Charming Disaster shared some video of my HurdyGurdy-Tron and me. I'm very happy :) youtube.com/shorts/-fCg5...

I'll be exhibiting a couple of my Art Amusement Machines tomorrow at:

The retro videogame factory earlier today:

Yesterda evening's drawing at Dr Sketchies, Glasgow.

The nights have drawn in. It's cold out there, well, not if you have a personal flame thrower.

I wrote a little blog about my ZX Spectrum game "Boris and the Buses". www.clockworkrobot.com/i-wrote-a-ga...

Tape duplication.

Playing with a 3D scanner.

Introducing @charmingdisaster.bsky.social to some of my kinetic pieces. I'm not sure Jeff is a fan of 'Nena' but that's what the HurdyGurdy-Tron decided he was playing. Charming disaster's UK tour continues. Don't miss it.

Wednesday evening, GalGael, Glasgow, i'm very excited to be exhibiting my interactive kinetic sculptures and automata along side New York goth/folk cabaret duo "Charming Disaster". It's the perfect pre-halloween night. Ticket link in the comments.

Happy "NO KINGS" day to those who observe. May your majestic frog costumes be forever inflated.

New York goth/folk/cabaret band Charmind Disaster are doing a UK tour and AMAZINGLY they're playing in GalGael where my workshop can also be found ,so I'm putting on a little kinetic sculpture side show! They're an amazing fun so if you want the best Halloween primer, Come!

Bringing the night to the UK starting Oct 24! 🇬🇧 charmingdisaster.com/shows

The game factory is finally working. Using a ZX Spectrum +2A to duplicate copies of "Boris and the Buses".

Had a great time yesterday at Play Expo Blackpool catching up with old Vectrex friends and meeting new ones #vectrex #vectrexmini @jamesgwatt.bsky.social @tenpencearcade.bsky.social

Anyone going to Play Expo Blackpool and wants to buy any of the Vector Republic games for £5 off and no postage (obviously!) then let me know before next Friday and I’ll bring them along 😎 www.vectorrepublic.co.uk #vectrex #playexpoblackpool

Stepping up production of ZX Interface 2 ROM parts.

The ponies asking 'what do the humans want now'?

Now selling replacement Interface 2 ROM cart rubber skirts. £15. each. £25 for 2. JET PAC is wearing the reproduction. COOKIE is styling an original for comparison.

Been trying to replicate a soft rubber component from an early 1980s ZX Spectrum ROM cartrage (interface 2 rom) after many failed attempts to 3D print it, we 3D printed a mould and successfully cast it in soft silicone rubber.

Dr Sketchies Glasgow!

More of the "Divergent Engineers Bazarr" Part 1.

A tour of my table at the "Divergent Engineers Bazarr".

Pollinator Kit Version prototype. Moved the ball return hole up a bit and added the stop switches and drive belts.

Ayr Show.

Quick and dirty stand for displaying the paper horse on Sunday at The Divergent Engineers Bazaar at the Summerlee Museum of Industrial Life, Coatbridge.

I'll be exhibiting a couple of my Art Amusement Machines and a few other dds and ends at this event on Sunday. Do come along if it's of interest.

Done some colouring in today. Artwork for my ZX Spectrum game, "Boris and the Buses".

Today we had a performance of "HAKOTO" at GalGael. Hakoto a body worn digital musical instrument that reads environmental data from a tree leaf, uses it to calculate transpiration and photosynthesis rates and then presents the data in the form of procedurally generated music.

A couple of years ago I wrote my first machine code game for the ZX Spectrum. I never quite got round to publishing it but even though it's a bit dated now, thought I'd finish it off. Today I have been drawing the box art. Will add colour soon but here's some sketches:

I'm more a rubber key speccy guy but the +2 is handy with its built in tape machine. My +2 was in a bit of a state when I got it. Internally the case was all smashed up but it's all been put back together and the final piece was to replace the missing tape door. All done.

Today I have been working on a reproduction of the ZX Spectrum Interface 2 rom cartrage.

Work continues on the Pollinator game.

Used my template to make a first prototype playfield. It's not perfect but getting there. Need to cut the holes for the scoreboard and router out some details in the back.

My workshop has a community chess board and they've asked everyone to decorate a square so I did a practice piece today. Pyrography, satisfy your desire to create and your lust to BURN IT ALL TO THE GROUND at the same time!

Pollinator, the mechanical arcade game kit, WIP. Shown here, the jig I will use to make the playfield.

Paper Horse in motion with correct gear box.

Paper Horse. Motorised automaton featuring a Theo Jansen walking mechanism. I designed this years ago but thought I'd give it a bit of an update.

Visited Tim Hunkins 'Novelty Automation' gallery yesterday. Highly recommended. My Nuke is a particularly fun game to play.

My friend Fiona built one of my automata. I'm so pleased to see other people enjoying them.

Wishing all my American pals, who observe, a happy and safe 'No Kings' day.

"DALEX TOOK THE T-BIRD AWAY". Another paper automaton I designed some years ago. Again If you'd like to build one, send me a private message and I'll email you the pdf instructions.

"Incident at Make Out Point". This is a paper automata I designed many years ago. Visiting Automata Fest reminded me it was lingering on an old drive so I revived the project. If you'd like to build one, send me a private message and I'll email you the pdf instructions.

Some speculation from 2021 that suddenly feels a lot less speculative: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

PCB fully assembled and tested. All good.

This paper automata is titled "Fun, Fun, Fun, 'till the Daleks Take the T-bird Away" Should I make it available as a download too?

Automata Fast inspired me to find some paper Automata I designed years ago. Should I tidy 'em up and make them available again? This is: "Incident at Make Out Point".