A Wooden Cake? Really?In this piece the image of a birthday cake is captured by the appearance of plywood icing around the top and bottom, the piping around the bottom edge, a “Happy Birthday” sign on the top, and the presence of little icing stars.
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The "Happy Birthday Daddy" Mechanism Running Without the Top-WorksI am often asked how everything works as people try to peer into the inner workings of a completed project. I took a minute to make a video of the mechanism elements as they relate to the motion of the characters. I hope that the curious find it helpful to figure things out.
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Specifications:Dimensions: 13" diameter X 16" tall. (33.0 X 40.6 cm)
Weight: 8.5 lb. (3.9 kg.) Number of Pieces: 237 Materials of Construction: Poplar is used for many of the pedestal components. Birch plywood is used for the top, bottom, cams, and wheels because of its strength and warping resistance. Cam followers and dowels are made from maple because of its strength and the piping around the base was made by steaming a piece of whitewood into a circular shape. The crank handle is made from a birch knob on an arm made from Jatoba. Linkages between the moving mechanism and the children are made of brass and stainless wire. |
A CAD Mechanism Drawing
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