Download free plans for The Rolling Reels Circus paper automaton

Here's a great paper automaton available for free from Pino at paperpino.net. Turn the hand crank to make the cams rise and fall. The cams in turn, shift up and down allowing the reels to 'climb' the moving stairs. When the reels reach the top, they spin down the curved ramp to start the process over again. And it's all made with paper and glue! Ingenious.

Here's where you can download the plans for The Rolling Reels Circus automaton.

[ Thanks Ian! ]

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Clown pedaling a bike paper automaton

Here is a wonderful and complex paper automaton kit designed by the talented PaperPino. This one is entitled Wandering in the Sky.

From the automaton's description:

The three-gear train moves the wheels of the tricycle, and the scotch yoke mechanism moves the bird wings. Connected to the pedals, the clown's legs are linked with a lever system that moves the right arm and the head. With the Removable Inter-locking Pin System (RIPS), most of the parts are assembled without glue.

Here is where you can read more about the clown on a bike automaton on Paperpino.net. There is a small download link for this free model kit on the bottom of that page.

Want more on paper automata? Here's an older post with a round-up of paper automata resources!

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