3D Prints : Smoothing
ABS printed Hands
3D desktop printers for the home consumer have [..more]
3D Print : Discoveries
Acetone cold vapor bath
My predominate art medium has been polymer [..more]
3D Printing
3D Skull model
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3D Modeling
In a ideal world, the recently captured Head model would perfect and not require any finessing or repairs, but this [..more]
3D Capture
There are various methods to capturing an object to create a 3D model but the most common are Laser Scanning [..more]
3D Scanner
We have been interested in 3D printing for years, eager for the day when it was available to consumers for [..more]
Electronic Automata
Servo Programmer
To program our electronic, servo controlled automata we use two software applications: Visual Show Automation (VSA) by [..more]
Hand-crank Automaton : Part III
Monkey Costumes
Designing a costume for an automaton is different from designing for a static figure because the clothing should contribute [..more]
Hand-crank Automaton : Part II
Controlled and Passive Motion
There are two kinds of automata motion: controlled and passive. In our hand-crank monkey automata, cables attached [..more]
Hand-crank Automaton : Part I
How a simple stick figure became a Monkey in Motion
When designing an automaton, [..more]
Miniature Automaton : Part II
Assembled prototype with wind-up controller
The controller prototype crankshaft is attached to a small music box movement with the musical comb [..more]
Miniature Automaton : Part I
The initial experiment was to see how to get the most motion out of the simplest puppet; in reality, automata [..more]