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lego knitting machine
Hi,
I was looking for more references to mechanical spool knitters and found this site - it's a mechanical knitter made from Lego!! I wish I could feel this thing in operation! Linkname: Lego Knitting Machine URL: http://homepage.mac.com/aklego/PhotoAlbum22.html According to the site, it really works! David |
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It's made of Legos, battery-operated, and produces a very loosely knitted
cord. Its dimensions appear to be about 6 x 12 x 4 (would be 1 except that there's a 3-4 inch projection at the base). From my familiarity with Legos, I can't imagine what keeps it from falling apart every 25 seconds. Georgia "David R. Sky" wrote in message .bc.ca... Hi, I was looking for more references to mechanical spool knitters and found this site - it's a mechanical knitter made from Lego!! I wish I could feel this thing in operation! Linkname: Lego Knitting Machine URL: http://homepage.mac.com/aklego/PhotoAlbum22.html According to the site, it really works! David |
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OKay, I watched the video (couldn't find it at first). It's pretty amazing.
I guess it doesn't fall apart BECAUSE it's battery-operated, and no clumsly hands are touching it. Still, getting everything to balance so the parts that work by gravity work right takes a lot of engineering! Georgia "David R. Sky" wrote in message .bc.ca... Hi, I was looking for more references to mechanical spool knitters and found this site - it's a mechanical knitter made from Lego!! I wish I could feel this thing in operation! Linkname: Lego Knitting Machine URL: http://homepage.mac.com/aklego/PhotoAlbum22.html According to the site, it really works! David |
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Hahahah David , my first feeling was OHH a machine that knits plastic
cubes ,,,,,, ??????????nooo mirjam Hi, I was looking for more references to mechanical spool knitters and found this site - it's a mechanical knitter made from Lego!! I wish I could feel this thing in operation! Linkname: Lego Knitting Machine URL: http://homepage.mac.com/aklego/PhotoAlbum22.html According to the site, it really works! David |
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lego knitting machine
Hi Georgia,
I used Lego when I was a kid - all square and rectangular pieces, I assume they've got round pieces now? The image your descriptions put in my head are hilarious, like some nineteenth-century gizmo a mad scientist made lol! David On Thu, 27 Jul 2006, Georgia wrote: OKay, I watched the video (couldn't find it at first). It's pretty amazing. I guess it doesn't fall apart BECAUSE it's battery-operated, and no clumsly hands are touching it. Still, getting everything to balance so the parts that work by gravity work right takes a lot of engineering! Georgia |
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Good morning Mirjam,
Hahaha!! Now _there's_ an idea! Peace, David On Thu, 27 Jul 2006, Mirjam Bruck-Cohen wrote: Hahahah David , my first feeling was OHH a machine that knits plastic cubes ,,,,,, ??????????nooo mirjam |
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When my son was 10 (19 years ago!) they came out with gear assemblies for
lego. THis machine makes considerable use of them. I don't think there are any round parts (though there are some round lego pieces (little spacemen we still have), but there must be some sort of hook to keep the yarn from slipping--I'll try to take another look. Anyway, the smallest lego pieces are about 3/16" square, and the machine doesn't have much tension, so that is why the knitted cord is knitted so loosely. Georgia "David R. Sky" wrote in message . bc.ca... Hi Georgia, I used Lego when I was a kid - all square and rectangular pieces, I assume they've got round pieces now? The image your descriptions put in my head are hilarious, like some nineteenth-century gizmo a mad scientist made lol! David On Thu, 27 Jul 2006, Georgia wrote: OKay, I watched the video (couldn't find it at first). It's pretty amazing. I guess it doesn't fall apart BECAUSE it's battery-operated, and no clumsly hands are touching it. Still, getting everything to balance so the parts that work by gravity work right takes a lot of engineering! Georgia |
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The basic principle is the old spool-and-tacks knitting
widget that kids used to make. The yarn goes around the tacks, then a tool flips the yarn over each tack and the cord drapes down through the middle hole of the spool. The Lego device doesn't use much in the way of tension -- the resulting cord is very loosely knit. It only has four "tacks", too. The Lego pieces are the types you get in their gear or robotic kits. I think they're called "Technica". It doesn't use the traditional Lego blocks, except perhaps in the base (I can't see it that well in the photos). Gina David R. Sky wrote: Hi Georgia, I used Lego when I was a kid - all square and rectangular pieces, I assume they've got round pieces now? The image your descriptions put in my head are hilarious, like some nineteenth-century gizmo a mad scientist made lol! David On Thu, 27 Jul 2006, Georgia wrote: OKay, I watched the video (couldn't find it at first). It's pretty amazing. I guess it doesn't fall apart BECAUSE it's battery-operated, and no clumsly hands are touching it. Still, getting everything to balance so the parts that work by gravity work right takes a lot of engineering! Georgia |
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Hi Georgia,
Well, I wasn't thinking of the Lego knitter as a practical tool, more as a novelty lol! It must look and sound hilarious in action! *grin* David On Thu, 27 Jul 2006, Georgia wrote: When my son was 10 (19 years ago!) they came out with gear assemblies for lego. THis machine makes considerable use of them. I don't think there are any round parts (though there are some round lego pieces (little spacemen we still have), but there must be some sort of hook to keep the yarn from slipping--I'll try to take another look. Anyway, the smallest lego pieces are about 3/16" square, and the machine doesn't have much tension, so that is why the knitted cord is knitted so loosely. Georgia |
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