Wind Knitting Machine
About the project
DEAD LINE
1 June 2009 ….
The Knitting Machine
Wikuna from 1920 !!!
Size
- The box size (hight x width) 1700x500mm
- Platform for the machine is 300mm from top
Bill of Materials
What | From Where | Catalog Number | QTY | Ordered |
Bearing Closed Housing 10 mm | RS | 612-4051 | x1 | ? |
Mechanical Aspect
Gears
Handle Gear
- Bevel Gear
- 65teeth
- pitch 152mm (5.95")
- Pitch Module = 152/65 = 2.33in
- width of face 0.5in -
- Vertex - 64mm ish
Bending
- Cut piece width of 350 and as long as 2 blades shaped inside. (box 350x330)
- Cut the hole for the hoop
- Bend radius 150mm
- Cut blades on the table saw.
TODO
Merel
- Order bits from RS
- Rs : 530-292 : Price per 5 is 3.126 QTY needed : 8 (buy 10)
- Rs : 681-687 price per 1 is 14:95 : QTY Needed : 1
- Get the part : DB2.5-15 from : http://www.hpcgears.com/newpdf/bevel_gears_0.8_6.0mod.pdf
- Find Aluminium for the middle ring
- Order the blades material
- Play with bending machine and find how many blades can you bend in one go on one piece (maybe its just 2 pieces ?)
Yaroslav
- Gear ratios
- Machine Mounting
- Visualize it in Solid Works
- Think of orientation changing mechanism …
Additional Links
- Part2
- Part1
- Discussion on blades number
- considerations for making windmill
- QuetRevolution, a nice round windmill
- American Windmill
- [http://books.google.com/books?id=7M9C1Adp0yQC&pg=PA106&lpg=PA106&dq=advantages+american+windmills&source=bl&ots=MEfLM_daXg&sig=YmIVD-N5YqLXdcjdhPByoq67bVg&hl=en&ei=OZ39Sf2tGuWQjAe64pmSAw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1#PPA141,M1]
- [http://www.conveyor-accessories-direct.co.uk/products.asp?cat=92] this could the placed on the feet of the tripot to make it more stable