Making Simple Automata

Superb visual examples and a fascinating written description of a work(s) and accurate history of my favorite subject, why did I wait to purchase. Thank you so much for the volume of effort and importance to convey your ideas to everybody that has to know. Vol. 2 comes out when?

NOT A HOW TO Book but more a coffee table book. Some great automatas in here but little how-to make them. Great book for browsing

I have the book. This purchase was a download for Kindle. Great read!

Interesting, and very nice photos - what's really annoying about this book is that he shows photos of beautiful "very simple" automata - but his directions at the end of the book are for making a couple of unattractive, unappealing and quite complicated pieces that I have no desire to attempt. It seems like a deliberate attempt to frustrate interest - he could have helped, but he didn't. Thanks a lot, Robert.

MUY UTIL PARA EMPEZAR, LO RECOMIENDO, HAY MATERIAL SUFICIENTE PARA INICIARSE EN ESTE HOBIE. S A L U D O S

Great little book including historical and cultural examples (photographs), how a maker thinks about design-and-materials, several small paper mechanical toys' instructions and cut-out parts, bibliography and resources. However this is not a 'simple book'; making a miniature precise paper machine is a challenge for anyone. Enjoy the adventure.

Returned and paid postage to return it. Not that exciting a book.

This book presents a wide variety of automata, from rustic to clean modern. There are not many instructions on building them, but the photos and descriptions themselves are an inspiration. A lovely, useful little book.