Making Moving Toys and Automata by Robert Race

Author:Robert Race
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781785004926
Publisher: Crowood

Making Cat and Spider

Cat and Spider: a trial assembly before painting.

Materials

Two pieces of wood about 200 × 75 × 15mm (8 × 3 × 5⁄8in) for the top and bottom of the base; thick dowel, 18–20mm (¾in) diameter, for the uprights; dowel about 8mm (5⁄16in) diameter for the driveshaft and the handle; wooden discs, or slices of a branch, about 40mm (1½in) diameter and 10mm (3⁄8in) thick for the cranks; 2 or 3mm (3⁄32in) diameter dowel for the cam; bamboo tube or metal washers for spacers on the shaft; strips of wood about 6mm (¼in) thick to make up the body sides and head of the cat; a piece of wood about 30 × 25 × 8mm (1¼ × 1 × 5⁄16in) for the middle of the cat; willow twigs, or dowel, for the cat’s legs; a twig, about 6mm (¼in) diameter for the tail; a branching twig for the tree; beads, copper wire and a cocktail stick for the spider; thin wire for the joints; thread; a wooden block, bead or stone for the weight; small screw eyes; glue and paint.

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