tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29231016.post5609012651538601152..comments2008-05-27T21:32:35.989-04:00Comments on The Automata / Automaton Blog: Reader Contribution: Wacking Jimmy the Rat!Dug Northhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03342612963981710373noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29231016.post-30748238881655648072008-05-27T12:10:00.000-04:002008-05-27T12:10:00.000-04:00I've been doing mechanism experiments with the ide...I've been doing mechanism experiments with the idea of building a whole workshop full of automata powered woodworking figures, kind of like what Wanda Sowry has done. <BR/><BR/>First experiment was helped along by the folduscandidate figures<BR/><BR/>http://www.youtube.com/folduscandidate<BR/><BR/>second one is more specific to the woodworker shop plan, a saw using a bell crank, snail cam for a hammer and the fast return lever will power a hand plane<BR/><BR/>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fu__8bNmuxM<BR/><BR/>your book suggestions have been a huge help, especially the work of Rodney Peppe and Rodney Frost<BR/><BR/>Thank you, <BR/><BR/>MichaelMichaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00000056801650896259noreply@blogger.com