Schacht Wolf Pup, Wolf Pup LT Assembly Instructions 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.

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 but­ton 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 weav­ing.

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 up­right 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