Ask HN: Good teen books/sites/resources for mechanisms?

#1

Post by sturbes » Mon, Aug 28, 2023, 10:43 PM UTC

There appear to be infinite resources for learning software, any suggestions on the mechanical side (besides Lego+FIRST)?

Perhaps something like the Boston Museum of Science Clark Collection of Mechanical Movement

Re: Ask HN: Good teen books/sites/resources for mechanisms?

#2

Post by sargstuff » Mon, Aug 28, 2023, 10:56 PM UTC

online edition of 507 Mechanical Movement.[0][1]

book : https://www.amazon.com/Mechanical-Engineering-Makers-Hands-D...

Youtube search "mechanial movement" shows quite a bit of material. (concepts & examples)

[0] : http://wiki.dtonline.org/index.php/507_Mechanical_Movements

[1] : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jbyf87MC4fY

Re: Ask HN: Good teen books/sites/resources for mechanisms?

#3

Post by sturbes » Tue, Aug 29, 2023, 10:26 AM UTC

sargstuff wrote: post #2

online edition of 507 Mechanical Movement.[0][1] book : https://www.amazon.com/Mechanical-Engineering-Makers-Hands-D... Youtube search "mechanial movement" shows quite a bit of material. (concepts & examples) [0] : http://wiki.dtonline.org/index.php/507_Mechanical_Movements [1] : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jbyf87MC4fY

Very nice, thank you!

Re: Ask HN: Good teen books/sites/resources for mechanisms?

#4

Post by Jugurtha » Tue, Aug 29, 2023, 10:53 PM UTC

sargstuff wrote: post #2

online edition of 507 Mechanical Movement.[0][1] book : https://www.amazon.com/Mechanical-Engineering-Makers-Hands-D... Youtube search "mechanial movement" shows quite a bit of material. (concepts & examples) [0] : http://wiki.dtonline.org/index.php/507_Mechanical_Movements [1] : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jbyf87MC4fY

And the website !

http://507movements.com

I knew before I clicked that someone would recommend 507, so thank you for making me smile.

Re: Ask HN: Good teen books/sites/resources for mechanisms?

#5

Post by sargstuff » Wed, Aug 30, 2023, 6:05 PM UTC

Jugurtha wrote: post #4

sargstuff wrote: post #2

online edition of 507 Mechanical Movement.[0][1] book : https://www.amazon.com/Mechanical-Engineering-Makers-Hands-D... Youtube search "mechanial movement" shows quite a bit of material. (concepts & examples) [0] : http://wiki.dtonline.org/index.php/507_Mechanical_Movements [1] : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jbyf87MC4fY

And the website ! http://507movements.com I knew before I clicked that someone would recommend 507, so thank you for making me smile.

fun stuff is feeding the 2d image to an ai program to chrun out a de brujin sequence(s) describing the 3d motion.