LeaI’m at a knitting conference, and Scott and I decided to use this as a forcing deadline to publish an alpha version of the printable modular flat-bed knitting machine that he has been working on. I made a lil zine about it too.
Julia Evans@lea ooo i've never 3d printed anything but i've been really wanting to 3d print a knitting machine!!
@b0rk Build files and instructions here: https://cmu-devlab.github.io/knitting_machine/
If you try it, let me know how it goes! This is very much an alpha release, feedback would be highly appreciated. :)
@b0rk also uhhhhh the docs were written 1) “very recently” and 2) with not enough sleep. (I already see a typo in the zine…)
I do hope to improve them somewhat but you should also absolutely ask any questions you have.
I do hope to improve them somewhat but you should also absolutely ask any questions you have.
@lea will do thank you!
@lea I think the materials links in the PDF (like "25N KR830, KR838, or KR850 needles such as _these_") are not working? https://cmu-devlab.github.io/knitting_machine/knitting_machine_instructions.pdf
@b0rk I can’t upload the fix because the site is GitHub pages (not my choice) and apparently one can’t push to git on eduroam.
Here are the links:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BYJWBGYK
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000FSVK2Y
https://excelblades.com/collections/knives-and-cutters/products/k1-craft-knife
https://excelblades.com/products/sprue-cutter
(You do *not* have to buy from Amazon — those are Scott’s links, but the needles can be found on AliExpress and foam from a hardware store.)
Here are the links:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BYJWBGYK
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000FSVK2Y
https://excelblades.com/collections/knives-and-cutters/products/k1-craft-knife
https://excelblades.com/products/sprue-cutter
(You do *not* have to buy from Amazon — those are Scott’s links, but the needles can be found on AliExpress and foam from a hardware store.)