Schacht Wolf Pup User manual

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WOLF PUP & WOLF PUP LT
Assembly InstructIons
WOLF PUP
WOLF PUP LT

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WOLF PUP & WOLF PUP LT
Assembly InstructIons
front beam
front beam
extension
left
outside leg
right
outside leg
right inside leg
left inside leg
treadle bar
treadles
brake release
pedal
brake
advance
lever
lamms
beater top
rear beam
fold knob
cloth beam
warp beam
warp beam
crank handle
beater peg
beater side
harness
castle side
fold bars
beater side
rear leg brace
wheel
reed

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PARTS
Attached to warp beam:
3 – apron bars
8 – stainless steel heddle bars
2 – lease sticks (with holes)
1 – front beam extension
Accessory Pack:
300 – heddles
1 – warp beam crank handle
2 – wheels
8 – apron cords
24 – tie-up cords (Pup LT only)
1 – Treadle Tracker
1 – brass reed hook
Loom Maintenance Manual
Hardware Bag 1:
4 – 1½” truss machine screws
4 – lock nuts
3 – 1½” at-head screws
Hardware Bag 2:
1 – 3/8" washer
1 – 3/8" cap nut
2 – #12 washer
2 – ¼ -20 thin lock nut
2 – ¼ -20 x 2” truss head machine screw
2 – 1” black spacers
TOOLS
Phillips screwdriver
5/8" and 7/16” (or adjustable) wrench
String
Masking tape (optional)
UNFOLDING THE LOOM
1. Remove all plastic wrap from the loom.
Do not remove the string tying the beater
to the shafts.
2. Slightly loosen the bolts and knobs
holding the wood shipping braces.
Remove the braces and tighten the knobs
and bolts.
3. Stand at the side of the loom. Slightly
loosen the two black plastic fold knobs on
both sides of the loom. Generally, a single
turn will do.
Loosening the knobs all the way or
removing them can cause the loom
to collapse which could result in
injury.
4. Hold the front and rear beams and
allow the loom to unfold all the way.
When there is a warp on the loom,
you may need to step on the brake
release pedal while unfolding the
loom to loosen the warp.
5. When the loom is all the way down
in the open position, push the knobs
down to the bottom of the slots and
tighten them.
FOLDING THE LOOM
1. To prevent treadles from dragging on
the oor when the loom is folded, attach
every treadle to at least one tie-up cord.
2. Make sure the beater pin is in its
holder.
3. Loosen the two black knobs one full
turn and pull them up to start folding the
loom.
4. With one hand on the rear beam and
one hand on the front beam, pull the loom
together as far as it will go.
5. Tighten the knobs.
black fold
knob
FOLDING AND UNFOLDING
BEFORE YOU BEGIN
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wood brace bolt
knob
REMOVE SHIPPING BRACES

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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 1/4-20x2” screw through 1” black
spacer and beater from the outside in.
■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.
ATTACH THE FRONT BEAM
EXTENSION
Use the three 1½" at-head Phillips screws
to attach the extension to the outside of
the front beam. It helps to lubricate the
screws with bar soap or paste wax.
INSTALL THE WHEELS
With the loom unfolded, install the wheels.
as per the illustration. Use a Phillips head
screwdriver to hold the 1½" machine bolts
in place while using a 7/16” wrench to
tighten the lock nuts.
INSTALL THE WARP BEAM
CRANK HANDLE
Unscrew the protective wood block from
the warp beam crank rod. Place the 3/8"
washer and then the metal crank handle
on the rod with the wooden crank handle
pointing away from the loom. Secure the
handle on the rod with the 3/8" cap nut.
To engage the crank for turning the warp
beam, pull the hexagonal hole of the crank
onto the cap nut. When weaving, the crank
should be pushed off the cap nut.
front beam
extension
FRONT BEAM EXTENSION
cap nut washer
rod
wood
crank
handle
metal
crank
WARP BEAM CRANK HANDLE
1” black
spacer
1/4-20 X 2” screw
beater upright
BEATER PEG INSTALLATION
#12
washer
1/4-20
thin lock
nut
WHEEL INSTALLATION
lock
nuts bolts
rear leg brace
rear leg

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ATTACH THE APRON CORDS AND
APRON BARS
■There is one cord for each hole in the
cloth and warp beams.
■Insert one end of an apron cord
through a hole in the cloth 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
(A). Repeat across the cloth 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 from the end of the cord. Pull
on the pinched bit until a 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 the warp
beam in the same manner. INSTALLING APRON CORDS
A
B C
D
loop
hole
INSTALL HEDDLES
AND HEDDLE BARS
■Determine how many heddles you
want on each shaft. Count out the desired
number, then thread string through the
holes at each end of the heddles and tie
them. Count out a group of heddles for
each shaft.
■Slide each group of heddles onto a pair
of heddle bars. To make threading easier,
it is important to orient the heddles in the
same direction on each set of heddle bars.
Note: On inserted eye heddles, the
red end of the heddles goes at the
bottom for left-handed threading; on
the top for right-handed.
■Optional: To keep the heddles from
sliding around during the next steps, tape
each set of heddles to its heddle bars.
■Lift the rst shaft and prop it up using a
book or small block of wood. The bottom
of the shaft should be raised 3-4 inches.
rear leg
pinch

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■Insert a set of heddles on heddle bars
into the castle in front of the raised shaft.
■Insert one end of each heddle bar into
the slots in the side of the shaft. Bend the
heddle bar and insert the end into the slot
in the other side of the shaft.
■Remove the ties on your groups of
heddles, and any tape you used.
rear cross
brace
shaft heddle bar
heddle bar
heddles
WOLF PUP LT:
INSTALLING THE TIE-UP CORDS
There is one tie-up cord for each hole in
the lamms. Put the loop end of a tie-up
cord through each hole and pull the but-
ton end through the loop until the cord is
secure against the lamm.
WOLF PUP LT:
TYING UP THE TREADLES
Tie 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 you have
completed your tie-up, check each treadle
by pushing it all the way to the oor and
releasing it, making sure that the knob of
each tie-up cord is up against the treadle
and that each cord hangs straight down to
the treadle.
There is a 1/2” diameter indentation
on the underside of the top end of each
treadle to prevent the tie-ups from slipping
off when the loom is folded. The tie-ups
should not be in this hole when weav-
ing.
INSTALL TIE-UP CORDS ON TREADLES
treadle
slot
lamm
tie-up
button
INSTALL TIE-UP CORDS ON LAMMS
loop end
indentation
slot
INDENTATION ON BOTTOM OF TREADLES

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INSTALLING THE
TREADLE TRACKER
With the clip facing the front of the loom,
insert the treadle tracker into the slot in
the rear castle brace.
ADJUSTING THE BRAKE
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
release pedal while you are winding
on the warp or advancing the warp on
the cloth beam.
REMOVING THE BACK BEAM
The back beam can be removed for better
access to the heddles while threading the
loom. Loosen the black 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.
Be sure to lift the loom using the cloth
and warp beams. Do not use the back
beam to lift the loom.
slot
TREADLE TRACKER INSTALLATION -
LOOKING DOWN AT CASTLE
eyebolt
spring
BRAKE ADJUSTMENT
REMOVABLE BACK BEAM
black
knob
back beam

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USING THE BEATER PIN
The small metal pin attached to the right
inside leg is used to hold the beater up-
right during warping. Move the beater to
align the hole in the leg with the slot in the
beater side. Insert the beater pin through
the hole and then on into the slot.
Be sure to pull out the beater pin and
replace it in its holder before weaving
and before folding the loom.
Wolf PuP & PuP lt AccessorIes
WOLF PUP RADDLE
WOLF PUP TRAP
LOOM BENCH
15"AND 12"END DELIVERY SHUTTLES
BEATER AGAINST
CASTLE; BEATER PIN
IN HOLDER
ALIGN HOLE AND SLOT;
INSERT BEATER PIN
beater beater
leg
leg
slot slot
(behind leg)
hole hole
beater
pin beater
pin