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Ashford Jack Loom Instructions Manual

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Ashford Handicrafts Limited
Factory and Showroom: 415 West Street
PO Box 474, Ashburton, 7700 New Zealand
Telephone 64 3 308 9087 Facsimile 64 3 308 8664
Email: sales@ashford.co.nz Internet: www.ashford.co.nz
INSTRUCTIONS
Jack Loom
8 Shaft - 97cm (38ins)
Ashford Guarantee
Thank you for purchasing this Ashford product. In the unlikely event there is any
fault in manufacture we will replace the item. To validate our guarantee please
visit our website or write to us.
JL90ES140618V5

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  • Page 1 Ashford Guarantee Factory and Showroom: 415 West Street Thank you for purchasing this Ashford product. In the unlikely event there is any PO Box 474, Ashburton, 7700 New Zealand fault in manufacture we will replace the item. To validate our guarantee please Telephone 64 3 308 9087 Facsimile 64 3 308 8664 visit our website or write to us.
  • Page 2 The Sliver Beech tree is a native of New Zealand and has a lovely variety of colour and grain. This Jack Loom has been finished with a water based lacquer to protect the kiln dried timber from climatic changes and enhance its natural character.

  • Page 3: Hardware Checklist

    OVERVIEW HARDWARE CHECKLIST 1 – M8 x 50 Hex Head Bolt 8 – 8 x 1 ½ Screw 6 – M6 Nylon Knob 6 – M6 x 80 Hex Head Bolt 1 – 12 x 1 Pan Head Screw 101 – Texsolv Straight Peg 2 –...
  • Page 4 REAL SCALE HARDWARE 1 – M10 Hex Nut 1 – M8 Hex Nut 1 – M8 x 50 Hex Head Bolt 2 – M6 x 100 Hex Head Bolt 48 – M8 x 25 Washer 1 – M8 x 19 Washer 6 –...
  • Page 5 PARTS...
  • Page 6 ASSEMBLY OF THE LOOM 1. Assemble the base using . Note: The holes in rail BX are to the top. M6 x 80 Hex Head Bolt M6 X 16 Washer M6 Barrel Nut Nylon bushes in parts C and CX are on the inside. M6 Barrel Nut M6 X 16 Washer M6 x 80 Hex Head Bolt...
  • Page 7 2. Bolt castle side E to the outside of base rail A, and the castle side EX to the base rail AX using M6 x 65 Cup Head Bolts . Note: The X 16 Washer M6 Hex Nut nylon shaft guides are to the inside of the frame and holes for the beater stops face forward.
  • Page 8 6. Apply a drop of oil onto the two lower steel rods. Then slide 5 x M8 x 25 onto the two lower steel rods followed washers by a lever assembly N. Place two washers onto each lower steel rod followed by another lever assembly N. Repeat this procedure until all the lever assemblies are in position, finishing with 5 washers.
  • Page 9 12. Insert the into the inside of the front upright DX for a ratchet lever stop. When transporting the loom lift 12 x 1 Pan Head Screw and pull the lever sideways, then let it hang down. 12 x 1 Pan Head Screw 13.
  • Page 10 TAP IN WITH A HAMMER M6 x 70 Cup M6 x 70 Cup M6 x 70 Cup Head Bolt Head Bolt Head Bolt Steel Rod M6 x 16 M6 x 16 Washer Washer M6 Nylock M6 Nylock TAP IN WITH A HAMMER M6 x 70 Cup Head Bolt...
  • Page 11 17. Lift the wooden spacer P from the castle E to allow the warp roller Z to fit between the uprights without twisting them. Then place the warp roller between the back uprights C and CX by locating the shaft of the warp roller into the nylon bush in CX.
  • Page 12 Cup Head Bolt 23. Wipe the stainless steel bars with a clean cloth to remove any protective grease. Your Ashford 8 Shaft Jack Loom has been supplied with Texsolv Heddles. Each bundle contains 100 heddles which enable you to use 100 per shaft.
  • Page 13 25. Rub candlewax on the ends of the shafts before loading them into the nylon guides. Load the shafts and locate the jack pin into the centre hole in the shaft. If any of the shafts are curved, to avoid them touching, load them so that the curves are all in the same direction.
  • Page 14 TAP IN WITH 28. Tap the beater stops into the castle A HAMMER sides E and EX. Note the lead holes for the screws face out. Use wood glue if necessary. They should project approx. M6 x 75 Cup Head Bolt 70mm (2¾”).
  • Page 15 Examples of tie ups Two x Two Twill with Tabby on treadles 1 and 10 Illu No 27 Warp: 1-40 Weft: 1-40 Thursday, 27 January 2011 3:26 p.m. Backed Twill...

  • Page 16: Front Roller

    There are 5 warp sticks included with your Jack Loom. FRONT ROLLER BACK ROLLER Thread 1 Texsolv cord through the first hole in the warp stick and back through the 8th hole leaving approx. 10cm of Texsolv cord. Then take the long end of the cord through the small hole in the warp roller and out the large hole.