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Thread: The Anniversary Dinner
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26th May 2015, 04:34 PM #16Senior Member
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WIP - The Waiter
The last of the three characters now carved. Like the other two, the finish will mostly be paint, except the female which will have a wig, some clothes and stockings. Next is the table and chairs, the "stage" with backdrop, then the mechanisms.
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Gus
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26th May 2015, 04:49 PM #17
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26th May 2015, 05:01 PM #18Senior Member
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Excellent Work as always Gus. I am really enjoying this. Look forward to the next post.
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Keith
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28th May 2015, 05:44 PM #20Senior Member
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WIP - Universal Joints
Recalled the number of initially unsuccessful elements of the last project, I decided to make the mechanisms without positioning the M & F characters in the beginning. They are leaning forward, so the head movement parts will be at an angle to the drive shaft/gears etc. I needed to see if I can make a workable uni joint to overcome that problem. Made using 15mm square jarrah, 60mm long overall and using steel pins for the pivots. Seems to work smoothly, now just have to figure out the rest.
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Gus
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28th May 2015, 06:47 PM #21GOLD MEMBER
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30th May 2015, 05:52 PM #22Senior Member
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WIP - Table and chairs
These will be painted possibly white. This is the last of the works before the mechanicals begin, hopefully will have some progress soon.
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Gus
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30th May 2015, 08:54 PM #23GOLD MEMBER
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7th June 2015, 05:04 PM #24Senior Member
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WIP - Linear Clutch Mechanism
The waiter must have two quite long pauses, when arriving at the table, and in the kitchen. Other movement must happen during this period. The previous automata mechanism I used did not provide enough time, this clutch appears do that.
The output gear turns a shaft constantly. The lever which moves the rack and pinion is engaged when the cam followers are enabled by the fixed cam adjacent. There is some fine tuning to be done, but it appears to work as intended. I hope the very poor video will illustrate the action.
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Gus
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8th June 2015, 09:50 AM #25GOLD MEMBER
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I have already said it in my personal email to you Gus but
WOW, WOW, WOW, WOW - you are a genius mate. How did you think that out. What fantastic skills. I am in awe. Make my stuff look pretty mundane. You are indeed a very skilful person - FANTASTIC - can't wait to see how you connect to the dining setting you have made for the anniversary.
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10th June 2015, 10:46 AM #26Senior Member
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WIP - Input Gear Train
Involving three gears and a pinwheel, the speed reduction is 11:1, leaving ( I hope) plenty of time for movements between pauses each end.
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Gus
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Geared Linear Movement.mp4
(Looking forward to WWS this weekend, and meeting some members on the stand )
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10th June 2015, 11:23 AM #27
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16th June 2015, 06:27 PM #28Senior Member
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WIP - The Waiter's Move
Most of this is crude prototype, but it does exactly what I was wanting. Fixed block on the frame turns it to the guests, cam under turns it to 180º against a stop pin, the linear engine moves it back to the kitchen, a cam under turns it to the start position.
Thanks for looking,
Gus
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16th June 2015, 07:17 PM #29
I see the waiter moving forward & back but the video is upside down??
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16th June 2015, 07:25 PM #30Senior Member
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