Rodney Frost

Rodney Frost, creator of The Grim Reaper Mechanical Toy Company takes you through the various cams, cranks and shafts that go to making some of his amusing creations.
Because the book starts off with the most basic of forms, such as wind toys and mobiles, anyone reading this book should be able to build something in less than an hour with scraps (such as drinking straws and cardboard) most people today have laying about their home recycling bin.
What this means is that the reader not only quickly gains confidence by actually producing something physical with their own hands, but by doing so quickly get over the first hurdle of actually getting their hands dirty. This simple tactic means that you waste as little time as possible pondering theory endlessly and stockpiling materials and tools as a precursor to never actually doing anything - which is a common mistake new hobbyists fall into.

For the more adventurous, there are plenty of increasingly complex designs (such as mechanical toys like pachinko machines, clocks, and even a zeotrope). Although even the most intricate pieces hide the fact that the principles behind them remain deceptively simple.
Simple, yet executed with beauty and grace.

On the back page is a handy metric table (inches, feet, mm, cm, meter etc.)… (meer)