Look!!! My toy is completed after months of hard work!!! Hopefully it will be very successful and score very high marks!!!! By the way, thanks Mr Soo for helping me with the toy and opening the workshop after school so that I can complete my mechanical toy in time.

Look!!!!!My mechanical toy is coming up!!!I am going to paint it which is the last part before I complete!!!!Hurray!!!

This is a digital caliper to any classic vernier-style one. It is a lot easier to read the digital display than the fine lines on a traditional caliper.The digital caliper displays units smaller than an inch in decimals. That's fine for the units like 1/4 inch displaying as .25 inches. The little gem shown here is a digital caliper that displays units in fractions on the screen. It has three modes: fractional inches, decimal inches, and millimeters.

Here's a nice little article on how to add a coin activation mechanism to your automata. Find a public location for your masterwork (retail store, library, restaurant, etc.) and you may be able to put that automaton to work for you earning $$$.This comes from Tim Hunkin of Cabaret Mechanical Theatre fame. He's the maker behind many of the larger interactive automata . He's also been a cartoonist and had a TV series called the secret life of machines.

Kazoo Toys offers building and construction toys from a host of toy makers. Shown here is the Superstruts Wacky Machines Set made by Waba Fun. This 175 piece building set includes 12 large gears and plans to build 7 models that include a clock, geared-down Ferris wheel, a car that drills, and other fun contraptions.

The automaton you see here is made by a company called hands pico. It is located in Japan. Look at is texture;very well polished right?