circumferential component of the second direction relative to the longitudinal axis while a longitudinal component of the first direction relative to the longitudinal axis is substantially identical to a longitudinal component of the second direction relative to the longitudinal axis an asymmetrically loaded braiding machine 10 as shown in fig5 a d can interweave a plurality of wires to define a braided directional mesh of the type shown in fig1 a 1 b 1 c 1 d and 2 in particular operating an asymmetrically loaded braiding machine can form a woven construct having a region of relatively higher wire density circumferentially opposing relative to a longitudinal axis a region of relatively lower wire density for example as shown in fig3 4 a 4 b 4 c and 4 d a braiding machine 10 can have 16 wire carriers with 8 wire carriers configured to orbit generally in a clockwise direction relative to the platen 11 and 8 wire carriers configured to orbit generally in a counter clockwise direction relative to the platen 11 in fig3 and 5a 5 b 5 c and 5 d fewer than all available wire carriers and at least one carrier corresponding to each orbital direction populate the platen 11 asymmetrically for example in fig3 several populated wire carriers r configured to orbit in a generally clockwise direction relative to the platen 11 are juxtaposed with.