Sunil Hall

More progress on the ship piece. The waves move now! I need to tone the motion down a bit, but it pretty much there. Ive added a spring which keeps the chain under tension. This seems to work much better then the spring links I had previously been building in to the chain. Ill move on to building the boat next. I think I’m going to build a new ship rather then re-use the old one. My original solders are just too messy.

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The evolution of my Flying Machines.

I first started thinking about a machine which raised and flexed a mechanical set of wings while watching a really great documentary called The Life of Birds.

This first piece Flying Machine No.1 is more of a proof of concept prototype than a finished piece. At the time I was still learning to solder as the sloppy joins show. The piece is made of copper wire and tubing and stands about 6 inched tall. Sorry about the poor quality, my digital camera isn’t the best…

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