How to make a manual machine for making mesh netting

In the household, this traditional material is used for fencing, erecting fences, making cages, enclosures, sieves for sifting bulk materials, etc.
To reduce costs, instead of purchasing a ready-made Chainlink mesh, it can be made on a manual machine, which is not difficult to make, since its design is not complicated and does not require expensive materials.
How to make a manual machine for making mesh netting

Will need


We don't have to buy almost anything to make the machine. Everything you need for this can be found among the metal trash, which is no longer suitable for anything. In particular, we must prepare:
  • a small piece of metal strip;
  • used ball bearing;
  • gear wheel with handle for rotation;
  • a piece of metal pipe;
  • colored tape or electrical tape;
  • two square rods;
  • wire of the required diameter.

To prepare the parts and assemble the machine, we will need: a vice, an angle grinder, a welding machine and pliers.

The process of making a machine and knitting mesh Chainlink


In accordance with the dimensions of the bearing, at one end of the metal plate, using a grinder, we make two stepped cutouts, the larger of which should fit into the hole in the inner ring of the ball bearing.
How to make a manual machine for making mesh netting

We insert the plate with the cutout into the bearing and weld it in a vertical position to the inner ring.
How to make a manual machine for making mesh netting

We put a gear with a handle for rotation on the part of the metal strip protruding from the bearing and weld it, ensuring a permanent connection of these parts.
How to make a manual machine for making mesh netting

How to make a manual machine for making mesh netting

After completing the welding work, we make sure that the outer ring of the bearing is not stuck by welding and rotates freely.
We glue colored tape or electrical tape along its entire length to the outer surface of a piece of round metal pipe along a helical line with a predetermined step. Using the adhesive tape as a template, we cut a spiral slot in the pipe using a grinder.
How to make a manual machine for making mesh netting

How to make a manual machine for making mesh netting

We weld it to the bearing.
How to make a manual machine for making mesh netting

We weld two square-section rods from the outside to the pipe in the longitudinal direction, placing them opposite to each other.
How to make a manual machine for making mesh netting

How to make a manual machine for making mesh netting

We clamp one of the rods in a vice and insert a wire into the beginning of the slot on the pipe, the end of which is bent from the opposite side with pliers so that the bend clasps the second rod when the gear rotates.
How to make a manual machine for making mesh netting

We continue to rotate the handle and feed the wire into the machine.
How to make a manual machine for making mesh netting

On the other hand, a twisted element of the Chainlink mesh will come out.
How to make a manual machine for making mesh netting

When its length reaches the desired size, cut the wire with pliers and begin winding the second element, etc.
Then, twisting the twisted elements in pairs, we obtain a Chainlink mesh of the required width and height.
How to make a manual machine for making mesh netting

How to make a manual machine for making mesh netting

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  1. Guest Vasily
    #1 Guest Vasily Guests January 4, 2020 07:19
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    sorry of course. BUT WHAT... WROTE THIS? the knife on mesh machines is a CONSUMABLE material. In addition, during operation it experiences torsional load. It is made of durable steel. Before work, it must be adjusted so that the spiral comes out even. and there should be no gaps between the knife and the tube (vitaer), otherwise the wire will bite there, and if the connection is permanent, it will be problematic to pull it out.