To make Bluesky feel a bit more like “home”, I’ll slowly repost some of my favorite past projects. This crank automata moves, lights up, and plays some music. I was tricky to design the gears right for all of it to work. I learned lots of things on this project, so I’m very fond of it.

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Hug your loved ones tightly these holidays, and keep those physically away close to your heart. I hacked this bear head I bought from Target a while back. I opened the mouth and added electronics to make him lip sync. Endless hours for silliness have followed.

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In honor of the Year of the Snake, here’s a project I made a while back that people either love or hate depending on how they feel about snakes. The rattle always catches them by surprise. The start of the calendar year was horrible for me, so here’s hoping the lunar year starts better!

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My newest Instructable is up. It shows you how to make this little guy who cheers you on AND helps keep track of the tasks you complete. Efficient? Barely. Cute? Overload! www.instructables.com/Cheerleading...

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These are some of the projects my students worked on at my Building Automata class taught at Bainbridge BARN. Students ranged from 9-14 years old. We used kits I’ve designed based on the amazing work of automata makers and the Automata Tinkering Kit from Cabaret Mechanical.

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