sides (left and right with
grooves on inner sides)
1X beater top
1X beater bottom
1X beater brace
1X reed
4X shafts assembled with one xed
side and two heddle bars
4X shaft free sides
6X #8 x 3/4" Phillips pan head sheet
metal screws
8X 10-24 barrel nuts
4X 10-24 x 2" Phillips truss head
machine screws
4X #8 x 1-1/4" Phillips pan head sheet
metal screws
4X custom .814" washers
4X 10-24 x 3" 3 mm hex head bolts
2X rubber feet
2X #6 x 1/2" Phillips pan head sheet
metal screws
2X 1/4-20 x 5-1/2" hex bolts
2X plastic 1/4-20 thumb nuts
2X 10-24 x 1-1/4" Phillips truss head
machine screws
2X #8 SAE washers
2X 10-24 slim lock nuts
4X 16-1/2" Texsolv lever cords
1X 3 mm hex wrench
3X bundles of 100 Texsolv heddles
TOOLS REQUIRED
#2 Phillips screwdriver
3/8" or adjustable wrench
paper clip or safety pin (optional)
ASSEMBLY
SET OUT THE PARTS
1. Identify all the hardware, measuring
the shafts of bolts and screws to
determine their size. Hardware is not
drawn to scale in Figure 1.
2. Identify all the large parts (drawn to
scale) in Figure 2.
hex wrench
Phillips pan head
sheet metal screw
hex bolt
Phillips truss head
machine screw
plastic thumb nut
hex head bolt
SAE washer & custom washer
barrel nutslim lock nut rubber foot
FIGURE 1: TYPES OF HARDWARE
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FIGURE 2: QUARTET PARTS
beater top
(seen from the back)
beater bottom
beater brace
left
beater
side
right
beater
side
front
shaft
guides
rear
shaft
guides
shaft, xed side and heddle bars shaft free side
castle sides
cross brace
beam
extensions
pulley brace
lever brace
0 1 2 3 4

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ASSEMBLE THE CASTLE
3. Lay the castle sides at on a work
surface so that they mirror each other. The
taller straight edges will sit at the back of
the loom; the shorter curved edges will sit
at the front (Figure 3).
4. Place a front shaft guide on the inner
side of a castle side. From the outer
side, insert a #8 x 3/4" Phillips pan head
sheet metal screw into the top hole of the
guide. Attach the guide through the top
hole only. Repeat for the other front shaft
guide on the other castle side, as shown in
Figure 5A.
5. Place a rear shaft guide on the inner
side of a castle side, with the holes at the
top of the guide as shown in Figure 3.
From the outer side of the castle, insert
a #8 x 3/4" Phillips pan head sheet metal
screw into the top hole of the guide. Attach
the guide through the top hole only.
Repeat for the other rear shaft guide on the
other castle side, as shown in Figure 5A.
6. Orient the pulley brace with its small
holes on the upper side, facing the rear
of the castle sides (Figure 4A). Orient the
lever brace with its curved edge at the
front of the castle sides and the levers on
the upper side (Figure 4B).
7. Set the castle sides upright, with their
inner sides facing each other and their
front edges facing you (Figure 5A). Insert
the pulley brace into the slots on the side.
Set the lever board in place between the
castle sides. Using two 10-24 barrel nuts
and two 10-24 x 2" Phillips truss head
machine screws, loosely attach the lever
board to the rear holes of the castle sides.
8. Tilt the lever board so the front holes
align with the holes in the castle sides.
Attach the lever board to the castle sides
using two 10-24 barrel nuts and two 10-24
x 2" Phillips truss head machine screws.
Tighten these screws rmly, then tighten
the screws in the rear holes of the castle
sides (Figure 5B).
TOP REARFRONT
FIGURE 3: CASTLE SIDE AND SHAFT GUIDES
front shaft
guide—
top hole
rear shaft
guide—
top hole
A
REAR
FRONT
small holes—
upper side
FIGURE 4: ORIENT PULLEY BRACE AND LEVER
BRACE
B
REAR
FRONT
levers—
upper side

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9. Orient the beam extensions on the
outer sides of the castle, with their widest
edges at the back of the loom (Figure 6).
Insert #8 x 1-1/4" Phillips pan head sheet
metal screws into each hole in the beam
extensions, then attach to the castle side
and the shaft guides through the lower
holes of the shaft guides.
FIGURE 6: ATTACH BEAM EXTENSIONS
FIGURE 5: ATTACH LEVER BRACE
AB
10-24 barrel nut 10-24 x 2" Phillips
truss head machine
screw
#8 x 3/4"
Phillips pan
head sheet
metal screws
#8 x 1-1/4" Phillips
pan head sheet metal
screws
lower holes of
shaft guides

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ASSEMBLE THE SHAFTS
Each shaft has a xed side with heddle
bars installed and a free side with a dimple
on the outer edge and two larger holes
on the inner side (see Figure 8B). You’ll
install 75 heddles on each shaft, then
attach the free side and a lever cord. The
heddles come in uncut bundles of 100,
tied with pairs of red ties at the top and
bottom (Figure 7). Don’t cut apart heddles
until the instructions tell you to do so.
10. Insert the heddle rods of one shaft
between the pairs of red ties at the top and
bottom (Figure 8A). Cut the heddles apart
at top and bottom. Cut just a few loops at a
time, so you don’t miss any loops or cut in
the wrong place.
11. Remove the red ties and count off
25 heddles. Reattach the red ties on this
bundle of 25, making sure to catch all the
heddles. Remove this bundle from the
heddle rods. Install the free side on the
shaft (Figure 8B).
12. Repeat steps 10 and 11 for two more
shafts. Now install the bundles of 25 cut
heddles on the fourth shaft.
13. On each shaft, divide the heddles
into groups of 37 and 38, making a space
between these groups (Figure 8B).
Note: If you want more heddles on a
shaft, you can purchase more bundles and
add them now, or you can add them when
you need them. The Quartet must be
unwarped: unfasten the lever cord(s) from
the lever(s), remove the shaft(s), and add
the desired number of heddles. Remove
the lever cord from the shaft and reinstall
it with half of the heddles on each side.
Finally, connect the shaft(s) and levers as
explained in steps 16 to 20.
FIGURE 7: HEDDLE BUNDLE AND CUT HEDDLE
loop to cut
loop to cut
FIGURE 8: INSTALL HEDDLES
A
dimple on
free side
B

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14. Install a lever cord on the upper
heddle rod of each shaft: Wrap one end of
the cord around the heddle rod. Find the
rst complete hole in this end of the cord,
then run the other end through it (Figure
9). Tighten the loop around the heddle
rod.
15. Orient the shafts with the free sides
on the same side, with lever cords on the
upper heddle rods. From the back of the
castle, slide the shafts into place between
the front and rear shaft guides, with the
lever cord at the top of each shaft.
When you connect the shafts to the levers, work from the back of the castle.
• The shaft at the front of the castle (shaft 1) will hang from the rightmost lever and the shaft
at the back (shaft 4) will hang from the leftmost lever. The lever cords for these shafts feed
through the pulley slots and around pulleys, starting in the middle of the pulley brace.
• The lever cords for shafts 2 and 3 feed through holes in the middle of the pulley brace.
• If lever cords will not feed easily through the holes, use the tip of a paper clip or safety pin
to push them through from underneath.
1234shaft
FIGURE 10: ARRANGEMENT OF LEVER CORDS
FIGURE 9: INSTALL LEVER CORDS
heddle rod
lever cord

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CONNECT THE SHAFTS &
LEVERS
16. Feed the lever cord for shaft 1
through the slot closest to the front
of the pulley brace, up and over
the pulley in the middle, under the
pulley to the right, and up through
the slot (Figure 11A). Feed the lever
cord through the rightmost hole
in the lever brace. For now, let the
cord dangle off the front of the lever
brace, making sure it doesn’t slip out
of the hole.
17. Feed the lever cord for shaft 2
through the frontmost hole in the
pulley brace, then the second hole
from the right in the lever brace
(Figure 11B). For now, let the cord
dangle off the front of the lever
brace.
18. Feed the lever cord for shaft 3
through the rearmost hole in the
pulley brace, then the second hole
from the left in the lever brace
(Figure 11C). For now, let the cord
dangle off the front of the lever
brace.
19. Feed the lever cord for shaft 4
through the slot closest to the back
of the pulley brace, up and over the
pulley in the middle, under the pulley
to the left, and up through the slot
(Figure 11D). Feed the lever cord
through the leftmost hole in the lever
brace.
20. Connect all lever cords to the
screws on their levers (Figure 12).
Push a hole in the cord over the
head of the screw. Use the holes in
the lever cords that set all shafts at
roughly the same height, so they’re
about level with the tops of the shaft
guides. You can adjust the height
later if needed.
FIGURE 11: FEEDING LEVER CORDS
C
A
1shaft
B
2shaft
3shaft
D
4shaft

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FIGURE 12: CONNECTING LEVER CORDS TO LEVERS
INSTALL THE QUARTET ON THE
CRICKET
21. If your Cricket sits on a Cricket Stand,
remove the loom and set it on a work
surface, with the front of the loom towards
you. Remove the knobs, hex head bolts,
washers, and barrel nuts that attach the
Cricket cross brace; remove the Cricket
cross brace (Figure 13A). Store these
parts safely for converting your loom back
to rigid heddle weaving and reinstalling it
on the Cricket Stand.
22. If your Cricket does not sit on a
Cricket Stand, remove the barrel nuts and
machine screws that attach the Cricket
cross brace; remove the Cricket cross
brace (Figure 13B). Store these parts
safely for converting your loom back to
rigid heddle weaving.
23. For all looms, remove the back beam
as shown in Figure 13. Set aside the back
beam and the two sheet metal screws for
step 28.
FIGURE 13: REMOVE CRICKET CROSS BRACE AND BACK BEAM
A
back beam &
sheet metal screws
Cricket cross brace
Cricket Stand hardware
B
back beam &
sheet metal screws
Cricket cross brace
Cricket loom hardware
REARFRONT
1
2
3
4
shaft

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24. Set the Quartet castle inside the loom,
with its front at the front of the Cricket
and the beam extensions resting on the
Cricket sides. Align the holes at the lower
edges of the castle sides with the holes in
the loom sides.
25. Add a .814" washer to each 10-24 x 3"
3 mm hex head bolt, then, from the outer
side of the castle, insert the bolt all the
way through the loom and through the
castle side just far enough to sit in place.
26. Set the Quartet cross brace inside the
castle, aligning all holes. Place one 10-24
barrel nut in each hole in the Quartet
cross brace (Figure 14). Make sure the
holes of the barrel nuts are perpendicular
to the short edges of the cross brace.
27. Fully insert the four 10-24 x 3" 3 mm
hex head bolts into the barrel nuts. If
you will not use a Cricket Stand with the
Cricket and Quartet, use the 3 mm hex
wrench to tighten the bolts as far as they
will go. If you will use a Cricket Stand,
tighten the bolts just enough to hold the
cross brace in place.
28. Attach the back beam to the Quartet
beam extensions, using the parts you
removed in step 23 (Figure 15).
FIGURE 15: ATTACH BACK BEAM
back beam & sheet
metal screws from
Cricket loom
FIGURE 14: ATTACH QUARTET CROSS BRACE
Quartet
cross
brace
10-24 barrel nuts
10-24 x 3"
3 mm hex head bolts
& .814" washers

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INSTALL THE PIVOT BEATER
Before you assemble the pivot beater,
refer to the cover photo and Figure 18B
so you understand how it ts together.
The beater sides have small holes at the
bottom where they attach to the castle
sides. The sides then curve back at the
top, sitting right in front of the shafts. You
can move the entire beater back and forth
or swing only the reed and beater bottom.
29. Attach beater bumpers: The beater
top has a front and a back, with holes on
the back for the bumper screws (Figure
16). Using two #6 x 1/2" Phillips pan head
sheet metal screws, attach two rubber feet
to the back of the beater top.
30. Install the reed: Lay the beater bottom
at on a work surface. Set the reed in
its groove. Insert two 5-1/2" hex bolts
through the underside of the beater
bottom, then through the beater top.
Secure the hex bolts, beater top, and
beater bottom with two plastic 1/4-20
thumb nuts (Figure 17). The side with the
rubber feet is now the back of the beater.
31. Assemble the pivot beater: Add the
right and left beater sides at each side of
the beater top. The grooves in the sides
should face each other (Figure 18A).
Align the beater brace to the beater sides:
the front of the brace will be ush with the
sides, and the back will extend out about
1/4" (Figure 18B). Attach the beater brace
to the beater sides with two #8 x 3/4"
Phillips pan head sheet metal screws.
FIGURE 18: ASSEMBLE THE PIVOT BEATER
AB
5-1/2" hex bolt
plastic 1/4-20
thumb nut
reed
beater
bottom
FIGURE 17: INSTALL THE REED
FIGURE 16: ATTACH BEATER BUMPERS
holes in back of
beater top
#6 x 1/2" Phillips pan head sheet
metal screws & rubber feet
FRONT
#8 x 3/4" Phillips pan
head sheet metal screw
FRONT
beater brace
right side
left side
groove

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32. Set the pivot beater on the castle sides
as shown in Figure 19, with the bumpers
at the back of the beater. Align the holes
in the beater sides with the holes in the
castle sides. Insert 10-24 x 1-1/4" Phillips
truss head machine screws through the
holes, then add a #8 SAE washer and a
10-24 slim lock nut. Hold the machine
screw with a screwdriver and the lock
nut with the wrench to tighten. Tighten
the lock nuts securely, then loosen them
by a quarter turn so the beater can move
freely.
33. If you’re using a Cricket Stand, you
can now set the Cricket and Quartet onto
it. The hex head bolts attaching the cross
brace will sit in the slots in the stand legs;
the washers should be placed on the outer
side of the stand legs. Set the loom at the
angle you prefer and tighten the bolts
securely into the barrel nuts in the cross
brace.
CONVERTING BACK TO RIGID
HEDDLE WEAVING
Repeat steps 21 through 28 in reverse
order—do not remove the pivot beater.
NOTE: If you plan to switch frequently
between rigid heddle and shaft weaving,
you can buy an additional back beam
and screws. Install one back beam on
the Cricket and one on the Quartet. The
Quartet with installed back beam will t
on a Cricket with installed back beam,
though you may want to use thinner warp
separators on the Quartet.
CHANGING REEDS
■Loosen but do not remove the plastic
1/4-20 thumb nuts from the beater top
until the reed can slip out.
■Set a new reed in place, centering it in
the beater. Tighten the thumb nuts.
FIGURE 19: ATTACH THE PIVOT BEATER
#8 SAE washer10-24 slim lock nut
10-24 x 1-1/4" Phillips
truss head machine screw