I have a beautiful 45" 4 shaft Schacht - I love it and it has been working, but I am having an issue with the harness getting stuck as I'm weaving tabby, I have to step on the pedal a couple of times to get it unstuck.  It happens often, but not every time.  I've looked at everything and everything looks to be working fine...  obviously, I'm missing something here.  Has anyone else had this issue?  A little back story, I got this in June, it came to me unassembled, it is very possible that we did something wrong while assembling it.

Any help would be greatly appreciated :-)

Aldine

 

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sequel (not verified)

Here's a link to the Schacht troubleshooting page.  You will also need to make sure the loom is square and level, the heddles are evenly distributed on the shafts, and the warp is wide enough to resist tipping of the shafts.  If you are weaving exceptionally narrow warps, you might want to thread non-weaving "outrigger warps" to steady the shafts.

Aldine

Thank you - I will try that!  I'm pretty sure that the heddles are not distributed evenly.

Aldine