If you are interested in Making your own Automata you can buy " How to Design and Make Automata" from Craft Education for $12.00
The book is 11x 8.5 inches in size and has80 pages packed with practical advise and information and over 270 black and white illustrations to help you fully understand the principals of mechanical engineering in a simple and understandable way. Importantly all this information is directly related to making Automata. The book also gives valuable advise on Designing and Constructing your own Automata as well as guidance on the purchase and use of special tools. It all amounts to a very clear, simple and comprehensive guide to any one interested in making their own automata.

You can order "How to Design and Make Automata" from Craft Education directly on line. It can be down loaded as an Adobe PDF file in minuets and is fully printable or can be read on screen.

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!!! How to Design and make simple Automata !!!
This book is now also available. It deals mainly in paper and card automata with the minimum of wood or tools. There is little cross over in some of the material, but it is brimming with ideas and even includes free templates to create some great little toys. Ideal for younger children or people with limited tools. It's a great table top activity and is only $12.00 again available as a PDF file.

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The Beginners Guide to SCROLL-SAWING
(Avilable on video or DVD)

If you are really interested in making automata you will find yourself at some time wanting to work with a scroll saw. They are cheap, safe to use and very versatile. I now use a scroll saw for about 90% of the work I do. You can use hand tools but the scroll saw is defiantly faster to work with.
When I started out I was a complete novice. I did not have time to (or could even find) any workshop training with scroll saws. For all the people in the same situation I have produced a video/DVD called the "Beginners guide to Scroll Sawing". It's 1 hr40mins of solid teaching and will get you up and running in no time.
At only $18.95 including shipping. "The beginners Guide to Scroll Sawing" is a must have item.