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"A Moment At The Seaside" WIP
A group of visitors to a beach, spot something in the water.....
The group stops. The next movements need a few seconds during which the mechanism which makes the group move will pause. The input speed required slow movement, instead of making a set of reduction gears, a worm gear was created using a store bought large spring which meshed with a ply gear made to drive the crankshaft. Video attached.
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Thank you for looking,
Gus
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WIP - Carriage Mechanisms
Once the carriage arrives, two mechanisms serve to create the movements of the four characters. The first video is the view from the top and how the characters turn. The other is of the interior of the mechanism case, looking up under the top panel. As the carriage arrives, the copper linkage connected to its cam, captures the brass element and pulls the telescoping section. This is connected via cables to each character through the tubes and up into the body. The return by rubber is not a success, it places too much load on the slide mechanism, the reject bin got it, back to the drawing board......tomorrow's task.
Thanks for looking,
Gus
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