I’m hoping this is the right category. This drago is kind of a sculpture, I guess? Seemed like the closest fit.
Anyway, since we were talking about automata on another post, I thought I’d share this dragon. Most of the others I’ve made have been given away without photos (bad habit) but this guy hangs in my classroom so I can still get pictures! He’s a little wobbly because I leave him unglued for kids to take apart and see how he works, but otherwise he came out well.
The flat wood is laser cut, pinned with dowels, tissue paper for the wings, magnets to help him flap, and paper clip wires.
One of my classes has an assignment to make their own, so it’s important to have some demos around.
Yep. I teach engineering classes so 3d printers, vinyl cutters, laser cutters, CNC machines, soldering…
I’m very machine spoiled at work, which has led to me having to get them at home too.
My cutter at home is a 4th gen hobby laser from Full Spectrum that I found on craigslist and rehabbed. The one at school is a Full Spectrum p-series and is way awesomer.
