A Rope-walk build by mleonc

[mleonc]

Hello friends, I'm going to show you the construction of a machine for splicing ropes.
It's a classic machine composed of two parts, the first one for twisting the ropes and the second one for braiding them.
For the first machine, instead of a motor with multiple planetary gears, I've used five brushless motors with built-in reducers, they are spare parts from a more sophisticated device.
The five motors have been connected in parallel, with a speed controller and a 6V rectifier transformer.

 

[mleonc]

For each motor shaft, I've turned a cylinder with a diameter of 10 mm, with a through hole of 4 mm and a set screw. At the other end, I've placed an eye bolt.

 

[mleonc]

For the second part of the machine, I've used a 12-volt motor with a reduction system, which comes from a malfunctioning photocopier. Some plastic wheels and a 12V power transformer are also utilized.

 

[Y.T.]

Nice machine. So far this looks like a rope making winding machine. From the thread title I was expecting a machine for splicing ropes. Splicing is a process of joining two ends of rope together as in video below. This is done by braiding the rope ends together into one rope. I feel this is not what this machine is going to do. This machine is for making a one piece of rope. Is not it?

 

[mleonc]

Nice machine. So far this looks like a rope making winding machine. From the thread title I was expecting a machine for splicing ropes. Splicing is a process of joining two ends of rope together as in video below. This is done by braiding the rope ends together into one rope. I feel this is not what this machine is going to do. This machine is for making a one piece of rope. Is not it?

"I'm sorry, you're absolutely right. It's possible that my English isn't very good. I apologize for disappointing your expectations. If you find it frustrating, I can delete the thread.

 

[Steef66]

"I'm sorry, you're absolutely right. It's possible that my English isn't very good. I apologize for disappointing your expectations. If you find it frustrating, I can delete the thread.

Don't delete the thread. Just asking an Admin to change the tittle to: "A Rope-walk build by mleonc" for example. I like your rope walk. Looks good and made of scratch.

@Jimsky

 

[Y.T.]

"I'm sorry, you're absolutely right. It's possible that my English isn't very good. I apologize for disappointing your expectations. If you find it frustrating, I can delete the thread.

No. Please don’t. It is very interesting different way of making a rope walk. Thanks for sharing.

 

[mleonc]

No. Please don’t. It is very interesting different way of making a rope walk. Thanks for sharing.

Ok, I will not delete it.

 

[mleonc]

Finally, I replaced the motor coupling and eye bolts with PVC bars. By the way, I'm having trouble uploading a short demo video.

 

[Steef66]

Upload it in youtube and share the link here

 

[mleonc]

Upload it in youtube and share the link here

Thank you, later when I have the entire machine finished, I will make a slightly more comprehensive video and upload it.

 

[mleonc]

Finally, we completed the machine with the guide, for which I used a piece of oak wood. The final result remains to be shown. I'll upload a video when I finish tying a rope.

 

[Jimsky]

Don't delete the thread. Just asking an Admin to change the tittle to: "A Rope-walk build by mleonc" for example. I like your rope walk. Looks good and made of scratch.

@Jimsky

why do you think we wanted to delete this thread?

 

[mleonc]

why do you think we wanted to delete this thread?

Because I understood that a different type of machinery was expected, and since there are already several, I understood that it wasn't novel. However, I have asked the administrator @zoly99sask Change the thread's name.

 

[Jimsky]

Because I understood that a different type of machinery was expected, and since there are already several, I understood that it wasn't novel. However, I have asked the administrator @zoly99sask Change the thread's name.

already changed!

 

[Jimsky]

Because I understood that a different type of machinery was expected, and since there are already several, I understood that it wasn't novel. However, I have asked the administrator @zoly99sask Change the thread's name.

we will never delete a thread unless the poster explicitly disobeys the posting rules.

 

[Don Case]

Can I ask why you chose 5 motors rather than a gear set?

 

[Y.T.]

Hi, mleonc. Is there a guarantee that all 5 motors will be rotating with identical speed - number of revolutions per unit of time?

 

[mleonc]

Can I ask why you chose 5 motors rather than a gear set?

Hello,
Simply because I had them, that parallel configuration of those engines works perfectly synchronized and has high torque. In a previous machine when I didn't have these types of engines, I made it with gears as you pointed out. I hope I have answered your question.

 

[mleonc]

Hi, mleonc. Is there a guarantee that all 5 motors will be rotating with identical speed - number of revolutions per unit of time?

Hi,
As I mentioned, they are very precise motors, and due to this type of parallel setup, the rotation is the same in all five motors.