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ATTACHING THE APRON BARS
For cherry Wolf looms, see the special
instructions for attaching the apron bars.
10. 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 rmly on the cord to tighten
(Figure 5A). Repeat across the cloth beam
and the warp beam.
11. To attach the apron bar to the apron
cords, take a pinch of the cord about
4" from the end (Figure 5B). 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 (Figure
5C). Slide the apron bar through the loop
(Figure 5D) 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 THE HEDDLES
12. Determine how many heddles you
want on each shaft. Count out the desired
number, then thread a string through the
holes at each end of the heddles and tie
them (Figure 6). String a group of heddles
for each shaft.
13. Slide each group of heddles onto a
pair of heddle bars (Figure 7). To make
threading easier, it is important to orient
the heddles in the same direction on each
pair of heddle bars.
On inserted eye heddles, the red end
of the heddles goes at the bottom for
left-handed threading or at the top for
right-handed threading.
14. Optional: To keep the heddles from
sliding around during the next steps, tape
each group of heddles to their heddle bars
with masking tape.
15. Lift the shaft frame closest to the front
of the loom and prop it up using a book
loop
FIGURE 5: INSTALLING APRON CORDS
A B
DC
Visit youtube.com/user/schachtspindle for an
apron cord installation video.
FIGURE 6: THREADING HEDDLES ONTO
STRING
FIGURE 7: SLIDING HEDDLES ONTO
HEDDLE BAR
