nealaron
6th November 2019, 03:07 PM
Hi All. I'm Neal and this is my first post.
I'm pretty new at making automata - been doing it for a couple years, but not consistently. I'd like to share a piece I recently submitted to Automata Magazine that I called Birds. Two adult birds stand near a young bird. The adults flap their wings and open and close their mouths while the young one hops and spins erratically. The mechanics are very simple, couple of cranks and a couple of cams. It is geared so the cam axle moves at twice the speed of the main axle. I liked the mechanism that I've seen online that powers the clapping hands automata and I wanted to use it in a different way. That led to the flapping wings. I used fabric to cover the wings and head, because I couldn't figure out what to use for hinges that wouldn't be too bulky. I hope you like it.
A short video can be found at: http://automatamagazine. com/videos/birds/
Thanks for the interest!
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I'm pretty new at making automata - been doing it for a couple years, but not consistently. I'd like to share a piece I recently submitted to Automata Magazine that I called Birds. Two adult birds stand near a young bird. The adults flap their wings and open and close their mouths while the young one hops and spins erratically. The mechanics are very simple, couple of cranks and a couple of cams. It is geared so the cam axle moves at twice the speed of the main axle. I liked the mechanism that I've seen online that powers the clapping hands automata and I wanted to use it in a different way. That led to the flapping wings. I used fabric to cover the wings and head, because I couldn't figure out what to use for hinges that wouldn't be too bulky. I hope you like it.
A short video can be found at: http://automatamagazine. com/videos/birds/
Thanks for the interest!
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