Machine with 14 Scraps of PLA

A kinetic sculpture inspired by Arthur Ganson's "Machine with 23 Scraps of Paper". This sculpture consists of 14 "scraps" of PLA, along with associated machination to make it all move.

The design is modular in that each individual bird, bird support, and base piece can be clipped together to form chains, or side-by-side configurations. Each row of birds has it's own motor and cams driven by a hex shaft. Remove-able clips connect each modular section, so they can be serviced if needed. For now the birds are glued to the support shaft, a future revision might see these removable as well.

See a video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Twi8_Yn4voE

Some assembly required.

"combined" parts sets can be used to print all the parts for the gearbox, support, wings, and extras at once. "assembly.skp" can be used as a reference for part assembly.