Make: Machines and Mechanisms
Book
Paperback/Softback
320 pages
978-1-68045-326-3 (ISBN)
Description
If you want a deeper understanding of machines and mechanisms, this is your guide. You'll learn what each part of a machine does and how to build it. Rather than blueprints, this fascinating hands-on book provides full-color illustrations and vivid examples of how to build and integrate various mechanisms. You'll learn how to develop your own "mental toolkit" that lets you envision and then build what you need, without wasting time and materials-and without the frustration. Make: Machines and Mechanisms is perfect for makers, artists, students, CNC hobbyists, robot builders, and non-technical people who love to take things apart, rebuild them, or design something from scratch. Topics include: Levers, axles, and shafts Bearings, wheels, and gears Cranks and rods, pulleys, and inclined planes Drive belts and cams Oscillating links, joints, and hinges Springs, weights, flywheels, and screws Ratchets and latches Rotational links, U-joints, flexible shafts
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Language
English
Place of publication
Sebastopol
United States
Publishing group
O'Reilly Media
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 250 mm
Width: 150 mm
Thickness: 15 mm
Weight
666 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-68045-326-3 (9781680453263)
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Person
Christopher T Palmer was born into a machinist/auto racing/design/engineering family and has been building machines since he was 4 years old. He received his degree in Photography and Visual Communication in 1989, and promptly moved to London where his weekly visits to the Science Museum and Cabaret Mechanical Theatre sealed his fate to become a kinetic sculptor. He led and taught in the Kinetics and Electronics department at The Crucible in Oakland, California for over 10 years, and is a visiting faculty member at San Francisco Art Institute where he teaches physical computing and mechanics. In 2007 Christopher co-founded Applied Kinetic Arts with Nemo Gould as a way to promote machine arts, and he has shown his own works in the US and Europe. He is a member of the arts collectives Five Ton Crane, and The Flux Foundation, both in Oakland, and also assists and acts as an arts engineering consultant to many artists.