Flex-trunk Elephant to download and make! www.robives.com/project/flex... Crank the handle and watch as she lifts her flexible trunk in delight! #maker #automata #elephant
✄---Rob--Ives---
@robives.bsky.social
Paper models, #STEAMjunk and crafty projects to download and make. Writer & Maker of paper automata and animated projects. Useful links... linktr.ee/robives Website... www.robives.com
My latest project on the @brotheruklifestyle Creative Center. Make your own flapping paper butterflies, free for everyone to download! www.robives.com/project/push...
Thanks to everyone who came to my Making #ClothesPegAutomata session at #EMFcamp. Really good to meet you all 😀❤️
Make your own Count Binface clothes peg automata! #countbinface #binface #maker #clothespeg #clothespegautomata www.robives.com/project/coun...
Today only - don't miss out! My e-book (Up - A Scientist's Guide to the Magic Above Us) is available for 99p from Amazon. Aimed at Radio 4 listeners - adult readers with an interest in the world around us but not necessarily with any science background. Tell your parents! amzn.eu/d/053vIKR9
An intruiging corrugated card mechanism to download and make. Link in bio. ht @cartyski #gears #mechanism #maker #STEAMjunk www.robives.com/project/step...
A poseable paper person to cut out and assemble. Visit the site at www.robives.com/project/pose... or sign up for the premium newsletter here workshopnotes.robives.com and download the pdf to make your own! #paperengineering #poseable #maker
I’m enjoying experimenting with these 2.5D projects! This Narwhal uses a rack and pinion to rotate into view. Next step, add some colour and make it into a downloadable project. I hope you enjoy the sketchbook page. Which project should I try next? #narwhal #automata #maker #prototype
Definitely not 2D but not quite 3D This 2.5D model uses cardboard gears to come to life. Tweak the tail on this 2.5D Dog to make her dance! Visit www.robives.com/project/ddog to download the pdf and make your own. #automata #maker #dogcraft
Dancing Dog prototype 2.5d mechanism #automata #dog #mechanism #gears
Make your own dipping theropod dinosaur! Corrugated card, split pins and four bar linkages bring this charming creature to life. Find out more at www.robives.com/project/sixp... #dinosaur #automata #linkage #maker
Experiments with 2d automata. Downloadable project coming soon! #coolcat #automata #STEAMjunk #maker
I’m thinking about making a zine or two based around the stuff that I do. This page is a little proof-of-concept to see if I can make something suitable
#STEAMjunk Goose made from bits and pieces found in our holiday flat. #goose #automata #mechanism
More experimenting with a 4 bar linkage 😀 #maker #mechanism #linkage
Why is the sky blue, and how do things stay aloft? ☁️ Join engineer Lucy Rogers to discover the forces shaping everything overhead through hands-on demonstrations and stories. www.rigb.org/whats-on/liv...
The living lab above: Science of the sky
Join engineer and inventor Lucy Rogers for a vivid, curiosity-fuelled journey through the sky as a dynamic living laboratory.
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Not out for another month but squeeee - it's real!! (You can pre order from most good bookshops - and @biggreenbooks.bsky.social will have signed copies) Cover art by @rachelhillustrates.bsky.social and illustrations by @robives.bsky.social
Lovely @robives.bsky.social dragon linkage mechanism. Next step: recreate with my acrylic linkage kit and add servo control. 😀🏴 www.robives.com/project/drag...
Experiments with dragon linkages #dragon #maker #linkage #mechanism #automata
Sled on a Scarf [Banjo-Kazooie] figure made from paper (bristol paper, cardstock, & sketchbook paper) joints pinned with brass tube and rod automata mechanism and base made from brass rod & 3mm plywood
More experiments with goat linkages #LogicGoat #linkage #mechanism #automata
Double Geneva Mechanism. A paper project for you to download and make. For each turn of the crank the index wheel advances quarter of a turn twice with a short pause, or dwell, between each movement. #automata #paperengineering #EssentialMechanism www.robives.com/project/doub...