I watched this video and ended up tied down into my desk chair. Not sure how you do all of that without making an absolute mess of things, but I'm impressed!
If anyone is interested in a machine--on Ebay there is a company called United Textile--they are selling off a lot of these braider machines. I do not know what shape they are in -- but I do know that you should be there to inspect the machine before Buying one. Would help defray Costs to pick it up there too. Heavy machine! Look up New England Butt Braider on Ebay --They should come up. The most common are the 16 Spindle machines--They have 24 spindle machines too. Andreas has built a Basic 16 Spindle machine -- good for diameters up to about 3/8" . Tension plays a big role in the braiding. Great Video Andreas.
I have wondered how these things worked since I first saw one in a rope factory 50 years ago. I did not understand diagrams of the process. Watching your machine made it obvious. Thank you.
I designed a FDM printable version of this design based on the diagrams and I still really didn't understand what was going on until I put it together. The magic is in the little boats that the spools ride on and the semicircular cutouts that grab and pull them along. They need to go the right way at every intersection of the twisting track formed by the upper plate. It's not fun when they make a wrong turn.
Very impressive. Though I would put a small weight on the end of the braid to hold it downward, when you do the starting knot, rather than hold it by hand
I have only just found your channel via this video. Most impressive! I suspect that there are not too many businesses that could do this work - a necessity for the vintage/antique restoration scene. You might find yourself being asked for your newly acquired skills and machine to be available for other people who cannot find anyone capable of this type of work, as I cannot imagine that people having this ability are found everywhere. Excellent video showing how it works and no background music apart from the operating machine - well done.
@@andreassiegler2238 If all the clockwise bobbins are white and all the counterclockwise bobbins are black, the braid will have lengthwise black and white stripes. Several other patterns are possible too. (tipped tartans, etc)
@@andreassiegler2238 I woudn't call it good practice either. It stymied us for a day and a half wasting hundreds of dollars worth of time before we found that one of the wires didn't complete a circuit and started looking at all the bumps and lumps and joints.
Ooopsie... I may imagine making that mistake when doing such work for too long at a time. Lesson learned: Do not design fuse holders to be somewhere along the harness, really better use separate fuse boxes. Otherwise it is guaranteed at one time the holder with the fuse ends up braided in... :-)
Hi Andreas, I would like to know if this machine that has 8 phases in its path has limits as for the number of bobbins in use, if it has a minimum and a maximum of bobbins, or admits multiples between means. Also if the braiding pattern is fixed since the path is fixed or you can made changes with tricks. Thanks in advance and congratulations on your work. Your machine move very very fine.
Hi Valdo, I think you could put in more bobbins, if there's more space, or smaller bobbins. In this case all the space available is in use, so no additional ones would be possible. It depended on the kind of gears I was able to obtain. If those had been bigger, I could have added some bobbins, but always a multiple of the number of gears. The basic pattern is set by the construction itself, but you could probably change it by leaving out a number of bobbins to create some iregularities, but I don't know, how this would look like. Andreas
Well, I think it cost me about 150-200€, since I built it myself. If you had to have it built for you, I'd say about 3500-5000€ judging by the time it took.
Andreas Siegler .. oh ok thanks. I have seen bigger machines commercially produced. Im just looking for a small one like this. Good job it looks like it works great. Did you use a sewing machine motor to drive it?
Yes. Those come around at about 2500€ when used and in good shape, but you'd have to be lucky enough to find one. I might just have built one with more bobbins, but I only had 8 sprockets to work with and I wanted to keep costs at a minimum. I used a 42V wire drive motor of a welding machine, that produces a lot of torque to work with, but any motor powerful enough may fit. I worked with what I had, or could obtain easily and made my design acording to this. I also wanted to keep it as simple as possible, so there sure are some thing you could build better, with some effort. But as you said: It's small but does the job and in my opinion it does very well!
I watched this video and ended up tied down into my desk chair. Not sure how you do all of that without making an absolute mess of things, but I'm impressed!
If anyone is interested in a machine--on Ebay there is a company called United Textile--they are selling off a lot of these braider machines. I do not know what shape they are in -- but I do know that you should be there to inspect the machine before Buying one. Would help defray Costs to pick it up there too. Heavy machine! Look up New England Butt Braider on Ebay --They should come up. The most common are the 16 Spindle machines--They have 24 spindle machines too. Andreas has built a Basic 16 Spindle machine -- good for diameters up to about 3/8" . Tension plays a big role in the braiding. Great Video Andreas.
I have wondered how these things worked since I first saw one in a rope factory 50 years ago. I did not understand diagrams of the process. Watching your machine made it obvious. Thank you.
I designed a FDM printable version of this design based on the diagrams and I still really didn't understand what was going on until I put it together. The magic is in the little boats that the spools ride on and the semicircular cutouts that grab and pull them along. They need to go the right way at every intersection of the twisting track formed by the upper plate. It's not fun when they make a wrong turn.
@@amarissimus29 Where's the math for the timing? That's what I am looking for.
Hmm. I probably need to build one of these things now when I've seen this. 🤔 So many things to braid!
amazing how the braid adapts to the changes in size of the harness!
Very impressive. Though I would put a small weight on the end of the braid to hold it downward, when you do the starting knot, rather than hold it by hand
I never knew that I really need of these until today lol
I have only just found your channel via this video. Most impressive! I suspect that there are not too many businesses that could do this work - a necessity for the vintage/antique restoration scene. You might find yourself being asked for your newly acquired skills and machine to be available for other people who cannot find anyone capable of this type of work, as I cannot imagine that people having this ability are found everywhere.
Excellent video showing how it works and no background music apart from the operating machine - well done.
I made a few harnesses already, but will have to do some different colours sometime.
@@andreassiegler2238 If all the clockwise bobbins are white and all the counterclockwise bobbins are black, the braid will have lengthwise black and white stripes. Several other patterns are possible too. (tipped tartans, etc)
Well done! Excellent! Good job, and for a good cause. (Indian Motorcycles)
That was fascinating, thanks for showing how it's done.
I often wondered how the braiding was done, now I know. Dead impressed, have a like/subscribe!
Outstanding series, thanks👍
very impressive! good job!
Congratulations! Great looking braid! Thanks for all the amazing videos along the way.
Very nice. Thanks for making this video!
Contact Wayne Carini, Dan Short, Jay Leno and any one else in the restoration business. I knew somebody could do this . Amazing!
great man very good wark
Outstanding job! I am trying to build a similar mechine and could use some help.
Let me know if you want some help with knots, splices, etc.
And now I understand how the fuse holder was inside the braid where the burnt-out fuse could not be replaced except by cutting it open.
Alltough I wouldn't call it good practice to do something like that. A fuse is meant to be replaced, so it should be in a place well accessable.
@@andreassiegler2238 I woudn't call it good practice either. It stymied us for a day and a half wasting hundreds of dollars worth of time before we found that one of the wires didn't complete a circuit and started looking at all the bumps and lumps and joints.
@@zrebbesh Planned obsolescence in an evil way.
Ooopsie... I may imagine making that mistake when doing such work for too long at a time. Lesson learned: Do not design fuse holders to be somewhere along the harness, really better use separate fuse boxes. Otherwise it is guaranteed at one time the holder with the fuse ends up braided in... :-)
Величезна робота зроблена!
Well done now I hate shrink tubing. 😉
Put a weight on the end that you are flipping over. The weight can be a length of 10 gauge copper wire and tape. then just pull the wire out.
This is endlessly fascinating. Did you build the machine for the job or did you discover the use after you built it?
Yes, it was exclusively built for this purpose :-)
Hi Andreas, I would like to know if this machine that has 8 phases in its path has limits
as for the number of bobbins in use, if it has a minimum and a maximum of bobbins, or admits multiples between means.
Also if the braiding pattern is fixed since the path is fixed or you can made changes with tricks.
Thanks in advance and congratulations on your work. Your machine move very very fine.
Hi Valdo,
I think you could put in more bobbins, if there's more space, or smaller bobbins. In this case all the space available is in use, so no additional ones would be possible. It depended on the kind of gears I was able to obtain. If those had been bigger, I could have added some bobbins, but always a multiple of the number of gears.
The basic pattern is set by the construction itself, but you could probably change it by leaving out a number of bobbins to create some iregularities, but I don't know, how this would look like.
Andreas
That is awesome.
Excellent! How do you determine the number of spindles from the gears though? I need to make one that has 6 gears.
I have discovered this an hour ago, im looking to bulid one! Any advice? Something you would change? Do you have any formula or something researched?
Hi Andi. Machst du auch auftragsarbeiten? Baue gerade ein Motorrad auf. Wär cool wenn der Kabelbaum schön gewickelt wäre.
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Why wouldn't you put in a toothpick or a rod or dowel to make flipping it easier
Well, to be honest, I didn't even think of that at this moment. But as you can see, I figured out a way that works just fine :-)
Please wear i pay one
Where can I get a Maypole Braider machine
I don't know! Those for sale from various firms are too expensive for home use, that's why I built it myself ;-)
I wont one of the company just cant fine where to buy it
Can you make one for us we will pay for it please
How much does a machine like this cost?
Well, I think it cost me about 150-200€, since I built it myself. If you had to have it built for you, I'd say about 3500-5000€ judging by the time it took.
Andreas Siegler .. oh ok thanks. I have seen bigger machines commercially produced. Im just looking for a small one like this. Good job it looks like it works great. Did you use a sewing machine motor to drive it?
Yes. Those come around at about 2500€ when used and in good shape, but you'd have to be lucky enough to find one. I might just have built one with more bobbins, but I only had 8 sprockets to work with and I wanted to keep costs at a minimum. I used a 42V wire drive motor of a welding machine, that produces a lot of torque to work with, but any motor powerful enough may fit. I worked with what I had, or could obtain easily and made my design acording to this. I also wanted to keep it as simple as possible, so there sure are some thing you could build better, with some effort. But as you said: It's small but does the job and in my opinion it does very well!
Andreas Siegler... well it looks great. Did you follow the same design of mechanism as the large units? Did you build each bobbin yourself?
Yes and yes, in principle ;-) You can see the function in my other videos.
why is the room so yellow, its kind of hard to watch :/
Lighting and limitations in the camera used.