507 Mechanical Movements

I like the way the mechanisms have been curated: each page spread features a set of related mechanisms, grid of numbered schematic pictures on the left, accompanying descriptions on the right, arranged generally in increasing complexity and subtlety for performing a particular task. This arrangement partially represents a chronological evolution of solutions to the task, and also parallel solutions independently arrived at or specifically aimed at a niche; but it is largely up to you to imagine this as it is only a thin book covering a lot of mechanisms, and to pontificate about each would make it run to many volumes. The illustrations and descriptions are a very concise top-level overview - just enough to let you know that "this is a thing", and if you look and read and understand you can begin to animate them in your mind and maybe even hear the sounds they make! Easy to dip in at any page spread and immerse yourself in a set, then put it down again.

Just what I wanted

The contents of the book is what I was looking for, however the book arrived with a rip on the front cover which is very disapointing.

I never knew there were so many ways to convert between linear linear and circular motion. I would not pay a lot for this but at the price it is being sold at it is well worth it.

What happened? This is the third time in the past 16 years I've bought this book. The ingenious engineering is amazing. But why, oh why is the book now so small? It used to be around A4 size pages. Nice size diagrams and print size where you can clearly see the mechanisms and figure out how they work. The book is now much smaller. 'Pinch to zoom in' doesn't work on paper. I naturally thought I was buying the same book again, didn't check the size.

This book is good to have lying around, so you can pick it up when you have a spare moment. The drawings and short descriptions make it nice and easy to dip in and out of. It is surprising how many of these movements are still used today around the house!

Really interesting and would recommend to any tinkerer

Nice little book, exactly as I expected and should come in useful

It advertises 507 mechanical movements but the only mechanical movement this book makes is the turning of pages, 0/10 Jokes aside, all of the information on this book is available for free on the web as it is a public domain title, but if you are a fan of physical copies such as I, this softcover will serve you very well. It is affordable, the printing quality is authentic to the originals, and it solidly built. Overall, a good addition to any bookshelf. As for the contents, if you're one who upon understanding how a simple, ingenious solutions to a problem works opens up a wide, wonderment-full smile, this book is very much for you.

Muy buen libro

Wer hätte gedacht, dass Mechanik so... sinnlich sein kann? Dieses Buch ist nicht einfach nur eine Sammlung von Bewegungen – es ist ein Handbuch für unendliche Möglichkeiten. Jede Seite enthüllt ein neues Geheimnis, einen neuen Rhythmus, der mich nicht nur technisch, sondern auch körperlich inspiriert hat. Stell dir vor, du entdeckst 507 verschiedene Möglichkeiten, Spannung aufzubauen, Energie zu speichern und sie im perfekten Moment zu entfesseln. Plötzlich fühlte ich mich wie ein gut geöltes System, bereit, jede Bewegung mit Präzision und Ausdauer auszuführen. Ob langsam kreisend oder rasant pulsierend – jede mechanische Bewegung wurde zur Vorlage für eine Nacht voller Experimente. Die sanfte Rotation, das rhythmische Schwingen, das kraftvolle Drücken – alles fand seinen Weg ins Schlafzimmer. Es war, als würde ich nicht nur meinen Geist, sondern auch meinen Körper neu kalibrieren, gesteuert von der Wissenschaft der Lust. Nach der Lektüre war nichts mehr monoton. Jeder Stoß, jede Kurve, jede Berührung war ein Teil eines größeren Systems der Ekstase. Ein Buch für Tüftler? Vielleicht. Aber für mich war es der Schlüssel zu 507 neuen Wegen, den Höhepunkt zu erreichen.

I advise it.

Really nice book to get ideas and inspiration solve problems like a pocket guide whenever stuck with a design.