We're making an automatic scarf printer!
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In this project, we intend to create a programmable knitting machine similar to flatbed knitting machines commercially-made for home use. Flat bed machines tend to have a row of needles constrained by slots and a yarn carriage that can move back and forth over the needle bed. Within the carriage is a linear cam that controls the motion of the needles. As the carriage passes over the needle bed, the cam followers on the needles are pushed by the linear cam . As the motion of the needles is constrained to a single degree of freedom by the needle bed slots, all needle motion can be controlled by a single motor (via the linear cam). This makes actuation and control of knitting to be much simpler to replicate than the automation of traditional hand knitting. To see a commercially-made flatbed knitting machine in action, check out this video.
See a similar open source project here and this cool social media-based knitting machine. |
To see our knitting machine in its current iteration, click here.
To see our Code and CAD, check our GitHub repository. |