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Come si costruisce un Pesce Automata - How to Make a Trout Fish AUTOMATA - Gioco Meccanico in Legno

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Keith describes and illustrates his process for turning an idea into an automata

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Wait... you said they were animated!

Ah, yes... well, unfortunately we do not have all the animations working yet, but we do have quite a few.

Look for the color thumbnails. They identify the completed animations. Use the prev and next links (above right) to browse the thumbnail pages.

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Meanwhile, we hope you enjoy the animations we have completed, along with Henry T. Brown's original illustrations in this classic technical reference.

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Ah, yes... well, unfortunately we do not have all the animations working yet, but we do have quite a few. Look for the color thumbnails. They identify the completed animations. Use the prev and next links (above right) to browse the thumbnail pages. As time goes on, we'll be adding more until all 507 are complete.

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mini cordless Ginour tool amazon - not powerful but fine drilling small holes & sanding edges. The 2 x drill bits supplied are bad so use decent ones instead.

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Tim Hunkin Secret Life of Components series

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Tim Hunkin Secret Life of Components series

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CHAIN - The Secret Life of Components, A series of guides for designers and makers. Episode 1

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The apps I frequently use:
- Snipping Tool
- "Sketchup" Design Tool
- "BigPrint" - very useful tool to make images bigger/smaller (very accurate).
- Gear Generator.

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I use these for card construction and joints when I’m making card characters. These in the picture are 4.5 mm pins but I also use 6 mm too. Take care you don’t buy the big ones by accident.

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These make very effective vertical rod holders. They’re also quite beautiful.

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Strong and flexible covered wire that I used to hold my motor up in the air while testing different things with it. Smaller than a vise!

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I covered the chain and sprocket mode in a separate video below:

Matching existing gears (making a toy gear for a workbench toy)

Download the free evaluation copy
One file, just run it. No install necessary.

The free evaluation copy can do everything that the full version can do, but all output is shown "wobbly". It allows you to fully explore the program's capabilities, but the display is always a little distorted.

For more details on what the program can do, see the Online help

For more information, or if you would like to buy a copy of this program,
please see theGear Template Generator main page.

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Gear template generator demonstration videos

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I covered the chain and sprocket mode in a separate video below: Matching existing gears (making a toy gear for a workbench toy) Download the free evaluation copy One file, just run it. No install necessary. The free evaluation copy can do everything that the full version can do, but all output is shown "wobbly".

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www.craftparts.com is a great resource for precut wooden shapes.  They sell supplies for crafting toy cars and trains,  wood beads, blocks, cutouts and much more. I used their wood parts and just drilled, assembled and glue the parts together.

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I found these on Amazon. $6.99. Half of them are 1 1/4" (32mm) diameter and half are 3/4" (19mm). All are 3/16" (5mm) thick. They could be modified for all kinds of uses.

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And here's a European distributor: https://botland.store/geared-dc-angle-motors/2490-dc-motor-dagu-dg01d-l-with-48-1-gear-45v-double-sided-shaft-2pcs-6952581600930.html

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As is common with a lot of things made in China, these simple motors with their plastic gear trains won't last forever. Tried using them for a project, but after a several hundred hours of use, they will die out. In my case, the motors would either spin very slowly as if someone had their thumb on the scale or they'd work sporadically. Sometimes the lights on my red board would blink indicating that power was being directed to them, but they wouldn't spin at all.

They're suitable for projects that don't require anything too durable or strong, but if you want something that will last longer, look into getting Sparkfun motors with gear trains made out of metal.

I'd personally like to have more options for made in USA electronic parts instead of China or at the very least made in Japan, South Korea or Europe.

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As is common with a lot of things made in China, these simple motors with their plastic gear trains won't last forever. Tried using them for a project, but after a several hundred hours of use, they will die out.

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Coin Machines + Computational Contraptions

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Coin Machines + Computational Contraptions

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After the session, workshop participants created their own version of the coin switches. It was so cool to see so many different solutions to the same challenge. In the online workshop we're constantly trying to find the balance between working with physical mechanisms, coding and electronics and this prompt seemed to hit a sweet spot for all three areas. I'm looking forward to taking this idea further in our next round of CMT workshops.

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Coin Operated Micro:bit Machines - Wonderful Idea Co.

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As part of our computational contraptions online tinkering course we're exploring the connections between digital tools like the micro:bit and the automata made by the artists of Cabaret Mechanical Theate r. For much of the course we were inspired by the playful and whimsical machines of Tim H

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I have acquired a lot of tools and materials over more than 30 years, many of them from thrift stores - even wood, wire, craft paper, all kinds of metal findings and much more. If you can find a shop that sells more than clothes and visit regularly it can be a wonderful treasure hunt. - sherry

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This old child’s sewing machine is helping me understand how simple elements can work together. - sherry

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Here's a selection of books that have been a great resource for ideas and mechanical movement. All easily available mail order. Sorry if the vids a bit long but there's such a lot to share!
Last session today with Ryan, shame but hey, wishing you all happy mechanical automating! Harish