Make Your Own Amazing Mechanical Toys

200 Pages·2018·23.17 MB·English

by  Michael Screen

Michael Screen
THE CROWOOD PRESS
First published in 2018 by
The Crowood Press Ltd
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Acknowledgements
I would like to give my sincerest thanks to my partner Isabelle for her
invaluable help and encouragement in editing and preparing the text for
submission. I would also like to thank her father Paul for his photography
and exceptional Photoshop skills. Finally, I would like to thank the
countless students, both young and old, who have unwittingly served as
my toy-making guinea pigs over the years.
CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
1 TIMBERS AND MANUFACTURED BOARDS
2 TOOLS AND MACHINES
3 BASIC MOTION AND MECHANISMS