Build your own 35mm Motion Picture Camera and Projector (circa 1915)

Kino

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Who needs a LomoKino?

http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/44585

Scroll down to page 199 and let the adventure begin!

PS: LOTs of DIY photo "kinks" in the book too! (For those of you that don't know, a "kink" is a very old term for a rigged-up solution for photographers that was used in the early 1900's...)
 
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We had one of these books when my son was growing up. Boy, did we make a lot of projects! Though never a motion picture camera.
 

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Kino said:
... (For those of you that don't know, a "kink" is a very old term for a rigged-up solution for photographers that was used in the early 1900's...)
Click to expand...

Ok. I didn't know that word. I have a magazine from the 1950's that has the title "Photokinks" which made no sense to me. Yes, it has construction projects.
 

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neighbors gave us a pile of bamboo, i think im going to make a monoplane glider this summer
now that i have plans again .. i had this same ( or similar ) book years ago, love this stuff. i'm also
going to make an electrical zapper so i can electroshock everyone i know !
if im not in a full body cast from crashing the glider ( can't get to kill devils hill anytime soon ) ..
and not shackled for zapping the wrong person, i'll make the movie camera! talk about FUN !
 

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Wow! The whole book is fascinating! It'll take me a couple days to get to the movie camera
Thanks
 
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Yes, it's a book from an era that was not afraid to encourage young boys to engage in dangerous, mechanical and chemical experiments!
There is also a Volume #1 that is equally fascinating and available for viewing online or download.

I especially like the "take any random internal combustion engine and strap it to something with wheels" type articles.

Kids knew how to bleed and enjoy it back then!
 
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