guys were back on our quest to make a
simple homemade rope making machine one
that you can just use a simple cordless
power drill to make rope all by yourself
at home now in my last video I showed
you how to build this unit this is a
hook spinner that uses a little piece
from a bicycle inner tube to spin these
pulleys that we made and spin all three
hooks at the same time the purpose of
this project today is to build out the
rest of the system to automate it so one
person by themselves can make rope with
a simple press of a button it’s time to
chop some wood
[Applause]
[Music]
so update guys we just chopped up a
bunch of different pieces of wood here
I’ve got these things cut to 8 and 1/2
inches long and I got a piece of board
here that’s six inches tall and here’s
why normally when you’re making rope
you’ll have lengths of string running
out from these hooks and another person
with some kind of mechanism on the end
pulling onto it but if we take these
pieces of wood and pinch to move between
these two by twos we can screw that nice
and tight together clap it down to the
table and that right there will hold the
end of the string for us so let’s rig it
up run a little string and see if it
works
feels like I’m writing some crazy space
motorcycle
[Applause]
[Music]
all right so update guys you just cut
some wood and I put this little device
together all this is is a six inch piece
of common board as well as eight and a
half inches of our two by twos on the
bottom to secure it as a base the idea
is as you’re running sisal from our
little hook spinner we’re going to need
something to hold it at the other end if
we clamp this down to the table we can
loop it over this hook and that should
hold it securely in place but there are
a few other factors that come into play
that will cause us a problem I’ll show
you what I mean so I’ve just taken our
sisal and you can see I’ve strung it
through all the different loops starting
with the one at the back and then around
each of the hooks and back to the hook
at the back now after doing this six
times we’ve got six different cords on
three different hooks now the idea is
that as each hook begins to spin the two
cords attached to it will intertwine
with each other and then eventually all
three of those cords will mesh together
to make a nice three stranded rope but
the problem with this setup is sisal is
extremely fibrous and so as those
strands begin turning you can see they
bind and cling up to each other and this
is where you’d normally need another
three to five people to stand there and
hold the ropes apart and keep them from
latching on to each other the other
thing we notice is as the strands are
twisted it creates quite a bit of
tension on the back board and if nothing
is done about it either the back board
is going to snap right off or the
strands are going to break so the two
challenges we face is how do we relieve
tension on the strands as they’re being
wound and how do we prevent the strands
from binding on each other this is the
solution I have for you I’ve cut two
small blocks these are three inches tall
and six inches wide this came from the
same common board we built this entire
system from to alleviate the tension I’m
going to drill a hole through the back
board and tie it to a counterweight that
pulls a little bit of tension but allows
it to rise up as the cord is pulled this
will be attached to a couple of swivel
hooks that will allow the rope to spin
freely as it needs to
and this last block will make into
something called a rope makers top it’ll
help guide those strands into the
beautiful three stranded cord you might
expect to see
[Music]
[Applause]
[Music]
[Applause]
[Music]
so update guys here we are we’ve done a
lot of work today we’ve rigged up the
system and it’s all clamped to the bench
the question now is will it all work
we have a hook spinning system that’s
powered by a cordless drill on the back
end we have a support board that
accommodates a counterweight system that
hooks up to a set of double spool looks
we’ve added two ropes between the
spinner mechanism and the back board and
that’s to accommodate this automated
rope making top the idea is that as a
tension builds it will glide forward and
guide the individual strands into place
to form a three stranded rope so will
this contraption work as advertised will
it glide as seamlessly as we hope we’re
going to find out in the next video
because in the next project we are
making rope thanks for joining me for
this project guys I’ll be looking for
you the next one jockey Dan oh shoot
apparently it’s too big of a drill bit
whoops
[Music]
[Applause]
you
simple homemade rope making machine one
that you can just use a simple cordless
power drill to make rope all by yourself
at home now in my last video I showed
you how to build this unit this is a
hook spinner that uses a little piece
from a bicycle inner tube to spin these
pulleys that we made and spin all three
hooks at the same time the purpose of
this project today is to build out the
rest of the system to automate it so one
person by themselves can make rope with
a simple press of a button it’s time to
chop some wood
[Applause]
[Music]
so update guys we just chopped up a
bunch of different pieces of wood here
I’ve got these things cut to 8 and 1/2
inches long and I got a piece of board
here that’s six inches tall and here’s
why normally when you’re making rope
you’ll have lengths of string running
out from these hooks and another person
with some kind of mechanism on the end
pulling onto it but if we take these
pieces of wood and pinch to move between
these two by twos we can screw that nice
and tight together clap it down to the
table and that right there will hold the
end of the string for us so let’s rig it
up run a little string and see if it
works
feels like I’m writing some crazy space
motorcycle
[Applause]
[Music]
all right so update guys you just cut
some wood and I put this little device
together all this is is a six inch piece
of common board as well as eight and a
half inches of our two by twos on the
bottom to secure it as a base the idea
is as you’re running sisal from our
little hook spinner we’re going to need
something to hold it at the other end if
we clamp this down to the table we can
loop it over this hook and that should
hold it securely in place but there are
a few other factors that come into play
that will cause us a problem I’ll show
you what I mean so I’ve just taken our
sisal and you can see I’ve strung it
through all the different loops starting
with the one at the back and then around
each of the hooks and back to the hook
at the back now after doing this six
times we’ve got six different cords on
three different hooks now the idea is
that as each hook begins to spin the two
cords attached to it will intertwine
with each other and then eventually all
three of those cords will mesh together
to make a nice three stranded rope but
the problem with this setup is sisal is
extremely fibrous and so as those
strands begin turning you can see they
bind and cling up to each other and this
is where you’d normally need another
three to five people to stand there and
hold the ropes apart and keep them from
latching on to each other the other
thing we notice is as the strands are
twisted it creates quite a bit of
tension on the back board and if nothing
is done about it either the back board
is going to snap right off or the
strands are going to break so the two
challenges we face is how do we relieve
tension on the strands as they’re being
wound and how do we prevent the strands
from binding on each other this is the
solution I have for you I’ve cut two
small blocks these are three inches tall
and six inches wide this came from the
same common board we built this entire
system from to alleviate the tension I’m
going to drill a hole through the back
board and tie it to a counterweight that
pulls a little bit of tension but allows
it to rise up as the cord is pulled this
will be attached to a couple of swivel
hooks that will allow the rope to spin
freely as it needs to
and this last block will make into
something called a rope makers top it’ll
help guide those strands into the
beautiful three stranded cord you might
expect to see
[Music]
[Applause]
[Music]
[Applause]
[Music]
so update guys here we are we’ve done a
lot of work today we’ve rigged up the
system and it’s all clamped to the bench
the question now is will it all work
we have a hook spinning system that’s
powered by a cordless drill on the back
end we have a support board that
accommodates a counterweight system that
hooks up to a set of double spool looks
we’ve added two ropes between the
spinner mechanism and the back board and
that’s to accommodate this automated
rope making top the idea is that as a
tension builds it will glide forward and
guide the individual strands into place
to form a three stranded rope so will
this contraption work as advertised will
it glide as seamlessly as we hope we’re
going to find out in the next video
because in the next project we are
making rope thanks for joining me for
this project guys I’ll be looking for
you the next one jockey Dan oh shoot
apparently it’s too big of a drill bit
whoops
[Music]
[Applause]
you
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