H. Northrop of Hopedale, USA. The Northrop Automatic Loom was a truly revolutionary machine. It used a rotating magazine to keep the shuttle constantly supplied with cotton thread and could be run ...

This braiding machine is just one in a series of early industrial machines recreated by [Fraens] using 3D printing. The others include a sewing machine, and a power loom, and a generator.

It’s a great project that shows it’s easy to bring modern electronic might to bear on vintage mechanical hardware, with great results. A washing machine lives to see another day, another load ...