3D-printed Power Loom
By Ben Everard. Posted
This article was originally published as part of HackSpace magazine, which has since been incorporated into Raspberry Pi Official Magazine.
In issue #57 of HackSpace magazine, we’ve gone into the coding behind knitting and crochet, and raised a hat to the Jacquard loom, which took instructions that could’ve been programmed anywhere, by anyone. It wasn’t Turing-complete, but it was, almost, a computer.
This 3D-printed model pays tribute to the power looms that laid the way for the Industrial Revolution and, indirectly, computer science.
Fraens has made the STL files available on Printables and Thingiverse, and there’s a full list of materials used on his YouTube page, including screws, ball bearings, and a 12 V motor. Apparently, one of the hardest things to get right was the weight of the shuttle: too heavy and it won’t move; too light and it gets snagged easily.
Ben is the Editor of HackSpace magazine. When not wrangling words, he enjoys cycling, gardening, and attempting to identify wild mushrooms.
Subscribe to Raspberry Pi Official Magazine
Save up to 37% off the cover price and get a FREE Raspberry Pi Pico 2 W with a subscription to Raspberry Pi Official Magazine.
More articles
MirrorBallBot
This trick uses no smoke but it does use mirrors
Read more →
Digital Displays in Raspberry Pi Official Magazine 170
Some projects seem more like magic to us than anything else; here’s one of them. This robot by Italian engineer/magician Andrea Favero uses a mirror to widen the field of vision of a Raspberry Pi Camera Module 3, the input from which is processed by Raspberry Pi 4 and used to control three legs to […]
Read more →
Win a Development Kit for Compute Module 5
Make CM5 development easier with our competition
Read more →