The LEGO Technic Idea Book: Fantastic Contraptions

by Isogawa, Yoshihito

• ISBN13: 9781593272791
• ISBN10: 1593272790
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-10-01
• Publisher: No Starch Press

Summary

The LEGO Technic Idea Book: Fantastic Contraptionsis a collection of hundreds of working examples of simple yet fascinating Technic models that you can build based on their pictures alone. Colors distinguish each part, showing you how the models are assembled. Each photo illustrates a different principle, concept, or mechanism that will inspire your own original creations.The Technic models inFantastic Contraptionsinclude working catapults, crawling spiders, and bipedal walkers, as well as gadgets powered by fans, propellers, springs, magnets, and vibration. You'll even learn how to add lights, pneumatics, and solar panels to your own models.This visual guide, the third in the three-volumeLEGO Technic Idea Bookseries, is the brainchild of master builder Yoshihito Isogawa of Tokyo, Japan. Each title is filled with photos of Isogawa's unique models, all of which are designed to fire the imaginations of LEGO builders young and old.Imagine. Create. Invent. Now, what will you build?

Author Biography

Isogawa Yoshihito is a LEGO luminary with 42 years of experience. He began writing computer manuals while at the Tokyo University of Science and founded Isogawa Studio, Inc. soon after. He has twice won the grand prize in the Japan Manual Contest held by the Japan Technical Communicators Association and he has won outstanding performance awards many times. He currently lives in Tokyo.

Table of Contents

Part 1
Four-Legged Walkers
Six-Legged Walkers
Two-Legged Walkers
Part 2
Using Wind
Using Weights
Movement Through Vibration
Using Springs
Part 3
Using Magnets
Using Lights
Using Pneumatics
Using Solar Panels
Part 4
Chairs and Tables
Off-Center Axis of Rotation
Intermittent Movement
Changeover Mechanisms
Changeover by Switching a Motor's Rotational Direction
Mystery