Geared Button Wall
For the past few years we’ve been dealing with buttons. Moving, storing, sorting, picking through, and generally managing a large collection of castaway buttons from a previous company. Some were usable, but many lacked the micro-switch that gives the button any functionality at all. Why do I mention this? Because having these buttons made us [...]
Quick Update about Bob Potts
It seems that my blog has been linked to by one of my favorite sites on the internet: ThisIsColossal.com. I’m just tickled pink. When I first emailed Bob I was just selfishly looking for some inspiration and tips. Since then we’ve been emailing back and forth every few months. I’ve even helped connect him with [...]
Playing around with a Jacob’s Ladder
I pulled out an old transformer that I had been saving for probably 10 years. I don’t even remember where I got it from. According to the tag on it, it has a 110V input but the output is 6200V rated at 82mA. I ran the input through a contactor (basically a beefy relay) so [...]
A Flaming Chandelier
I realize that I never discussed an amazing aspect of A Moveable Feast: the flaming chandelier.
A Moveable Thanksgiving
We decided to take the Feast out for a memorable Thanksgiving dinner. We had no real plans besides cooking up a bunch of food, and taking the Feast to the Venice boardwalk. Our policy was to have a blast, come what may, and if we needed to, split the ticket. We got picked up [...]
A Moveable Feast goes to CicLAvia
Update! A Moveable Feast goes to CicLAvia, April 21, 2013. On Sunday, October 7th, we put the tablecloth on A Moveable Feast, hung the chandelier, and headed out for a nice pedal through the streets of LA for CicLAvia! We set out at 10:30 or so with 6 pedalers. We had no problems crossing the LA [...]
Brass Chaos Pendulum
I recently took some video of a project that I’ve slowly been working on for the past few months. It’s a double pendulum made of solid brass. I wanted to see if using proper bearings would create a nice frictionless chaotic pendulum. I wasn’t disappointed. By tightening the machine screw on the top pivot point [...]
The Fantastic Work of Bob Potts
Recently, while cruising through Youtube, I came across some of the amazing Kinetic Sculptures by Bob Potts. Check them out below:
An Intimate Look Under the Tablecloth
I whipped up a video of the engineering magic behind A Moveable Feast. Enjoy!
Taking it to the Streets
With all of the different elements of the Kinetic Sculpture in place it was time to do some laps around the parking lot to see what would break. We’ve literally got lots of moving parts, so it’s important to see what we need to fix. It’s much easier to repair a broken spoke in the [...]
