Making things move : DIY mechanisms for inventors, hobbyists, and artists / Dustyn Roberts.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Roberts, Dustyn, author.

Series:

McGraw-Hill's AccessEngineering

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Robotics--Popular works.

Robotics.

Physical Description:

xviii, 350 p. : ill.

Edition:

1st edition

Place of Publication:

New York : McGraw-Hill, [2011]

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Get Your Move On! In Making Things Move: DIY Mechanisms for Inventors, Hobbyists, and Artists , you'll learn how to successfully build moving mechanisms through non-technical explanations, examples, and do-it-yourself projects--from kinetic art installations to creative toys to energy-harvesting devices. Photographs, illustrations, screen shots, and images of 3D models are included for each project. This unique resource emphasizes using off-the-shelf components, readily available materials, and accessible fabrication techniques. Simple projects give you hands-on practice applying the skills covered in each chapter, and more complex projects at the end of the book incorporate topics from multiple chapters. Turn your imaginative ideas into reality with help from this practical, inventive guide. Discover how to: Find and select materials Fasten and join parts Measure force, friction, and torque Understand mechanical and electrical power, work, and energy Create and control motion Work with bearings, couplers, gears, screws, and springs Combine simple machines for work and fun Projects include: Rube Goldberg breakfast machine Mousetrap powered car DIY motor with magnet wire Motor direction and speed control Designing and fabricating spur gears Animated creations in paper An interactive rotating platform Small vertical axis wind turbine SADbot: the seasonally affected drawing robot Make Great Stuff! TAB, an imprint of McGraw-Hill Professional, is a leading publisher of DIY technology books for makers, hackers, and electronics hobbyists.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1 Introduction to Mechanisms and Machines

2 Materials and Where to Find Them

3 Screwed or Glued? On Fastening and Joining Parts

4 Forces, Friction and Torque (Oh My)

5 Mechanical and Electrical Power, Work, and Energy

6 Eeny, Meeny, Miny, Motor? - Creating and Controlling Motion

7 The Guts: Bearings, Bushings, Couplers, and Gears

8 Combining Simple Machines for Fun and Work

9 Making Things and Getting Them Made

10 Projects

Appendix.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Includes index.

ISBN:

1-282-94102-X

9786612941023

0-07-174168-2

OCLC:

692772051