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Adjusting the warp tension
Release the warp tension after you have tied
the warp to the apron rod of the cloth beam, by
lifting the brake lever of the warp beam.
By attaching the spring cords to the screw
heads at the floating arms you can adjust the
tension on the warp: The tighter you tension the
cord, the more tension you will get on the warp.
Be sure to adjust about the same tension on
both sides.
The warp tension should always be judged with
the floating arms in the vertical position. The
arms move to the front when you advance the
cloth beam, and move backwards when you lift
the brake lever.
To advance the fabric while weaving, first lift the
brake lever. Due to the springs, the breast
beam moving toward to you, will pull some warp
from the warp beam. Advancing the fabric using
the cloth beam lever, you will bring the floating
arms back in their vertical position. Now the
moving breast beam demonstrates its other
feature: The warp tension is automatically the
same as it was before you advanced the fabric.
If you advance the fabric too far, first you have
to release the warp tension by lifting the brake
lever, than you can take both the ratchets out of
the ratchet wheel of the cloth beam. Turn the
cloth beam back and put in the ratchets again.
Now stand at the side of the loom and lift the
brake lever turning the warp beam backwards.
Adjusting the height of the beater
The beater hinges are screwed with their
threaded ends into the bottom of the beater
supports. This construction allows you to adjust
the beater level: Turn the beater hinges in- or
outwards. The beater height should be
adjusted, so that the lower shed just touches
the lower beater bar. So if you use a smaller
shuttle for fine yarn, you may adjust the beater
a bit higher, because a big shed is not needed.
Always be sure that the beater has the same
height at both sides. You can check this by
making a shed and watching the lower warp
ends touch the lower beater bar.
Folding the back section
To fold up the back section of your Spring, you
have to remove the wing nuts and washers at
the bottom of the warp beam supports.
If there is a warp on the loom, you can keep it
folded by the tension of the warp. In the other
case you have to tie the back section to the
main upright of the loom.
Folded, you can move the Spring through most
doors.
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