Hello All, I have coated .30 picture wire I would like to secure permanently to an eye hook with some sort of clamp. There will be about 5# of pull on the connection. What would you suggest I use? The

Greetings... I'm working on two projects at the moment: 1) a new automaton that has a working title of "1.6 Earths". More about that another day. And 2) an Arduino proximity sensor that will be used t

A mostly completed Valentine's Day hack of a Timber kits caterpillar gift I received for a birthday. What is not shown is it crashing to the floor about 30 seconds later 😱 Fortunately most of the pain

I might be searching for all the wrong terms as no matter what I try I come up short. I see lots of information about cams, levers, belts etc. In other words the mechanics but very little information

I have made it a goal to learn about Arduino this year (2021). I had originally thought that random servo or stepper motor motion would be a good starting point, and then I realized that I have an imm

I've been experimenting with EL wire to add light to my automata and have been frustrated as they are only one color and would be complicated to control with Arduino electronics. I recently came acros

I began creating this automaton (Auger Lift #1) at the end of October...and today it's finished (except the carrying case...I still need to build the carrying case). I'm very pleased with the way that

Hello Petrik The internet is great for studying the work of other automata creators. I have built up a large library of images over the years which is useful for techniques and as a source of inspirat

Others are probably on the Cabaret mailing list, but thought I'd share for those who aren't. Six 2-hour session workshops, January 2021 is sold out. Rather than Arduino, they are using micro:bit. Not

Greetings Auger Lift #1 was run for 43 hours and then completely disassembled so that it could be painted. I sand, usually to 180-220 grit, then usually prime with grey automotive spray paint, then pa

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Moderators, I have some marionette information from vintage magazines. Not a lot of detail, but useful. All of the pages are .jpg files. Should these go in the photos folder, or have you any thoughts

This code was originally written to detect motion then do "xyz." I would like the code to do the opposite, detect when there has been no motion in the preceding 8 minutes. For me "xyz" is to activate

2 (more or less) projects. Put together a Bliss Kolb paper crow. Interesting kit, I have two others to assemble plus a laser cut out kit. The most important is the project with the Jim Larson (can't e

Kazuaki Harada Lets make automata part 1 Lets make automata part 2 Thomas Kuntz The Widow's Jar Babylon Vampire Uri Tuchman I make an automata

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I printed my copy of the most recent Automata Magazine a couple of days ago and have been pouring through it. My normal sequence is a) browse, b) browse again, c) deep read articles of interest. The E

The world turns, time flows, and we learn things. I added Marc Horovitz's website to the Wiki last night, and in the process of doing that I read this intro: ~~~~~~ An automaton (plural: automata), as

Good afternoon: For the past week or so I've been tweaking Auger Lift #1, and capturing video clips, and then creating a video of Auger Lift #1. I work with Windows 10 Pro on a dual monitor desktop co

Option 1. Everything done off line between mentors and the person asking for assistance until the code is considered mature enough. The file is posted and a notice is posted as a topic so it can be fo