I recently purchased a 10H B5 Macomber loom. When I bought it there were four harnesses on it. I was given another set of four that had been used but taken off, and then a set of two packaged in a box from Macomber that had never been put on the loom to complete the 10 H system. I took the harnesses and lamms and everything that goes with them off once I got the loom to my house and did some quick cleaning. When I went to put everything back on I noticed little numbers on the brass jacks so I made sure to put them in order when I put them back on. However, the jacks are not numbered 1-10, I have 1-8 and then an additional 5 and 6 to make the total of ten. So I put them on in this order: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 5, 6, 6, 7, 8. Once I got everything put together and dressed the loom my shed was horribly uneven. I changed the number of links in the chains connecting the harnesses to the jacks from having the exact same number of links to having an uneven number of links in order to even out the shed when it was closed. However when I press a treadle and the shed opens up the warp is not even all the way across, so that when I throw a shuttle it catches on some warps or jumps over/under warps that it should not.
Any ideas on what could be wrong? This is the first Macomber I have woven on. Could it be the jacks? Something else entirely? I am open to any suggestions.
Sorry for such a long explanation.