Making a #STEAMjunk Slider
This Simple STEAM project uses a slide mechanism and a lever to make intermittent motion.
As you pull the slider mechanism back and forth the character on the end of the pivot bar pauses briefly at each end. This stationary time is know as ‘dwell’ Using this simple mechanism you can create a character with reciprocating (back and forth) motion and dwell. Lets get going! Paid subscribers can download the template for these parts at the end of this post. Thanks for your support. You can also download the template here…
Make a hole in the upper centre of the Slider Back using a pencil. Take care!
Make a hole in the vertical shaft in the same way and join the two parts together using a split pin
The slider front goes on the opposite side to the vertical shaft
Glue one of the Slider Covers to the end of the Slider Front
Wrap the Slider Cover around the Slider Back – no glue!
Wrap it all the way around then glue it to the front
Repeat the with the other slider cover roughly 2/3 of the way along the Slider Back
Wrap around and glue. Trim off any spare card.
The Slider Back should be free to slide back and forth in the Slider Covers
Lean the vertical shaft over. Line up the Stop with the bottom of the Slider Back. Draw a pencil line across the Stop as shown
Cut the Stop along he pencil line as shown below
Apply glue to the card Slide Cover as shown
Glue one of the Stops into place
Repeat the process at the other end to complete the project.
The finished project
.Paid subscribers can download the parts template below. Thanks for your support!
