Hi Barry, That is a big project ! Must have taken some planning. Unfortunately, there doesn't seem to be a video of it, unless I missed something. Regards, Gus

Thank you Veeracer, appreciate your comment, Cheers Gus

Thanks very much for the comment Mike !

Hi Jim, Thanks very much for your comments ! The other videos will be only showing the mechanisms of the movements I described above, not an addition to the video already posted, will probably be name

Hi Jim, The video can be seen here, “https://player.vimeo.com/video/364660062, has sound at one point only. This photo is the assembled character. The hollowed out torso will contain the mechanisms wh

Hi Jim, The attached photo is a short story about ageing and what can accompany it. I haven't made a video of it, at least not one which is watchable, but having decided that videos are a must, I will

Hi Jim, Thanks for your input. Parts of say an arm will enter other parts to make a joint, a blade for example, so not good for this method to include them. My figures are manipulated from the inside

Thanks Mike, I have not carved the figure to a finished state, more to see what advantages this method might have. The figure shown was mostly sanded, a surprisingly fast way to bring out some feature

One of the most time consuming parts of my automata work is the carving of characters. In a project taking maybe two months, a third is creating these, without which the "story" has no realism, nothin

Square dowels are unheard of in Australia. Are they sold in long lengths ? What do you use square dowels for in automata ?

Hi Jim, Thanks for that detailed explanation. It looks like the input pulley behind the cam, is that right ? If it is fixed to the camshaft using the same method as the cam, could it, and the cam, be

Hi Jim, Please report on how it went, maybe a photo of the outcome ? I would especially like to know if the descriptions were in any way difficult to decipher. Regards, Gus

Hi All, I was interested to read the explanations by Marc in the magazine for his method of markings cams. My method differs in that I use a direct means of marking, directly to the cam. ( I often sus

Hi Barry, Looking at the paddle, there seems to be a section, visible joint lines, which suggests that it rotates towards/away from the baker when fully pushed home. The other side would have the “coo