Your video of the mechanism was just great! Having built mechanisms myself I can see how much time and effort went into this one, especially how clean all the cuts and finish work is. Bravo!!
Fantastic! I remember, years ago, loving Tim Hunkin's automata in London. Now I live in Brittany, France, and up the road there's a guy called "le poete ferrailleur" (the poet blacksmith) who makes wondrous, imaginitive machines from metal scrap. Keep up the good work!
+Ray Kent Thanks Ray. Strangely enough while at a show displaying some of my work I met a couple who while vacationing in France went to visit his place. Small world!
I wish there was more footage of the device in action, maybe with close ups of each effect. That way I would understand what it's doing before seeing the inside. I had to replay the beginning over and over to see the bits move.
I usually do not put any finish on the gears, although I have put one coat of water based urethane on the teeth a few times. Urethane dries to a pretty hard finish. I have urethaned the face of gears often when I stain them for effect. When is want to lubricate a shaft I rub paraffin wax on the parts rather than liquid wax. you could wax the tooth faces although I do not find it necessary as the faces are rolling contacts, not sliding ones.
I was wondering if you used any kind of finish on the gears and parts of the mechanism. i'm building a complex mechanism myself, but i'm afraid the parts will get stuck if i put some oil or lacquer on it. response is appreciated
Here's a link to the completed mechanism video that I found: th-cam.com/video/EktPlfj_Jwc/w-d-xo.html Is there any reason to not include this in the video description?
How'd you get the mouths and tongue to move when the heads are turning. Solid rods going into the head while the head is turning? Did you go to something flexible like string in the head?
Hey Mark, the eyes move through a rod that goes right up the centre of the dowel that holds the head. The tongue and jaw are also actuated by a rod that goes up through two crescent shaped slots that allow motion even as the head turns. If you go to my website at conquergoodcreative.com and send me a message through Contact Me I will send you a could of photos.
+Frau Sellerie I use Cad to layout the mechanism and develop templates for pieces. The characters are hand sketched. You can see a CAD sketch on the "Fishing" page of my website conquergoodcreative.com
+Fredbear´s Family Dinner I don't think I can help too much here. I prefer to stick with the traditional concepts of automata, however there are many pieces of info on the net about this. I know that many automatists use Ardino as a simple programming device to animate their work.
Your video of the mechanism was just great! Having built mechanisms myself I can see how much time and effort went into this one, especially how clean all the cuts and finish work is. Bravo!!
Thanks for your kind words Micheal
A really nicely finished piece. Complex mechanism too!
Thanks Ken.
Fantastic! I remember, years ago, loving Tim Hunkin's automata in London. Now I live in Brittany, France, and up the road there's a guy called "le poete ferrailleur" (the poet blacksmith) who makes wondrous, imaginitive machines from metal scrap. Keep up the good work!
+Ray Kent Thanks Ray. Strangely enough while at a show displaying some of my work I met a couple who while vacationing in France went to visit his place. Small world!
Wow! Looks like you had a lot of fun making that. Lots of fine work there.
Thanks Bob, Yes it was a lot of fun!
Brilliantly done!
Wonderful automata and great demonstration and explanation- Thank You!
Thanks
wow...lots of thinking went into that...well done
Where would we be without Baltic or Russian plywood? Great workmanship demonstrated by obvious magnificent brain. Keep-up the great works!
Beautiful craftsmanship
Thanks William
great work. Bravo
I wish there was more footage of the device in action, maybe with close ups of each effect. That way I would understand what it's doing before seeing the inside. I had to replay the beginning over and over to see the bits move.
Paul Ryan Paul I hope you found the "Urban Terrorists" which showed some close ups of the character movements!
I usually do not put any finish on the gears, although I have put one coat of water based urethane on the teeth a few times. Urethane dries to a pretty hard finish. I have urethaned the face of gears often when I stain them for effect. When is want to lubricate a shaft I rub paraffin wax on the parts rather than liquid wax. you could wax the tooth faces although I do not find it necessary as the faces are rolling contacts, not sliding ones.
I was wondering if you used any kind of finish on the gears and parts of the mechanism. i'm building a complex mechanism myself, but i'm afraid the parts will get stuck if i put some oil or lacquer on it. response is appreciated
On advice I added a link to the finished piece. It's in the video description.
Where are the electronics? Touch screen?
johnstarr2001 I guess I'm just old fashioned!
Here's a link to the completed mechanism video that I found: th-cam.com/video/EktPlfj_Jwc/w-d-xo.html
Is there any reason to not include this in the video description?
How'd you get the mouths and tongue to move when the heads are turning. Solid rods going into the head while the head is turning? Did you go to something flexible like string in the head?
Hey Mark, the eyes move through a rod that goes right up the centre of the dowel that holds the head. The tongue and jaw are also actuated by a rod that goes up through two crescent shaped slots that allow motion even as the head turns. If you go to my website at conquergoodcreative.com and send me a message through Contact Me I will send you a could of photos.
Great work!!! May I ask: In which way do you plan your automata? CAD? Paper Pencil? A paper or card-board model as a test? Thanks in advance
+Frau Sellerie I use Cad to layout the mechanism and develop templates for pieces. The characters are hand sketched. You can see a CAD sketch on the "Fishing" page of my website conquergoodcreative.com
How do i make an animatronic automata?, i wanna have one in lego technic. Building a santa claus.
Where do i find it?
+Fredbear´s Family Dinner I don't think I can help too much here. I prefer to stick with the traditional concepts of automata, however there are many pieces of info on the net about this. I know that many automatists use Ardino as a simple programming device to animate their work.
Do you have a plan for some of this?
Sorry I do not have plans for this particular piece.
That Automata name does not look like that on the video. It's more like hangover!
I soooo want a plan
Hmmm
очень игтересное и увлекательно много нового узнаёшь то что никогда бы не увидел на самом дела жалко только что перевода на русский язык нет спасибо
Нет проблем. Благодарим вас за перевод Google. Рад, что вы нашли мою работу интересной.
Приветствия, Al
BIEN
Merci beaucoup!
fan-tas-tic -!
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