This is very helpful. Thank you for the tutorial, especially the idea of baking the rope to set it permanently. I’ve not heard of that before and it seems to have great promise.
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Thanks, it's another part of the hobby and it is fun to do. (Not for everybody)
About the baking read this
Post in thread 'Make your rope on a rope walk' https://shipsofscale.com/sosforums/threads/make-your-rope-on-a-rope-walk.9094/post-364964
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I'd make for my rope walk a strand splitter / cone, or what the name of this part is. Yes I have a 3D printer now. And I want to share it with you here.
I used these bearings
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U623ZZ 3x12x4mm and M3 bolts and nuts
The part is hanging on a cable way above the rope walk and because of the gears it moves perfect.
There are 2 parts to print and you can choose out 2 bearing holders, 1 long and 1 short. You can adjust them if you like by cutting the length. You can download it here for free.
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Don't look at the print quality of the cone, I was also surprised about the lines in ti. The both screw of the z-axis and the extruder weren't tighten enough. My mistake after cleaning the machine. The second part (the holder) is gone better.
I used these bearings
5 Stuks V U Groef Roller Kogellagers Borduurmachine Katrol Lager - AliExpress 13
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nl.aliexpress.com
U623ZZ 3x12x4mm and M3 bolts and nuts
The part is hanging on a cable way above the rope walk and because of the gears it moves perfect.
There are 2 parts to print and you can choose out 2 bearing holders, 1 long and 1 short. You can adjust them if you like by cutting the length. You can download it here for free.
Strand splicer / cone for rope walk by skertesz
I made a cone/strands splitter for a model rope walk (shipmodeling)You can make a cable way on top of your rope walk to hang it on and the let it go along your rope walk when making ropes.I used 3 ball bearings with grove ( U623ZZ 3x12x4mm) like these on...
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Don't look at the print quality of the cone, I was also surprised about the lines in ti. The both screw of the z-axis and the extruder weren't tighten enough. My mistake after cleaning the machine. The second part (the holder) is gone better.
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Thank you for a great article. This is the first time that I've heard about heat treating the rope.
Hello everyone
I saw this post and thought I would show off my Super Over Engineered rope walk/earphone/headphone cable maker.
A few years back I built this for making earphone and headphone cables.
Built with all hardened steel gears one way needle bearings and just for fun or overkill, thrust bearings.
This happens when you have too much extra time.
I saw this post and thought I would show off my Super Over Engineered rope walk/earphone/headphone cable maker.
A few years back I built this for making earphone and headphone cables.
Built with all hardened steel gears one way needle bearings and just for fun or overkill, thrust bearings.
This happens when you have too much extra time.
Super!