After what seemed to be way to frustrating for it's level of complexity the "Call before You Dig" automata is completed. The finishing touch was installing some stainless cable and miniature crimps from the beading world to make Fred the Fainter resurrect himself after his shock. I have discovered my fingers are way to fat to ever be a beader!
I am currently building the website pages and video for the piece and will be posting soon.
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Well what a difference a day makes! After finishing my compound pulley block highlighted in the previous post. I began finalizing the fit and action prior to the glue up. I wasn't happy with the action of the excavator bucket. Lots of head scratching and trial fitting lead be to a more elegant design which rendered the pulley block obsolete! Oh well, I'll save it in the spare parts drawer. It will get used someday!
So here's a view with some paint on. I am hoping for completion over the next week. I've spent a few days on the CAD system working components for two automata pieces so it's time to get back to the shop. I also had a bout of food poisoning - always fun! - but I seem to be alive now. It seems everyone has the flu around here this winter. Knock on wood, I think my flu shot worked for me.
Anyway I'm setting out to build my first set of pulleys and cables into a piece. I intend to build all the pulleys and mounts from wood so it should be interesting. I'll post a photo when finished of a little component with three pulleys that moves a counter weight out of the way of some moving parts of a piece. A fellow automata maker has recently published a new piece I love that can be seen at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CubZS1duV8Y. Her work is artistic and the video piece is well produced! Great work Karen!
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