The "Urban Terrorists" Automata Mechanism

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12 жыл бұрын

This video is a tour of the operating mechanisims involved in the automata piece "Urban Terrorists" featuring two raccoons, Boris and Ursula dining in a local galvanized garbage can. The video of the completed piece can also be found on KZfaq. The mechanism causes each to turn their heads, move their eyes, open their mouths, waggle their tongues and move their arms and wag their tails. a Geneva mechanism drives a mouse hiding in the trash can to pop up occaisionaly. The mechanism is built from poplar, birch, beech and birch plywood. The completed project can be seen on KZfaq at • Automata - "Urban Terr...

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@osks 11 ай бұрын

Brilliantly done!

@sislertx 8 жыл бұрын

wow...lots of thinking went into that...well done

@notoriouskelly 8 жыл бұрын

Wonderful automata and great demonstration and explanation- Thank You!

@1conk 6 жыл бұрын

Thanks

@5michaelrider 7 жыл бұрын

Your video of the mechanism was just great! Having built mechanisms myself I can see how much time and effort went into this one, especially how clean all the cuts and finish work is. Bravo!!

@1conk 6 жыл бұрын

Thanks for your kind words Micheal

@kenef2 10 жыл бұрын

A really nicely finished piece. Complex mechanism too!

@1conk 10 жыл бұрын

Thanks Ken.

@raykent3211 9 жыл бұрын

Fantastic! I remember, years ago, loving Tim Hunkin's automata in London. Now I live in Brittany, France, and up the road there's a guy called "le poete ferrailleur" (the poet blacksmith) who makes wondrous, imaginitive machines from metal scrap. Keep up the good work!

@1conk 8 жыл бұрын

+Ray Kent Thanks Ray. Strangely enough while at a show displaying some of my work I met a couple who while vacationing in France went to visit his place. Small world!

@josefernandorios1466 10 жыл бұрын

Beautiful machine!

@1conk 10 жыл бұрын

Thanks Jose!

@gondolacrescent5 8 жыл бұрын

Where would we be without Baltic or Russian plywood? Great workmanship demonstrated by obvious magnificent brain. Keep-up the great works!

@karakuliodeon 3 жыл бұрын

great work. Bravo

@williamsandell3260 4 жыл бұрын

Beautiful craftsmanship

@1conk 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks William

@bobberk2560 10 жыл бұрын

Wow! Looks like you had a lot of fun making that. Lots of fine work there.

@1conk 10 жыл бұрын

Thanks Bob, Yes it was a lot of fun!

@1conk 11 жыл бұрын

I usually do not put any finish on the gears, although I have put one coat of water based urethane on the teeth a few times. Urethane dries to a pretty hard finish. I have urethaned the face of gears often when I stain them for effect. When is want to lubricate a shaft I rub paraffin wax on the parts rather than liquid wax. you could wax the tooth faces although I do not find it necessary as the faces are rolling contacts, not sliding ones.

@1conk 9 жыл бұрын

On advice I added a link to the finished piece. It's in the video description.

@sitenookery5146 9 жыл бұрын

I wish there was more footage of the device in action, maybe with close ups of each effect. That way I would understand what it's doing before seeing the inside. I had to replay the beginning over and over to see the bits move.

@1conk 9 жыл бұрын

Paul Ryan Paul I hope you found the "Urban Terrorists" which showed some close ups of the character movements!

@MrDouwek 11 жыл бұрын

I was wondering if you used any kind of finish on the gears and parts of the mechanism. i'm building a complex mechanism myself, but i'm afraid the parts will get stuck if i put some oil or lacquer on it. response is appreciated

@frausellerie2364 8 жыл бұрын

Great work!!! May I ask: In which way do you plan your automata? CAD? Paper Pencil? A paper or card-board model as a test? Thanks in advance

@1conk 8 жыл бұрын

+Frau Sellerie I use Cad to layout the mechanism and develop templates for pieces. The characters are hand sketched. You can see a CAD sketch on the "Fishing" page of my website conquergoodcreative.com

@rectorsquid 9 жыл бұрын

Here's a link to the completed mechanism video that I found: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/e9Gkg8-Xz8Wup5c.html Is there any reason to not include this in the video description?

@markdonaldson285 9 жыл бұрын

How'd you get the mouths and tongue to move when the heads are turning. Solid rods going into the head while the head is turning? Did you go to something flexible like string in the head?

@1conk 9 жыл бұрын

Hey Mark, the eyes move through a rod that goes right up the centre of the dowel that holds the head. The tongue and jaw are also actuated by a rod that goes up through two crescent shaped slots that allow motion even as the head turns. If you go to my website at conquergoodcreative.com and send me a message through Contact Me I will send you a could of photos.

@gopherhuang 8 жыл бұрын

Do you have a plan for some of this?

@1conk 8 жыл бұрын

Sorry I do not have plans for this particular piece.

@sodamaster2317 8 жыл бұрын

How do i make an animatronic automata?, i wanna have one in lego technic. Building a santa claus. Where do i find it?

@1conk 8 жыл бұрын

+Fredbear´s Family Dinner I don't think I can help too much here. I prefer to stick with the traditional concepts of automata, however there are many pieces of info on the net about this. I know that many automatists use Ardino as a simple programming device to animate their work.