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Making Simple Automata by Robert Race is a collectibles available to read on EtoBox.
What is Making Simple Automata about?
Designing and making successful automata involves combining materials, mechanisms and magic. Making Simple Automata explains how to design and construct small scale, simple mechanical devices made for fun. Materials such as paper and card, wood, wire, tinplate and plastics are covered along with mechanisms - levers and linkages, cranks and cams, wheels, gears, pulleys, springs, ratchets and pawls. This wonderful book is illustrated with examples throughout and explains the six golden rules for making automata alongside detailed step-by-step projects. Magic - an unanalyzable charm, a strong fascination so that the whole is more than the sum of its parts. Superbly illustrated with 110 colour photographs with examples and detailed step-by-step projects.
Who reads Making Simple Automata?
It is typically read by collectors seeking rare, out-of-print or specialist editions.
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- Author
- Robert Race
- Publisher
- The Crowood Press Ltd
- Published
- 2014
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781847977458
- Category
- collectibles
- Subjects
- Crafts & Hobbies, Engineering, Lifestyle
- Rating
- 4.3 / 5 (293 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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