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This is the first version of may hand held automata for 4-6 year old girls. It is headed to the burn pile because it is too big and too narrow. Now, I'm beginning the second version. I'll try to put the build on the pad.

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Just thought I’d share this as we don’t all have equipment to make complex characters. I’m using washing up sponges, just cutting them into shape with scissors. I glues the features on with gorilla glue but I’m sure other glue would work. It’s a bit messy but easy to vacuum up afterwards. It takes a marker pen too, if you want to add to it. I attached some thread to the back of his head so he can open his mouth.

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playing with using different conductive materials to close the circuit. I repurposed the small pulley from the pegboard kit as an adapter for the chopstick.

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Luckily I had 2 clothes pegs of different sizes. Lisa

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I found it much easier if I fixed the motor into a box with sticky fixers. This way the motor didn’t move about.

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Henk
AutoMata Workshop Week 5
Homework with DC motor.
"Italian Grand Prix"
Work in progress

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Wanted to make something that used both motor speeds- great fun! - Tim B.

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Thinking about wearables…I taped wires to the back of the zipper (positive wires on one side and negative on the other), so they complete the circuits as the zipper is zipped, lighting the LEDs on the right in sequence.

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We used flexible camera tripods for the legs. Ray used pliers as a switch. Alicia made a push switch out of foil and craft foam.