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Martin Makes Things
Denmark
เข้าร่วมเมื่อ 9 พ.ย. 2010
Welcome to Martin Makes Things!
Resourcefulness with a can-do attitude!
I believe in making the most of what we have and finding creative solutions to seemingly difficult or impossible problems.
By sharing my projects, I hope to inspire others to take on new challenges, going beyond usual routines and ways of thinking, because that's usually where magic is found!
Thank you so much for being here!
Resourcefulness with a can-do attitude!
I believe in making the most of what we have and finding creative solutions to seemingly difficult or impossible problems.
By sharing my projects, I hope to inspire others to take on new challenges, going beyond usual routines and ways of thinking, because that's usually where magic is found!
Thank you so much for being here!
Modifying and Automating the Addi Knitting Machine for Multi-Color Knitting. For fun and Profit!
My ongoing project of turning a basic, manually cranked Addi Express Kingsize knitting machine into a fully automated multi-color setup. It’s been a lot of trial and error, but I’m making progress, and I’ll show you where things are at so far.
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Have you made the software available yet? 😊
Hi, super idea and great work!!! Can you share the models for 3D printing. I made the software and electronic part of your project, only applied a servo drive to change the thread and would like to test it without developing a new 3D model of the machine parts. Good luck with the project!!! I am from Ukraine, writing through Google translator
I am impressed by your Ingenuity and persistence.
Just a suggestion, don’t overthink the knot sensor too much. Might be a simple as threading your yarn through a hole/slot on a toggle switch small enough for the yarn to go through that will turn off your machine when the knot won’t pass through and pulls the toggle. You could even use one of those flat tensioners and get both benefits. Fantastic machine. I love it and can’t wait for updates.
Would love to print/build one it would be amazing if you sold hardware kits with all of the non printed parts and made a tutorial. Could easily see people dropping like 300$ to play around with this.
This is so cool!!!! 🤯❤️
Hey that looks amazing. I have a sentro 48 pin myself and if would love to purchase one of automatic pattern knitting device you invented. Are you by any chance planning on selling the whole set up?
Hi and thanks! Yes, that was the original plan, but I'm currently working hard to improve it because I don't think the quality was good enough to charge for yet 😀
@@MartinMakesThingsit looks absolutely amazing and I’d love to purchase one when you have it for sale. Please keep me in the loop.
It’s like the fast food of knitting; fast turnaround, easy-access, and a quality that is “close enough” compared to the handcrafted artisan alternative. Wonderful work!
This is incredible! A wonderful fusion of craft and engineering. Well done!
For beeing your first video, the editing, clearness of the shoots, the voiceover, explanations and scrip are awesome. Where did you learn doing that?
Thank you so much for your kind words, it really means a lot! Funny enough I kept telling myself NOT to focus too much on production quality (color correction, stabilization, etc.) to avoid spending too much time on it. The equipment is really old, a cheap Chinese 4K cam, a 15 year old low end DSLR, and I found my microphone in a dumpster! I'm just trying to keep expenses (both money and time) as low as possible so I can put my focus on building things 🙂
You’re doing such a good job Martin. 🎉
The eternal circle back to the jacquard loom
Love this so much! Subscribed! Put me on the kit list (USA)!
Well done sir; A brilliant execution! GOOD LUCK!
Yes make this Available please! Very kool!
Please do more
Very complex machine
Amazing, brilliant and wow, once it's up for sale, I will be buying.
Maybe u should patent this idea so big companies dont steal it from you :0 its SO cool omg
Sadly there is nothing that can be patented in this modification 🙂
That is amazing!
Would gladly see more of this
Oh man! This is awesome! I already use brother kh910 with kayab. But this opens sooooo many possibilities😮
A brother machine still delivers a much better end result that this though 😁
Absolutely stunning and amazing work! Bravo!
Genius at its finest!
I love the artstyle. Not just pixel art but your specific dithering and of course the application is really neat
u leave it yet?xD ♥
NO! I'm working hard behind the scene, can't share anything yet 😁
This is a real cool idea .. and am looking for ward to your developing more content on this and bring it to the crafter market for hobbyists.. if it could be cost effective for the private hobbyist .. i would love to be a future buyer
Fantastic! Love it. Would absolutely try this myself. Either building from open source or buy a kit.
i got an idea for the knot detector i think you can use :) if you use a ptfe tube from an old 3dprinter or similar as a size gauge for the knots, so if the yarn has knots on it the knot will not pass through the tube that has now been moved to trigger a simple switch from any old e-waste. all u need to make is a plate to hold it, and the code to use it as a trigger to pause. then its just a matter of finding the right sized insert and or tube size. hope it helped.
Hi! Using a ptfe tube might be a really good idea! I will try it out. If the yarn can run smoothly through it then it might also be a way to guide the yarn through the machine. But then the question is, how to get the yarn through the tube 😁
@@MartinMakesThings easy... you thread it with stiff fishingline taped to the yarn. anything else you want consulted? hit me :)
Duuuuuude! When you get it up and running….Im so IN! I wish I had this kind of ingenuity! Genius!
Love this idea! Keep up the development :). The world needs this :)
As a fabric artist and computer enthusiast, add me to your list of testers and/or purchasers!!!!❤
great project
I found it amazing, Martin. Keep doing your thing!
Thanks, I will 😀
this is one of the coolest projects i've seen in a while. keep up the great work!
Thanks!
Amazing! Did you say “custom software you made for the patterns” Unreal!
How on earth this channel has only one video and with this quality and contents? Mind blown.
I had to start somewhere 😅
would be nice to see a knitted item and a 3d printed item can be assembled together to form a nice product to sell.
Amazing engineering! Looking forward to seeing how this prototype evolves.
Instead of optical sensors can't you use Hall effects sensor wouldn't it be more safe and faster?
There are many parameters that go into picking sensors. Optical sensors give me a very simple binary output, and the sensors are cheap. For the needle detection, a Hall effect sensor would not really be feasible. So price, ease of use, and simplicity in using a single type of sensor were all parameters in picking optical sensors. One potential downside with optical sensors, though, would be that all the yarn dust the machine creates could potentially block the sensor. However, in the code, we can then put a timeout that will trigger a machine stop if we do not get the sensor trigger when we expect it 🙂
@MartinMakesThings thanks for your answer
That’s so cool I want one!!!
This is so cool! How did you learn to build stuff? Do you have any book recomendations to learn to build stuff?
Hi! I've been building things all my life, to me, it is just something I do. If you feel the urge to build things, jump right in! And remember that it's okay if you later realize that you will not be able to complete the project, nothing is lost, as you will have learned something valuable. As a kid, I wanted to build a computer from scratch. I obviously failed, but in that pursuit, I learned about binary numbers and logic gates 😀
Cool stuff! I bet you could estimate when each yarn would run out based on the pattern. This would let you schedule your yarn-refill breaks in a multi-machine environment.
This is so awesome!
This is incredible
So we invented programmable knitting machines only to eventually turn them into the first computers, for you to use a modern computer to program a knitting machine.
Thats amazing, wanna do a machine like that too now
Congratulations for the awesome work
Wonderful !