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Making Things Move

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Get Your Move On!rnrnIn 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.rnrnThis 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.rnrnDiscover how to:rnrnFind and select materialsrnFasten and join partsrnMeasure force, friction, and torquernUnderstand mechanical and electrical power, work, and energyrnCreate and control motionrnWork with bearings, couplers, gears, screws, and springsrnCombine simple machines for work and funrnProjects include:rnrnRube Goldberg breakfast machinernMousetrap powered carrnDIY motor with magnet wirernMotor direction and speed controlrnDesigning and fabricating spur gearsrnAnimated creations in paperrnAn interactive rotating platformrnSmall vertical axis wind turbinernSADbot: the seasonally affected drawing robotrnMake Great Stuff!rnTAB, an imprint of McGraw-Hill Professional, is a leading publisher of DIY technology books for makers, hackers, and electronics hobbyists.

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621.8 ROB m

Publisher

United States of America : McGraw-Hill Companies., 2011

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350 p.; 23,1 cm.

Language

English

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9780071741675

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621.8

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