Thank you! It took a lot of tries to get just right, but I love the way it turned out.

Thank you!

You're very welcome!

Thank you so much 😀

I'm so glad!

I'm trying something new. Thanks for letting me know it's a good idea. I'm using my Samsung phone (Galaxy A54) and DaVinci Resolve to record and edit. I have other cameras and Adobe Premier Pro, but honestly, my phone and DaVinci are so much simpler and my phone syncs everything to DropBox, so I don't have to manage a bunch of media cards or anything.

You are so welcome!

Be really careful cutting the little round plug in half. I had one take off spinning on me in the band saw and give me quite the wood burn/cut, so use a clamp or something to hold it if you're going to do something similar. Let me know how it goes. I'd love to see what it looks like when you get it done if you're willing to share an image or something.

I think it's called a "fast return actuator". I used an offset pin in a circular cam that goes into a slot in an arm. It's easiest to look up the term and see a drawing or graphic.

I use this application woodgears.ca/gear_cutting/index.html

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Thanks for watching!

Thank you!

Thank you! 😊

I am so glad you found me. You're welcome to swing by the shop any time if you want to see what I'm working on. I'm @spetzlerdesigns on Instagram if you want to message me directly.

Good eye. I do tend to pay attention to the default position of the arms a lot more than I used to. All of the arms are somewhat adjustable (the arms are not glued solid, but jointed with a piece of leather cord that allows me to rotate them), so you can re-position the arms of all of these robots to some degree. They may go back to the default position over time though, so it's still important where they are rotated when I first glue them.

My apologies. I am old enough that I've lost the ability to hear high frequency sounds. I can't hear the sound, so I'm not sure how to know if it's there. I'll try turning off all the equipment in the shop. Hopefully it's not my desk light.

I'm struggling to finish the last 4, but I am determined to do so. I've been wanting to try making whirligigs, and I purchased the supplies to do a musical door chime. Honestly, there's so much that excites me that I'm having trouble deciding what I want to do next.

Yes. That was my first thought too. The two companies I contacted to make one for me told me that the size is too small and detailed for them to turn into a brand. I haven't tried any others recently. That would be ideal though.

Thank you very much!

Definitely! I actually bought a book on whirligigs and have been wanting to try something different. Maybe this would be a good project. Good idea.

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I'm planning on doing a lot more of these. It just takes me a really long time to make & edit them for some reason, so I have to save up the energy to do it. I still have 4 more in the robot series to finish and then we'll see how motivated I am. Thanks for the nice comment!

Yes, it was my second automata I ever made. I need to try that again.

I used my bandsaw to get a rough shape and then carved the rest with a rotary tool. I made a lot of mistakes to get to that one.

@@spetzlerdesignsyou should be proud of it. I do some wood carving and it looks top notch. Great work.

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It might be a while. I have a long list of things I've been wanting to make, but I'll likely make something with that same mechanism again.

I don't think I can explain it in words because I don't know what the components are named. It's basically an offset cam shaft with a slotted wire loop so that the wire goes side to side, but not up and down.

I've been thinking about doing more of them. They're so fast to make that it would make a good tutorial.

Fantastic! If you are willing, share it with me when you're done. I'd love to see it.

Fantastic! Please share the results. I'd love to see it.

Thank you

You are so welcome!