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Essential Mechanisms. Pack One
			
			
							Categories Collection, education, Essential Mechanism, Paper
			
							Tags education, mechanism, stem
			
			
		
						The first Essential Mechanism pack has three of each of four types of paper project: Cams, Cranks, Gears and Compound Mechanisms.
Each one is a great starting point for your own character based paper animation or automata. Buy the pack and you’ll have a suitable mechanism for just about any situation!
Cam Based Mechanism
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| Cam Box A single cam in a box. Turn the handle and the push rod protruding from the box top moves up and down. Fit different cam profiles for different movements. | Double Cam Box Two cams on a single camshaft. Turn the handle and the push rods can move together or independently depending on what cam profiles you use. | Shaker Cams Turn the handle and the two cams on the camshaft push the vertical shaft back and forth, perfect for a dog to look quickly from side to side! | 
Crank Based Mechanisms
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| Double Bell Crank Turn the handle on the side of the box and the push rods move alternately up and down. Used in the Double Giraffe model here | Crank Slider A basic crank in a box. Turn the handle and the push rod at the top of the box makes a smooth curved motion. An excellent starting point for all sorts of models! | Crank Box Turn the handle and the slider on the top of the box moves back and forth. Connect up your character to the slider to bring it to life. | 
Gear Based Mechanisms
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| Mesh Gear 11:23 Turn the handle on the side of the box and the vertical shaft rotates driven by meshing gears. | Gear Up Turn the handle on the side of the box and the small gear on top of the box spins fast! | Co-Axial Gears Turn the handle and the two vertical shafts turn on opposite directions. | 
Compound Mechanisms
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| Gear / Crank Turn the handle and the pinion gear drives the large gear to slowly turn large gear and crank. | Crank / Cam Turn the handle and the push rod makes a smooth curve while the outer push rod moves up and down quickly. Ideal for making a flapping character! | Geneva / Crank Turn the Geneva drive handle and the crank in the box turns round, one quarter turn at a time. | 
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