Development of my initial animation mechanism - THE BEGINNING......
As I have already said earlier in my blog it is the rain that starts the animation and so below is my finalised diagram of why and how this gets the music started. The running theme of the mechanics in this project is similar to the domino effect, where everything happens as a result of the previous, and without it nothing moves at all.
The hole in the ceeling provides the place for the leak...This then falls into an empty fuse box which is hanging on by only one screw...
As this fills up it overflows onto a mug that has been placed to start a circuit...
This is done so that after the robots power has run out the curcuit can start again when it rains so he can 'powerup'.
The mug is a regulation army cup (1940's) that has a bullet hole mid way up. As the water over flows into it it fills up the cup and makes it heavier. As it gets heavier it weighs down the sea saw mechanism and presses the button to start the 'music machine'. As the hole is only half way up the water is continually flowing out so as it stops raining that cup rises and it all stops... allowing it all to recharge.
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