Dedicated reader of The Automata / Automaton Blog, Tony Anagnostopoulos, has sent in this video of his latest creation. Good concept and good fun!
For more on making a wood automaton yourself, check out the books I have placed on The Automata / Automaton Store.
I've been doing mechanism experiments with the idea of building a whole workshop full of automata powered woodworking figures, kind of like what Wanda Sowry has done.
ReplyDeleteFirst experiment was helped along by the folduscandidate figures
http://www.youtube.com/folduscandidate
second one is more specific to the woodworker shop plan, a saw using a bell crank, snail cam for a hammer and the fast return lever will power a hand plane
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fu__8bNmuxM
your book suggestions have been a huge help, especially the work of Rodney Peppe and Rodney Frost
Thank you,
Michael