Mesmerising Mechanisms

Welcome to old-school technology : Machines that use gears, cams, levers…those twisty bits… all working together to produce interesting effects. But of course nothing happens without the visitors helping out… by turning the handles!

Here you will see :

Clocks, with visible mechanisms that illustrate old school mechanical timekeeping.

Drawing Machines, which produce elaborate patterns. Just turn the handle and make your own!

Automata, depicting the secret activities of our favourite hedgerow inhabitant, the Hedgehog.

Ball Runners that move wooden balls around in all sorts of complicated ways.

Mechanism Library, a display with explanations of basic mechanisms that move the world!

More Info : www.colintonclocks.co.uk

Host or Publisher Ian Graham