Braiding Machine

[Anto]

Do you want to do ropes ? I have a solution !

I want to precise this braiding is not 100% reliable. Sometimes, a coil can block the machine. After the first prototype, I done a lot of modifications to have the best reliability, but I have not so mutch experience with this type of MOCs, and a V2 is necessary to upgrade this creation. There is a clutch to stop this machine if it is blocked.

The objective was to do a braiding machine having a continuous operation, and to have a not too low speed. I had not objective concerning the number of strings. There are 8 strings + 1 central.

I also really wanted a buttom to be drawn to start te machine and down to stop it.

How does it work ?

You can separate this machine in 3 parts :

1. The braided wire winder
   
2. The rotation of the trays
   
3. The movement of the arms moving the coils
   

You can have more tight braids by changing a gear ratio of the winder. But they are less beautiful.

The rotation of the trays occupies the top of the machine.

(The 24t that you can see can be easily used to coordinate the arms and the trays)

Here you can see the mechanism of the arms :

The linear clutch stops the machine if a coil blocks it. More picture here : http://www.techlug.f...43.html#p179043

The difficulty was to coordinate all the mechanisms and to counter stress and flexion of the parts for the machine can work without too much fails.

Finally, the machine can be locked because of a coil, but I’m satisfied because it works correctly and the braids are very regular. I’ll done other MOCs of this type because I like it !

The video will show you the operation :

[Daniel14]

This is superb! Really nice idea and implementation. I especially like the linear clutch :)

[mattthewise]

This is a unique idea, different from the vehicles most often associated with Technic. Do you think you could put this on Rebrickable or create instructions? I'm very curious to make this myself.

[2LegoOrNot2Lego...]

Quite original MOC I guess, I really do love the colors of this build. Well engineered...cool...

[oracid]

Good work !

[arshiaIQ]

Great

I think 4 more coild can be added too

Would you make a CAD file at least? Please :)

[Littleworlds]

Wow! This is highly impressive!

[JJ2]

Very nice, I think the linear clutch idea is great, I think I might have to borrow it for a future project.

[Anto]

Thanks all for the comments !

There will not be building instructions for this version, because I think it is better to make building instructions for a near 100% reliable MOC. The V2, normally vey reliable (I have got ideas from a member on TechLUG and I have other ideas) will have instructions.

I think 4 more coild can be added too

I don't know how to explain, but it's not possible. The trays need places to get the transferred coils. You should watch an other time the video to try to see why 8 coils is the maximum on this machine.