{"id":2894,"date":"2022-03-23T20:13:09","date_gmt":"2022-03-24T04:13:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/oneinchworld.com\/blog\/?p=2894"},"modified":"2022-03-23T20:30:01","modified_gmt":"2022-03-24T04:30:01","slug":"graveyard-automata","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/oneinchworld.com\/blog\/index.php\/2022\/03\/graveyard-automata\/","title":{"rendered":"Graveyard Automata"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"901\" height=\"1500\" src=\"http:\/\/oneinchworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/img_3887.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2893\" srcset=\"http:\/\/oneinchworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/img_3887.jpg 901w, http:\/\/oneinchworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/img_3887-240x400.jpg 240w, http:\/\/oneinchworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/img_3887-615x1024.jpg 615w, http:\/\/oneinchworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/img_3887-768x1279.jpg 768w, http:\/\/oneinchworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/img_3887-400x666.jpg 400w, http:\/\/oneinchworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/img_3887-800x1332.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 901px) 100vw, 901px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Once upon a time, just before the world shut down, I was going to teach a week long class on building automata at my kid\u2019s middle school.  That never happened.  Eventually I got tired of staring at the quick sample\/prototype I\u2019d built for the class, and decided to build it out into something that could live on my bookshelf. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1124\" src=\"http:\/\/oneinchworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/img_3888.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2888\" srcset=\"http:\/\/oneinchworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/img_3888.jpg 1500w, http:\/\/oneinchworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/img_3888-400x300.jpg 400w, http:\/\/oneinchworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/img_3888-1024x767.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/oneinchworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/img_3888-768x575.jpg 768w, http:\/\/oneinchworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/img_3888-800x599.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Which mean, building a case for it, so that I didn\u2019t have to dust it, and so that it didn\u2019t get crushed.  Along the way things got a little out of hand, and lights got added in, and I learned some hard lessons about how much UV resin shrinks when it cures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1124\" src=\"http:\/\/oneinchworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/img_3891.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2889\" srcset=\"http:\/\/oneinchworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/img_3891.jpg 1500w, http:\/\/oneinchworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/img_3891-400x300.jpg 400w, http:\/\/oneinchworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/img_3891-1024x767.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/oneinchworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/img_3891-768x575.jpg 768w, http:\/\/oneinchworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/img_3891-800x599.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The cams and followers that make the whole thing go.  The ghost is driven by two opposing cams that make it go up and down and spin back and forth, while the pumpkin is driven by one snail cam.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1372\" src=\"http:\/\/oneinchworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/img_3890.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2891\" srcset=\"http:\/\/oneinchworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/img_3890.jpg 1500w, http:\/\/oneinchworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/img_3890-400x366.jpg 400w, http:\/\/oneinchworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/img_3890-1024x937.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/oneinchworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/img_3890-768x702.jpg 768w, http:\/\/oneinchworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/img_3890-800x732.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I laser cut all the side and top panels with tree silhouettes that I designed, and then I tried to fill them in with UV resin.  It \u2018worked\u2019, but in some places where the UV resin shrank it pulled away from the edges, and in other places where it stuck it actually warped the frame.  Next time I\u2019ll try an epoxy resin and see if that works better.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1306\" height=\"1500\" src=\"http:\/\/oneinchworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/img_3894.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2890\" srcset=\"http:\/\/oneinchworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/img_3894.jpg 1306w, http:\/\/oneinchworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/img_3894-348x400.jpg 348w, http:\/\/oneinchworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/img_3894-892x1024.jpg 892w, http:\/\/oneinchworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/img_3894-768x882.jpg 768w, http:\/\/oneinchworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/img_3894-400x459.jpg 400w, http:\/\/oneinchworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/img_3894-800x919.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1306px) 100vw, 1306px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This is the leaf switch that turns the lights on and off, triggered by a lumpy cam.  It didn\u2019t work quite like I\u2019d hoped, and it makes a rather loud twanging sound when it activates, but it does work and it was cheap.  It would be nicer to use a microcontroller that faded the lights on and off, but I was trying to keep this simple.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1370\" src=\"http:\/\/oneinchworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/img_3895.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2892\" srcset=\"http:\/\/oneinchworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/img_3895.jpg 1500w, http:\/\/oneinchworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/img_3895-400x365.jpg 400w, http:\/\/oneinchworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/img_3895-1024x935.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/oneinchworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/img_3895-768x701.jpg 768w, http:\/\/oneinchworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/img_3895-800x731.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Graveyard Automata\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/WTshOZRhsL4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Once upon a time, just before the world shut down, I was going to teach a week long class on building automata at my kid\u2019s middle school. 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