Edward De Wit sent me this short video of his new Rope Making Machine in action. The old rope making machine had become rather tired, so Edward commissioned this beast of a machine to be made. Edward produces quality cordage in Belgium and he can be contacted via this link: http://igkt-solent.co.uk/quality-cord...
This video is just a very quick view of the machine being put through its paces to produce 6mm polished hemp. There are plans to produce future videos demonstrating the full setting up procedure and detail on how the rope is made.
Some of the technical stuff that you may be asking, regarding this Rope Making Machine and the production of Polished Hemp.

What wax is used for polished hemp? Often beeswax or tarred beeswax is used.

Technical Information:

After intensive use of my old rope machine, there was wear and tear, also because I had the need to make very long ropes (100 meters) with a thicker diameter. My old machine also can't handle the weight of both the length of the rope and of the sled. The machine could also only turn clockwise otherwise the screw thread would come loose
That is why I have something new and much more robust ...
So I asked a colleague at work in the mechanical department if he could help me with that because my background is very different, I also knew that working with gears is very precise work.
I told him what my needs were to have a good machine. The conditions are a:
- Can rotate both left and right
- Robust, so can move a lot of weight (over 250 kg)
- Larger hooks (to be able to use thicker yarn)
- Gears ( ratio 1:3 )
- Mobile
- a recoil protection for both left and right turning (ratchets)
- Operation must be both with a motor and drill and by hand
- A good table that can take a lot of weight and can't tip over....
He set to work with these conditions and the result is impressive, if I do say so myself.
For the weight I use tiles each 22 KG heavy that I can store under the table.
The hooks are M16 - 65 mm in size.
To prevent the table from tipping forward, I use two extra legs that are 45°, at the foot of those legs there are plates with a hole. the hole is for putting in an iron tent pole and the other plate is for when I am standing in grass, it can pull itself into the ground.
The machine itself weighs 26 kg and is about 30 cm high.
P.S. There are no drawings or plans of the machine.
The link above will take you to Edward's contact information.
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