Wooden Kinetic Dog-chasing-tail

by mekoolu

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Intro: Wooden Kinetic Dog-chasing-tail

This is a wooden dog that I made that runs in circles chasing its own tail.
- the key is hand cranked, spinning the top half of the base
- as the top base spins, it spins the 'pistons'  and make the legs move
        - the wood squeaks, but it sounds like a whimper =]
- it's a dog chasing its tail! what else

tilt your head to watch video: http://youtu.be/EXPoK3-upGg


9 Comments

alcurb 9 years ago

Awesome kinetic art. Please post an instructable and that can just be plans for every piece. This is the sort of thing you need to hand down to future generations.

mp15 13 years ago

pretty awesomee

oyujinn89 13 years ago

seriously, u are a beast.
i heard u r from RISD, harvard of art?
yeah, no wonder.

poofrabbit 13 years ago

This is so cool!! Any chance you will make an instructable for it?

mr.incredible 13 years ago

You know how when people post pictures laying on their side is annoying? Videos lying on their side is even worse.

nifty kinetic sculpture though.

mekoolu 13 years ago

exactly why i'm asking for advices on how to rotate videos

mekoolu 13 years ago

link to a video is now added.
its really crummy but you'll get the idea!
thanks for the suggestion.
plus, do you guys know how I could rotate the video?

ChrysN 13 years ago

Nice, a video would be cool!