Convolution

This is fascinating. On the one hand, this shows what you can make out of just wood, without nails, glue, wire, or anything else. On the other hand, it features such a great collection of mechanisms all powered from a single crank. It’s amazing the amount of movement you can get from a single rotational movement.

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  1. Terry Hart
    Posted November 20, 2009 at 2:31 pm | Permalink

    Here comes old Ken with that convoluted machine of his again! This is really cool. I especially like his introduction. “I built a wood-working project.”

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