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Posted by David R. Sky on July 27, 2006, 7:48 am
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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Posted by Georgia on July 27, 2006, 10:25 am
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
> 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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Posted by Georgia on July 27, 2006, 10:33 am
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
> 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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Posted by David R. Sky on July 27, 2006, 1:49 pm
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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Posted by Georgia on July 27, 2006, 4:16 pm
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
> 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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