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Lego Knitting Machine
This knitting machine is made entirely of Legos!
Maybe not the fastest way to knit (unless they really slowed down the video), but awesome nonetheless.
Check out the sweet video and other projects they've worked on!
via: Lion Brand Yarn
Maybe not the fastest way to knit (unless they really slowed down the video), but awesome nonetheless.
Check out the sweet video and other projects they've worked on!
via: Lion Brand Yarn
Discussions
11 years ago
Very good. Not sure what to make of the Philip Glass soundtrack though...? L
Reply 11 years ago
Better than click-clack-scrape.
It would be rather good if the creator could join us.
So I've sent an email.
Reply 11 years ago
Greetings Kiteman and thanks for the invite. Are there any questions I can answer?
Reply 11 years ago
Is the machine knitting full speed
Reply 11 years ago
Yep, that is full speed. It could easily be geared up but I often display the device at engineering and science events where it has to knit for hours at a time. I also kind of like the mellow speed.
Reply 11 years ago
Hey, its faster than me lol. Good job, looks cool!
Reply 11 years ago
Hi, w/ref my comment (below) would you consider posting a 4x speed video? (just for effect)? L
Reply 11 years ago
We'd really love to know how you make your devices - could you consider posting an instructable or three??
Reply 11 years ago
In all honesty, probably not. In order to post decent instructions, I'd have to learn lDraw. I've been meaning to do that for years but it never seems to happen. FWIW, the trickiest part on this machine was getting the 4-bar linkage on the needles just right. There are photos of the linkage on my site and the rest should be relatively straight forward to emulate.
Reply 11 years ago
Hm, we may have a contest coming up soon that would be a good fit for this project - will let you know when that happens. Might provide impetus for learning LDraw! The Knex kids use a version (MLCad) for their projects, so it's probably not so bad... and there's also the "dismantle and take excellent pictures" approach, which can also work well.
Reply 11 years ago
OOOOO Lego contest methinks,
*BRACE* for knex gun overload
Reply 11 years ago
Nope. ;)
Reply 11 years ago
I think this section of the sound track would work better (with speeded-up video)?
L
Reply 11 years ago
lol
Reply 11 years ago
hahahaha...That would be outstanding!
Reply 11 years ago
Hah! You beat me too it. I've been meaning to send them a hello all morning, I really appreciate it! It's been a very busy day. Thanks a bunch!
11 years ago
That is really elegant.
I can't tell, though, what is actually being knitted?
On their site, their Strandbeest model is quite insectile...
Reply 11 years ago
Some people call it "monk's cord".
Reply 11 years ago
I was trying to figure out the same thing. I watched the video several times and near as I can tell (with absolutely no knitting knowledge or skills), it looks like a tube.
Reply 11 years ago
It is a spool knitting type thing
Reply 11 years ago
It is a spool knitting type thing
11 years ago
It probably is fast, because if it were running 24/7, it would be knitting while you are: Sleeping, Working, Socializing, and doing other things. You could probably knit the same amount but with less work in the same amount of days.
11 years ago
I would love to see one if these things, neigh... contraptions, going at like 60 mph, simply because it would look cool.
11 years ago
It looks like something Arthur Ganson would build. Although I was a little disappointed that it's not knitting legos ;-)
Reply 11 years ago
Ooh, now THAT's a good idea!
11 years ago
I hope we eventually get an instructable on this. I want a sock knitter, but the real ones are super expensive, and I've broken two toy ones already. I had figured it would be too hard to make a homemade one, but I hadn't considered Legos...
11 years ago
It seems that the video may have been slowed down, so that you could see how it works?
11 years ago
that's really, really slow!
but since i can't knit, i shouldn't be complaining!
11 years ago
Slow as it is you have to admit its pretty amazing.
11 years ago
Very nice!