Schacht Wolf Pup 8.10 User manual

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WOLF PUP 8.10
Assembly InstructIons

BEFORE YOU BEGIN
You may find the Baby Wolf assembly video helpful, since much of the assembly is the same. Visit our
YouTube channel at youtube.com/user/schachtspindle.
treadles
treadle
support
lower left
inside leg
upper left
inside leg
brake
advance
lever
lower right
inside leg
upper right
inside leg
wheel
beater side
brake cord
warp beam
crank handle
fold bars
fold knob
beam knob
brake release pedal
right
outside leg
left outside leg
beater top reed
shafts
castle side
warp beam
rear beam
slide lock (visible from rear)
cloth beam
lamms
tie-up
cords
plastic
spacer
wooden
spacer
treadle
block
front beam
extension
front beam
inside leg
sandwich block
rear leg brace
inside leg
sandwich
block
WOLF PUP 8.10
Assembly InstructIons

Hardware Bag 1:
4 – 1-½” machine screws
4 – lock nuts
Hardware Bag 2:
1 – 3/8" cap nut for crank handle
1 – 3/8" washer for crank handle
3 – 8/32" hex nuts for shafts (extras)
2 – #12 washer
2 – ¼ -20 thin lock nut
2 – ¼ -20 x 2” truss head machine screw
2 – 1” black spacers
600 – heddles
90 – tie-up cords
10 - rubber bands
PARTS CHECK LIST
Accessory pack:
1 – brass reed hook
1 – warp beam crank handle
8 – 29" apron cords
2 – wheels
1 – Treadle Tracker
Wrapped onto rear beam:
3 – apron rods
2 – lease sticks (with holes)
1 – 22" treadle aid dowel
16 – heddle bars
UNFOLDING THE LOOM
1. Remove all parts and plastic wrap from
the loom.
2. Remove the wood shipping braces by
slightly loosening the black knobs and
Phillips-head machine screws holding
them in place. Discard the braces and
tighten the knobs and screws.
3. Slightly loosen the two black fold
knobs on either side of the loom.
Note: Loosening the fold knobs all the
way or removing them may cause the
loom to collapse and could result in
injury to you or damage to the loom.
4. Stand at the side of the loom. Hold the
front and rear beams together slightly.
Pull the slide lock bars (located on the
rear of the castle) out toward the back of
the loom.
5. Continue holding onto the front and
rear beams and allow the loom to unfold
all the way. Push the fold knobs to the
bottom of the slots and tighten them.
6. Remove the materials holding the
brake release pedal to the leg. Release
the brake release pedal by removing the
peg from the upper brake cord (A), leav-
ing it in the marked (black) loop of the
cord as it sticks out through bottom of the
brake release pedal (B).
slide
lock bar
black
fold
knob
UNFOLDING AND FOLDING
RELEASING THE BRAKE CORD
wood brace machine
screw
knob
(A) (B)
peg

INSTALL THE BEATER PEGS
Loosen the wing nuts holding the top
of the beater, and remove the beater top.
Remove the reed from the beater. Install
¼-20 x 2” screw through 1” black spacer
and beater outer side. Use #12 washer and
thin lock nut to secure screw on inside of
beater frame. After the pegs are installed,
remove the string tying the beater to the
castle.
ATTACHING THE APRON BARS
There is one cord for each hole in the
cloth and warp beams. Insert one end of a
cord through a hole in the beam and pull
the cord through. Then insert the other
end through the second hole in the end
of the cord that you just put through the
beam. Pull firmly on the cord to tighten
(A). Repeat across the cloth beam and the
warp beam.
To attach the apron bar to the apron
cords, take a pinch of the cord about 4"
from the end (B). Insert the pinched cord
through the second hole in the cord.
Pull on the pinched cord until a new loop
forms that is large enough for the apron
bar to slip through (C). Slide the apron
bar through the loop (D) and pull tight.
Repeat until all cords are attached to the
apron bar. Attach the other apron bar to
its beam in the same way.
INSTALLING APRON CORDS
A B
C
Visit youtube.com/user/schachtspindle for an
apron cord installation video.
WARP BEAM CRANK HANDLE
warp beam
crank handle
cap nut
3/8” washer
threaded
rod
ATTACHING THE WARP BEAM
CRANK HANDLE
Locate the washer, cap nut, and the
warp beam crank handle in the accessory
bag. Place the 3/8” washer and then the
metal crank handle on the threaded rod
with the wooden handle facing out. Secure
with the 3/8” cap nut. Tighten the nut
by placing the handle over it and turning
clockwise. To engage the crank for turn-
ing the warp beam, pull the hexagonal
hole in the crank onto the cap nut. While
weaving the crank should be pushed off
the cap nut.
1” black
spacer
1/4-20 X 2” screw
beater upright
BEATER PEG INSTALLATION
#12
washer
1/4-20
thin lock
nut
D

– 5 –
TIE-UP CORDS
There is one tie-up cord for every
lamm hole. On the 8.10 the 2 outer holes
have metal spring pins inserted that work
as jack pins holding the shaft assembly
together. Thread the tie up-cord through
the spring pins the same as you would in
the other 8 holes in the lamm.
Thread the loop of one end of each
tie-up cord through a hole in the lamm
and pull the button end through the loop
until the cord is secure against the lamm.
Attach the shafts to the treadle by slipping
a tie-up cord into the slot in the treadle.
Work from the front lamm to the rear
lamm for each treadle. After completing
your tie-up, check each treadle by push-
ing it all the way to the floor and releas-
ing it, making sure that the knob of each
tie-up cord is against the treadle and that
each cord hangs straight down.
INSTALLING THE HEDDLES
Remove the shafts from the loom by
removing the rubber rings and unscrew-
ing the small hex nuts from the jack
pins. Pull a shaft straight up and out of
the loom. When you put the shaft back
in the loom, be sure to insert the jack
pin back into the hole and secure it with
the hex nut. Replacing the rubber ring is
optional.
Lay a shaft on a flat surface. Lay
two heddle bars next to the heddles.
Carefully slide a group of heddles onto
the heddle bars. Fit one end of each
heddle bar into one of the slots in the
shaft frame. Using very gentle pressure,
flex the heddle bar just enough to fit the
other end into the slot on the opposing
side of the shaft. Separate approximately
half of the heddles to each end of the
shaft. Put the shaft back in the loom,
and secure the jack pin with the hex nut.
Repeat for the other shafts. Be sure to
keep the heddles oriented in the same
direction for easier threading.
jack
pin
hex nut
rubber
O-ring
JACK PINS
shaft
frame
rear cross
brace
shaft heddle bar
heddle
bar
heddles
TREADLES AND JACK AND LAMM ASSEMBLY
(REAR VIEW)
lamm
jack
riser
tie-up
inner treadles outer treadles
jack

TREADLE AID
For certain unbalanced weaves it is
helpful to prevent shafts from floating
when many treadles are tied up to one
shaft. For these instances your loom
is equipped with a “Treadle Aid.” The
treadle aid bar is already attached to the
rear castle cross brace. The other parts
that you will use for the treadle aid are 10
rubber bands, 10 extra tie-up cords, and
the 1/4” dowel. To set the treadle aid up,
push a rubber band through one of the
center holes of the treadle aid and then
over the dowel (an opened paper clip can
be most helpful with this step). Attach a
tie-up cord to the rubber band with the
same knot used to attach the tie-up cord
to the lamm. Repeat for the rest of the
holes, working from the center out. Attach
the tie-up cords to the ends of the floating
treadles in the same manner as the lamms
were attached.
TREADLE-AID
1/4" dowel
rubber band
tie-up
treadle
aid bar
rear castle
cross brace
There are 2 treadle styles on the 8.10.
The 2 outer treadles are different from
the 8 inner treadles between them. The
2 outer treadles have a bolt-and-thumb
nut tie-up system. To attach tie-up cords
to these treadles, remove the thumb nut
and back the long bolt out of the first eye
screw securing it to the treadle, loop the
end of the tie-up cord over the bolt, slide
back through the eye screw and close by
re-attaching the thumb nut.
There is a ½” diameter depression
on the underside of each inner treadle
to prevent the tie-ups from slipping off
when the loom is folded. The tie-ups
should not be left in this hole when weav-
ing, they should hang straight down from
the lamm to the treadle.
INSTALL THE WHEELS.
With the loom unfolded, install the
wheels. Use two 1-1/2” screws and
two lock nuts to attach each wheel to
the rear leg brace. INSTALL THE WHEELS
screws
lock nuts
right leg
(viewed from back of loom)

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REMOVING THE BACK BEAM
The back beam can be removed for
better access to the heddles while thread-
ing the loom. Loosen the beam knobs
on either side of the back beam, and lift
the beam out. To replace the back beam,
slide the beam back into the legs, and
tighten the black knobs.
When moving the loom, be sure
to lift it using the cloth and warp
beams, not the front and back
beams.
INSTALL THE TREADLE TRACKER.
With the clip on the treadle tracker facing
the front of the loom, insert the treadle
tracker into the slot in the top of the rear
castle cross brace.
TREADLE TRACKER INSTALLATION
(LOOKING DOWN AT CASTLE)
slot
right leg
(viewed from back of loom)
REMOVABLE BACK BEAM
black knob
BEATER ADJUSTMENT
The height of your beater has been set
at the factory to accommodate most weav-
ing situations. However, it can be adjusted
up or down. To raise or lower the beater,
loosen the two nuts on the inside of each
side of the metal beater pivot. Hold the
beater at the desired height and retighten
the two nuts on one side and then the two
nuts on the other side. Be sure that you
have raised or lowered each side of the
beater by the same amount.
BEATER PIN
The small metal pin attached to the
right inside leg is used to hold the
beater upright during warping. Push
the pin through the hole in the leg and
then through the slot in the beater side.
Remove the beater pin before weaving or
before folding the loom.
Be sure to pull out the beater pin
and replace it in its holder before
weaving and before folding the
loom.
BEATER AGAINST
CASTLE; BEATER PIN IN
HOLDER
beater
right
inside leg
slot
hole
beater
pin
beater
pin
ALIGN HOLE AND SLOT;
INSERT BEATER PIN
beater
slot
(behind leg)
hole
right
inside leg

– 8 –
FOLDING THE LOOM
1. To prevent treadles from dragging on
the floor when the loom is folded, attach
every treadle to at least one tie-up cord.
Loosen the two black fold knobs one full
turn and pull them up to start folding the
loom.
2. With one hand on the rear beam and
one hand on the front beam, push the
loom together as far as it will go.
3. Tighten the knobs. Push the slide lock
bars in towards the front of the loom.
4. Lift the brake pedal back into the
closed position it arrived in (parallel to the
right rear leg) and push the brake cord
peg through a loop high enough in the
brake cord that it keeps the brake lever
safely out of the way for transport. •
Wolf PuP 8.10 AccessorIes
WOLF TRAPWOLF HEIGHT EXTENDER LOOM BENCH
FRICTION BRAKE ADJUSTMENT
The friction brake can be adjusted by
tightening or loosening the eyebolt. This
will increase or decrease the tension on
the spring, which will in turn increase or
decrease the tension on the brake bar and
the brake cable.
Always press down on the brake pedal
while you are winding on the warp,
advancing the warp on the cloth beam,
or opening a warped loom. FRICTION BRAKE ADJUSTMENT
spring
eyebolt