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Contraption Cart Automata by Shasa Bolton

Locality: Sheffield, Tasmania

Phone: +61 455 295 848

Address: 133B Main st 7306 Sheffield, TAS, Australia

Website: https://www.contraption-cart.com/

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25.01.2022 https://www.contraptioncart.com/ Here is a simple little automata kit using a pulley string climbing mechanism and a Keith Newstead style flapping mechanism. When the strings are put under a little tension the mechanism mysteriously rises upwards. Im enjoying this string climbing system as a great base for building automata on as it provides linear motion at the same time as a rotating spool to drive other movements. Music: https://www.purple-planet.com

25.01.2022 Ever made a miniature? Here is a sweet little kit to make a tiny dessert shop. Complete with tiny donuts. On sale today. www.contraptioncart.com #miniatures #miniaturekit #modelkit #craftprojects #craftproject #giftideas

25.01.2022 Welcome to Day 1: Todays 20% off item is timber kits guitarist. Now up on the website. https://www.contraptioncart.com/ Discount lasts for 24 hours. I have 13 here to sell. Please let me know if you have any troubles with the website. #timberkits #automata #automatakits #mechanicalkits #mechanicaltoys

24.01.2022 "The Butterfly Workshop". 103cm x 39cm. Oil on board. $300. Please private message me if you are interested. #paintingsforsale #butterfly #surrealism #surrealart

24.01.2022 Chicken or egg #mechanicaltoys #retrotoys #tintoys

24.01.2022 New business idea. #mechanicalsculpture

23.01.2022 My fortune Tentacle is now on display at Mountain Mama in Sheffield. He knows the answers to all of your important binary questions. ( yes or no) #animatronic #animatronics #fortuneteller #tentacles #robotics

22.01.2022 Todays 20% of item is one of my own designs. On the website www.contraptioncart.com #mechanicalkits #mechanicalmodels #automata #automatakits #wingmechanism #executivetoys

22.01.2022 Simple little mechanism yet can achieve quite unexpected movements. 20% off on the website today. #automata #retrotoys

22.01.2022 Make an offer!! This is not a photo it is an Oil Painting for sale. I am selling off my paintings as we are moving out of the gallery. This one is 1.2m x 1m oil on canvas. #photorealism

22.01.2022 Paintings for sale!! Make an offer. Best offer and it's yours. We are moving out of the gallery space in Sheffield so I would like to sell off my last 3 paintings. Number 1 is a large oil on canvas 1.2m wide by 1m high. It is a moment in time of a Melbourne graffiti Alley about 20 years ago. This alley now looks very different, as new generations come and cover the old layers with marks of their own.

21.01.2022 I dont usually sell my assembled prototypes but I have a little flock of working hummingbird models here from earlier up the evolutionary design tree for those that are interested. Now up on the web site. #automata #mechanicalmodel #hummingbird #flappingwings #flappingmechanism #birdtoys

21.01.2022 My talking head of wisdom now responds to dollar coins. #animatronics #wordsofwisdom #robotics

20.01.2022 Make this wave effect using cams on a wiggly caterpillar. Last day of discounts today. Timberkits caterpillar is todays 20% off item. #automatakits #automata #craftproject #mechanicalmodel #mechanicalkits #educationaltoys #mechanicaltoys

20.01.2022 Today I have put up this very sweet little ferris wheel music box kit. Complete with a tiny park bench and little birds. 20% off when you get one today. #automatakits #ferriswheel #executivetoys #musicbox #automata #automatakits #mechanicalkits #mechanicaltoys

20.01.2022 Swimming whale #automata #automatakits #whale #woodentoys #lasercutkits #stemeducation

19.01.2022 Amelia making a hummingbird #automatakits #mechanicalmodel #giftidea #giftsformen #woodentoys

19.01.2022 Putting together some samples for a new product #movingmodel #stemeducation #automata #automatakits #mechanicalmodels

18.01.2022 The beginnings of a climbing gorilla. #automatakits #mechanicalmodel #mechanicaltoys #automata #woodentoys

18.01.2022 Whale prototype. #automatakits #lasercutkits #automata#mechanicalmodel #whale #whaletoy #woodentoys

18.01.2022 Todays little production line #automatakits #stem #mechanism #mechanicaltoys #automata #mechanicalkits

15.01.2022 Mechanical whale. Todays evolution. #woodentoys #automata #lasercutkits #whaletoy #whale #stemeducation #woodcraft #maker

15.01.2022 Todays discounted automaton is timberkits wooden pelican now up on the website

14.01.2022 A Japanese puzzle box. A truly wonderful thing to own. I still have a few of these in stock direct from the craftsmans studio. 20% off today. Now on the web site. Please let me know if you cant see it there. Thanks #puzzlebox #executivetoys #giftideas #giftsfordad #japanesecraft

14.01.2022 My hummingbird has evolved a little since yesterday. A very satisfying little project. Im enjoying the simplicity. It uses a pulley string climbing mechanism and a variation on Keith Newsteads eccentric shaft flapping method #automata #automatakits #mechanicalkits #mechanicaltoys #hummingbird

13.01.2022 I have 4 of these left to sell at 20% 0ff. Assemble the pieces and wind up the spring to watch it come to life. Now added at the bottom of my web site. www.contraption-cart.com Great Christmas gift for those difficult boys young and old. I now have a free pick up option for anybody living near Sheffield Tasmania. #modelkit #modeltrains #giftsforboys

13.01.2022 Day 2: Todays 20% off item is now on the website. Just a simple retro toy that keeps coming up with surprises. www.contraptioncart.com #traditionaltoys #mechanicaltoys #automata #trapeze

12.01.2022 Meccano is pretty hard to get these days. Here is something similar. It even comes with a little spanner and screwdriver. This product is 20% off today. 5 more days of discounts to go. #mechanicalkits #mechanicalmodel #educationaltoys #retrotoys #meccano #giftsformen

12.01.2022 I had a visitor on my window sill today. Anyone know who this guy is? He's agreed to be part of a new automatakit. #automatakits #woodentoys

11.01.2022 One of Timber Kits more sophisticated articulated designs. 20% off today at www.contraptioncart.com #automata #automatakits #giftsformen #mechanicalkits #mechanicaltoys #mechanicalmodels

11.01.2022 Another earlier bird. #automata #mechanicalmodel #giftideas #maker #birdmachine #automatakits

11.01.2022 Hi. It seems that some people are unable to view the shop on my website. This is rather disheartening as my physical shop is now closed. I'd like to know how common this issue is. If you could help me out that would be much appreciated. Just go to the website www.contraptioncart.com if the page looks like the one in this photo then comment "yes". If you can't see the shop part of the page then comment "no" or better yet share a screen shot. Thanks so much for your help. #automata #automatakits #mechanicalkits #mechanicaltoys

11.01.2022 20% off mechanical toys and automata Up until now I have been selling some great mechanical toys and automata kits in my physical shop, but that avenue will soon be unavailable. Luckily we humans are adaptive machines. Before this year is out I hope to have become...A land owner married to a pole dancer living in a house bus sending out mechanical toys to the world of house bound individuals in need of educational distraction. (Two of these attributes have now been acquired a...nd the rest are in development) Is your world undergoing as many changes as mine or am I just going through that stage of life? If all goes well my Contraptuary Mechanical Gallery and retail shop will be open to customers for at least another month, then I will have to leave the premises. My plan to migrate to online sales is as follows - Each day I will add one new product to my website - Each day I will post that product to Instagram and Facebook - This product will be 20% off for 24 hrs from the time of posting on Instagram Each day you can visit my instagram or facebook page to see which new product is 20% off. https://www.facebook.com/contraptioncart/ https://www.instagram.com/shasabolton/ Start watching as I will begin adding products soon . I have made some hosting changes to my website plus changes to allow for shipping calculation on orders with multiple items. Please let me know if you have any problems. Take care https://www.contraptioncart.com/

11.01.2022 Einstein is giving a lecture on his moving blackboard. This it a prototype for an automata kit that aims to give an intuitive understanding of relativistic length contraction. (Moving objects get shorter) #automatakits #automata #einstein #relativity #relativitytheory #stem #stemeducation

11.01.2022 Oh the anticipation. And what lovely edgy music. 20% off today. www.contraptioncart.com #mechanicaltoys #jackinthebox #traditionaltoys

09.01.2022 The very early beginnings of a humming bird using a string climbing mechanism and a variation of a Keith Newstead flapping mechanism. Now will work on getting this running smoothly and looking beautiful #automata #wingmechanism #mechanicalkits #mechanicaltoys #automatakits

09.01.2022 I have the talking head on the operating table today. My plan is to fill him with words of wisdom. If you have a favorite quote please comment it and it just my end up in his head. #animatronics #animatronic #talkinghead

09.01.2022 Next evolution of the tiny gorilla. #automata #automatakits #maker #gorilla #woodentoys #mechanicalmodel #mechanicaltoys #monkeytoys

09.01.2022 One of my own mechanical wing flapping designs. Ive made this kit todays 20% off item at www.contraptioncart.com #mechanicalkits #mechanicaltoys #mechanicalmodels #automatakits #automata #wingmechanism #birdtoys #birdautomata #flappingwings

09.01.2022 What does this curious thing do? 20% off today #mechanicaltoys #tintoys #contraptions #automata #oldtoys #traditionaltoys #nostalgia #giftideas

09.01.2022 An explanation of my length contraction automaton #lengthcontraction #automata #relativitytheory #relativity #einstein #stem

08.01.2022 Build your own Pulley Pet. Kits available at https://www.contraptioncart.com #stemeducation #mechanism #kineticart #movingtoys #whaletoy #birdtoy #monkeytoys #automata

08.01.2022 Get ready to be amazed by these wonderful mechanical kites created by 80-year-old Zhang Tianwei who hails from Chinas northwestern city Xian. Over the past 30 years, Tianwei has made hundreds of beautiful #kites and continues to carry on that tradition.#folkart #ICH

07.01.2022 Welcome to Day 3: Todays 20% off contraption is this laser cut marble run kit. Now up on the website www.contraptioncart.com #marblerun #contraption #lasercut #mechanicaltoys #executivetoys

05.01.2022 Gorilla kits now up on the website #automata #automatakits #pulleypets #gorillatoys #thingstodoathome #woodenmodels

05.01.2022 First machine now up in the laneway cafe in Devonport. I'm looking around for other spots that may be interested in having mechanical sculptures displayed on a rotation schedule. I'll split the profits 50/50 with the venue. #mechanicalsculpture #automata #wingmechanism #birdmachine

04.01.2022 Robot tentacle now answers yes or no. #tentacle #robottentacles #animatronics

04.01.2022 Artwork number 2."Pin up Pie". Can you spot the mathematical reference? This is my exploration on ways to promote knowledge. Colour pencil 42cm x 40cm. In frame. I'd like to sell it cheap rather than putting it in storage. Offers over $20 accepted. #consumerism #colorpencil #photorealism

03.01.2022 20% off Day 7. Im looking forward to making this one. A very cool air ship with a spring motor and working gears. Quite a big discount on this one today. #blimp #mechanicalkits #mechanicaltoys #lasercutkits #executivetoys

03.01.2022 Just assembled the Orpheus mechanical kit. Have a few left to sell off

02.01.2022 Pulley pets suspended in filtered morning light. /hanging out :) #kineticart #whalesculpture #gorillasculpture #hummingbirdsculpture #movingtoys

02.01.2022 Words of wisdom. "If at first it does not feel like there is a protective sticker over your camera lens, peel and peel again". I'm looking forward to finally taking not fuzzy photos.

02.01.2022 Hummingbird kits now made up and selling on my website #mechanicalkits #mechanicalmodel #mechanicaltoys #automatakits #automata #craftprojects #make

01.01.2022 A coin box for a fortune tentacle. Was an old biscuit tin #automata #animatronics