The last time we saw one of [Nico71]’s builds, it was also a LEGO Technics rope-making machine. At the time, we called it a “rope-braiding machine” and were taken to task in the comments ...
He built this rope braiding machine, which uses 16 bobbins, with help from his brother [Jed]. Ideas for projects always come from funny places. [David] came up with this one after finding a rope ...
Three of these formed strands are then moved onto the closing machine. This wraps each ... long enough to make 220 meter lengths of rope. This length is enough to anchor a ship in 40 fathoms ...