My new model involves making pinwheel gears. I used to do this in Illustrator and used the tutorial on the Cabaret Mechanical Theatre website for this. However, I no longer have this software and instead went for the Open Source alternative of Inkscape. I had trouble working out how to make the pinwheels at first but now have a method. I thought I'd create a PDF and provide a download link for those who are interested in it:
http://www.mediafire.com/view/?z0r4prji5oaptz0
One of the nice things about making automata is that the materials do not necessarily have to be expensive. I'd find it hard to justify spending hundreds of pounds on a piece of software to assist with the design process, so I use a free alternative.
Of course, another alternative would be to just use a protractor, ruler and a compass but I always find my accuracy slightly off with this method.
I hope this helps. If you have any queries, please comment/contact me.
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