How to make a dancing bird automaton
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- čas přidán 20. 08. 2024
- I came up with this little dancing bird automaton as an inexpensive introduction to automata that I can sell in my on-line store and make available as a do it yourself project. It doesn't have a ton of parts and while I use a lot of expensive machinery in this video because I am making 30 of them at a time, one can be made with pretty common hand tools in about an hour.
I know that a lot of people are hard up for cash right now, so I thought I would share the plans and my method for making these little bird automata. Feel free to make one for yourself or for a friend as a gift (or go ahead and make them to sell) I give you permission. Everyone loves them.
The downloadable plans are on this post on my website spetzlerdesign...
I have been promising to do a "how to" for some time. It's honestly a bit intimidating for me. This is my first attempt at this and I know it's a bit rough, but I had to learn everything about video editing with a voiceover. It was really difficult and took 10+ hours to get here. It's not exactly what I had envisioned, but I made the mistake of running a big job on my CNC the day I was filming, so I ended up having to voice over the entire thing because the original audio was drowned out by the CNC for most of the time. I will not be making that mistake again ;)
If you have any constructive feedback on how I can do this better in the future, let me know in the comments. I am going to try to do more of these as I come up with new designs and I really don't know what is helpful and what isn't, so i am just kind of hoping that I hit all of the important parts.
Have fun!
-Gary
P.S. If you are interested in supporting my work so I can continue to do these kinds of videos (or just want one of these little birds without having to do the work), I have them up for sale in my Etsy shop:
spetzlerdesign...
Fantastic video!! Thank you!
Awesome project, very nice!!
I love your work, Thank you for sharing
Thanks for watching!
Very nice! Thanks for breaking it down into such easily digestible bits!
Thank you for telling me. I was worried it was too much.
Looks good! Thanks
Awesome video Gary! I just got my bird in the mail yesterday and it’s so cute. Thank you for sharing the creation process ❤️
You are so welcome!
Great process video, and a cute design! I admire its simplicity too
Thank you! 😊
Thank you, well done.
Love this. Wings are optional as well. This would also make a great addition to a windmill or whirligig.
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.
These are simply amazing 👏
Thank you!
Thanks for a great video, I'm going to make one! I might use the lathe to make a penguin to live in the nest. :)
Fantastic! Please share the results. I'd love to see it.
Excellent video, thank you for sharing
Thank you
Thank you. I’ve subscribed and I’ll be making one for my niece
Fantastic! If you are willing, share it with me when you're done. I'd love to see it.
Love this stuff! Very creative Gary! Thanks in advance from my Grandkids :) Any chance you might share plans for some of your other creations?
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!