Introduction to the Series
Introduction to Mechanisms
1. Designing and making a paper feeder
2. Designing and making a pantograph engraver
3. Designing and making a stone tumbling machine
4. Designing and making an 'easy open' jar clamp
5. Designing and making a picture frame clamp
6. Designing and making a wire frame automaton (To be added soon)
STUDY FILES
1. Design checklist
2. Communication
3. Mechanical systems
4. Finding out about mechanisms
5. Analysing mechanisms
6. Industrial visit
7. Investigating the four bar linkage
8. Investigating the cam and cam follower
9. Cam template sheet
10. Investigating the crank-slider
11. Crank-slider template sheet
12. Mechanisms selection table
13. Friction
14. Machining
15. Stiffness
16. Length measurement
17. Electric motors
18. Air muscles
19. Smart wire
20. Maths help
21. Pi
TEACHERS' NOTES
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
GTEP acknowledges original contributions made to the
development of this book by:
Jim Sage
Roger Smith
Torben Steeg
Peter Webb
Jo Sykes
Roy Borton
Sue Kearney
Julian Williams
Kylie Poulton
Wendy Smith
Alan Jarvis
Shadow Robotics Group
Richard Tufnell
Unilab
EMA
Colin Chapman
John Cave
Design and layout by Peter Stensel
Line illustrations by James Wilkinson |
