I neglected my Jane for years while I mainly wove on my floor looms. Decided to finally weave off the warp on it, which was generally successful until I got to the bitter end of the warp and experienced warp beam brake slippage. In short, it wouldn't hold tension. I finally used clamps to force it to while I finished my towel. The warp was only about 3" past the back. Is this expected behavior in the Jane? Is there some physics voodoo I'm not considering? With my floor looms, I can weave until the warp is literally right up against the heddles. Like I said, it has been a long while since I used it.

TIA for any insights.

I reviewed the articles in the Knowledge Base on the JST website, and this issue didn’t come up, nor have I experienced the same problem with my own Jane, so I’m afraid I don’t have any insights that would help. You have me curious. Hopefully this was an anomaly, and you’ll be back to happy weaving soon!

Thank you! I was able to weave off the warp due to my clamp "fix", but I haven't put a new warp on yet. Maybe I was just playing with fire and hoping to weave off too much of the end of the warp. The brake wasn't slipping until then. I'll get a new warp on it soon and see what happens.