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    Braiding Machine —Thomas Johnson
   Greetings All, I built a three strand braiding machine that can be seen here: (URL) a video can be seen here: (URL) pleased with the results and hope you enjoy it. Regards, Tom (17 years ago, 7-Jan-08, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.announce.moc) ! 
   
        Re: Braiding Machine —Dan Berladyn
     Good for you, I always wanted to build something like that eversince I was taught how to braid. So.. I guess you could say I've been thinking of doing it for 25 years. ;) "Thomas Johnson" <rsthj@uaf.edu> wrote in message (...) (17 years ago, 7-Jan-08, to lugnet.technic)
   
        Re: Braiding Machine —David Koudys
     (...) That's fantastic!! Smooth in function and minimal in build! Nicely done! What do you do with the braiding? Sell it on eBay saying "THis Braid was knitted by a LEGO Robot!"? Dave K (17 years ago, 7-Jan-08, to lugnet.technic)
    
         Re: Braiding Machine —Thomas Johnson
     (...) Hi Dave, Thanks for the note. My original plan for the braid was to form the core of braided eight-strand rope. In fact, the machine was inspired by this braider: (URL) may still build the eight-strander but I've lost a bit of momentum and am (...) (17 years ago, 10-Jan-08, to lugnet.technic)
   
        Re: Braiding Machine —Chris Magno
     (...) Tom, this is (yet another) one of your fantastic creations. I saw you had a Strandbest as well. I still cant stop thinking about that leg segment. I cant wait till you build the lego loom. ;) Chris (17 years ago, 8-Jan-08, to lugnet.technic)
    
         Re: Braiding Machine —Thomas Johnson
     (...) Thanks for the note, Chris. Yeah, Theo's mechanism is quite interesting. I'd love to see someone throw a genetic algorithm at it for optimization. I'd bet that there is a combination of link lengths that is significantly superior to anything (...) (17 years ago, 10-Jan-08, to lugnet.technic)
   
        Re: Braiding Machine —Eric Sophie
   Ahhh, so that is how you made this! I admit being facinated by braiding machines. The spool feeders and all the rotary motion is quite interesting. I liked seeing your web site too! Eric Sophie (17 years ago, 11-Jan-08, to lugnet.technic)
 

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