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Kinetic Sculpture Resources

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DBXwA0gcBm4external link

Reference Artists Richard Wilson “Turning the Place Over” Liverpool, UK

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hUy3U75eu4Qexternal link

Allan Wexler - Mattress Factory Kinetic Project Bed

Running water banister at the Mattress Factory

https://www.good.is/articles/marble-machine-makes-funky-dance-musicexternal link

Kinetic Project Mechanism Link http://507movements.com/external link

https://www.robives.com/mechsexternal link

Anthony Howe about face spinung copper Cradle Escapement https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=48tADuQFGoYexternal link

Chico MacMurtrie - GuggenHeim Fellow http://amorphicrobotworks.org/external link

John Douglas Powers

Sean Derry

—— Animated Gif of a wooden cam with a hand crank. Could easily be modified to move something other than sail boats. ——

Neat marble run that goes around a room. Pay attention to the simple levers that need additional marble weight to pivot and then use a marble to return them to the same place. Also attached is an Instructables.com post about the project. http://www.instructables.com/id/Kinetic-Marble-Track-Around-The-Top-Of-A-Room/external link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RTxmTTisThYexternal link ——

—— Video about making wooden gears. It is from the creator of the online gear maker. You can ignore the information about tilting the band saw table because unless you are making 90 degree perpendicular gears. http://woodgears.ca/gear_cutting/template.htmlexternal link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oNuhr3htNWsexternal link ——

—— Videos of marble machines. Some are quite complex but many have parts such as tilting gates, collection boxes, and cam shafts that you can include in your projects without motors. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQ8Hpok1b7sexternal link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQCrlLGEQUcexternal link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4C-1FM3gCqMexternal link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GcDshWmhF4Aexternal link ——

—— Video of simple clock “escapement” kinetic sculptures made from straws and paperclips. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-cJT686hRwexternal link ——

—— Flying Pendulum Video. This also could be made with wood, wire, string weights, and cardboard in a shop. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1w7fEqtlAMcexternal link ——

—— Double Pendulum Video. This could be made with wood and bolts in a woodshop. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U39RMUzCjiUexternal link ——

—— Purdue Rube Goldberg Machine World Record https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xdPDn1KUz_Aexternal link ——