Greetings... Nice email from Marc this morning...Automata Magazine lives on! Thanks to those that stepped up to assist. Personally, I'm glad. The magazine enriches my life. Cheers -Jim Coffee-

Hey Jim! I've been thinking about this for a while. I grew up using metric (in South America) but I moved to the U.S almost 20 years ago and here I've worked a lot in construction and fabrication

I'm 75. When in 3rd grade they told us that they were going to teach us metric because the country was converting to metric. They never did. It never did. So I slipped through life using

Good morning Gus... Your timing is good. I just uploaded the videos. Regarding the ratchets specifically...you can see them in this video beginning at about 3:00 minutes. If you watch long enough

Greetings from San Diego... Well, I've created three new videos. A brief introduction to 3 product spinning automata. Stair Stepping Bottle Spinner, a product spinning automata. Peddler #1, a product

Hi Jim, Hard to imagine how it works, the bottle spins, what purpose do the ratchets serve ? The video will clarify, I'm sure Good luck with the marketing. hopefully leading to

Hi Jurgen, Thanks very much for your supportive note and kind sentiments. I sincerely appreciate you writing. I have hopes of someone coming forward to take up the reins, so stay tuned. We’ll see

Hello Marc, Many thanks for all the time and effort you spend on making the automata magazine. For me, a newbie on building automata, it was a great source on the techniques Of making an automata. I

Hi Bill, Thanks very much for your supportive note and kind sentiments. I sincerely appreciate you writing. I have hopes of someone coming forward to take up the reins, so stay tuned. We’ll see what

Still kicking here, but life is far from normal right now. Surprisingly covid is the least of the problems. BillB

I would also like to jump in and say what an asset this magazine has been to me and do hope it will somehow carry on, but taking care of yourself is job number one and I am wishing you the best for a

Hi Ron. Many thanks for your kind words — much appreciated. Best wishes, Marc

These past couple of weeks has gone by quickly. Painting takes focus, and then there is the drying time, which is both important and frustrating. After I reassembled, the drive mechanism proved

Hard to write with out simply repeating what others have said. But I do wish you a very speedy recovery. A public thanks for tracking down my misplaced Tinplate Girl purchase. Just another example of

Hi Federico, Thank you for your words of support. It was great working with you and I’m glad we were able to feature your little automata. I’m hoping someone will take on the magazine. Stay tuned.

I throughly enjoyed the magazine and all the correspondence while writing the one article I did. Really Marc, thank you so much for your patience and for putting it together. 2020 has been tough for

Thank you Jim and everyone for your supportive note and kind sentiments. I have hopes of someone coming forward to take up the reins, so stay tuned. We’ll see what happens. And I want to thank Jim

Wild fires, hurricanes, global warming and now this : >(. Marc, I will miss your beautiful labor of love and wish you all the best in healing and other projects. You drew newbies like me as well as

Couldn't agree more! Although I'm new to automata, the magazine was wonderful. I delighted in each issue. Thanks, Marc, and hope you have a speedy and complete recovery.

I would like to publicly thank Marc for the 12 (and soon to be 13) issues of Automata Magazine. I have benefitted greatly from many of the articles. I'm a better person and automatist because of the