Automata
Build kinetic sculptures that move on cams, gears, and clever linkages.
~$65Cost to start
ModerateDifficulty
1–3 hrTime / session
Is it you?
Nobody has scored this against your answers yet. 1–3 hr at a time, $65 to find out whether it sticks.
MessSome cleanupNoiseSome noise
The path14 quests
ASetting up1 thing to sort, in any order$65
- Build a kit before designing your own
Then the quests
- Get a kit or some basic materials
- Build a simple cam mechanism
- Make a hand-cranked moving figure
Same shape of evening, different thing to hold at the end. Or follow a tag sideways.
Machine miniature working engines and live steam locomotives on a lathe, part by part.
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Build a rocket, light it, and watch it punch into the sky.
Watchmaking$72
Strip, service, and reassemble a mechanical watch movement, a hundred tiny parts under a loupe.
3D Printing$291
Watch a digital design rise into a real object, layer by molten layer.