DIY Maypole Braider - How does it work? 

garaptor - Agreed!

that sounds incredibly painful

@@swedneck haha, don't know. I remember trying to get my sister to ask for it just so I could see how it worked but she never did.

самому можно сделать такую имея 3d принтер глянь у него ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-xj4MgT5iLL0.html

Hi Okan, the gears do have bearings but due to the design they can't be seen once assembled.

Yes, they were a bargain wholesale and so I simply chose these. I'd have to measure, but I guess it was around 7cm.

Danke! Gewerblich mache ich das nicht, aber wenn jemand eine coole Idee, oder Bedarf hat, kann man ja darüber reden.

Hi, you are welcome to use this footage, though I can't see how it would be related to rollercoasters. Maybe your video will enlighten me ;-)

@@andreassiegler2238 We cover other rides too. It's actually the same mechanism (or similar) to what's used on Mater's Junkyard Jamboree and Alien Swirling Saucers.

The gears are engaging each other and one of them is drivem by a 9th gear connected to a powerfull motor, taken from a welding machine wire feed. The notches are milled and you have to be careful to set these up right, so it's always a tooth and a gap meeting. This of course is easier with an even number of teeth on the gears.

Exactly! One goes left, the next goes right and so on. Once they're on their designated path, they can not escape it. The feed slot is also closed after the machine is set up with a fitting piece of steel to prevent any error.

Hi Haydn, there's really no drawings, just some very confusing (to others) sketches that would be of no use to you, as these refer to the exact parts I used and I used those as they were available. You really just need to have an equal number of discs with recesses to take the slides and drive them with gears, belts or even chains. Almost no limitations here. The hardest thing would probably be machining of the slots in the top plate. You can see quite a bit of how I designed my version and there's really no great secret to it. Maybe I'll make a video with pictures of the building process and some comments?!

I guess this would work pretty much the same way as this one. Problem could be the little space left between the wheels. All in all it's just two bobbins going clockwise an two going anti clockwise crossing their paths. in Prinzipal any even number of bobbins will work, but I would at least use six wheels and bobbins to clear the middle.

Search for " Die total verrückte Wickelmaschine" Andis Funktionspunk here on RU-vid . the Machine in action. 👍

@@martinhoflich6150 Thanks Martin!

It's main purpose is to provide a hose-like braiding around wiring harnesses for vehicles, i.e. motorcycles. How this wpuld help in contracting, I don't know.

Ah, I see. Well, when you're running a lot of ethernet cables, there's only so much pipe. if you can get the cables bound together and in one piece, everything is neater, faster, and looks better, I think it would help a lot.

I did it myself and sorry, no drawings available.

@@andreassiegler2238 Ok.

This one will take a maximum number of 16. You can see it here: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-D1QKoLUxjeQ.html

Why? There's nothing much to see there. It's really just two turned pieces in which the inner ring of the sprocket's bearing is clamped between, and the "cover", or guide on top. On this bearing the sprocket turns freely and the whole assembly is nothing more than an axle. All eight are located in a way they engage each other in a cricle and a nineth sprocket is connectet to the motor that drives all of them.

Hello, I needed to see that detail, it is that I intend to replicate the machine in wood, thanks for the answer.

Here you can see how it's made: www.provinzkartoffel.de/picture_library/braider/braider_10.JPG www.provinzkartoffel.de/picture_library/braider/braider_11.JPG

Ja, hin und wieder ist sie im Einsatz!

The gears are standard hardware that you can get from most shops that specialise in engineering parts, like bearings, chains, belts etc. and the recesses are machined/milled. You'd also have to turn the seats for the bearings on a lathe.

Andreas Siegler

Already done! ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-D1QKoLUxjeQ.html

It's used to braid hollow cords like shoelaces or hoodie drawstrings.

For braiding wiring harnesses -> link in description shows it. But one could allso use it for ropes, or something similar.

He made it from scratch, you can't 'get' it, unfortunately. See other similar requests before yours.

I really don't have a clue, but it's very, very old ;-)

Thomas Walford in 1748, England. More here: loopbraider.com/2019/02/14/toy-braiding-machine/

There's 15 more of them: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-D1QKoLUxjeQ.html

Just see the description for more information.