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This is a very unique, hand crafted, and realistic mechanical Mantis made from the recycled parts of old watches.
His body is made out of watch strap springs and a blue Christmas light bulb.
His wings are made from antique watch faces that have been cut, sanded, and curved into wing shapes.
His head is made from a watch dial, bent into shape and onto it are soldered winding stem knobs that act as his eyes.
His legs were created with many different watch winding stems that have been cut into various sizes and soldered at the leg joints using lead free silver bearing solder.
There is no glue or resin to be found in the piece...everything is soldered into place with metal. This is a one of a kind work of art, never to be exactly reproduced.
There is no glue or resin to be found in the piece...everything is soldered into place with metal. This is a one of a kind work of art, never to be exactly reproduced.
Dimensions: 26mm wide 47mm front to back 40mm tall He comes with a 3" by 4" glass dome with walnut base for display. He is extremely fragile and should be handled sparingly and very gently, and is most definitely not a toy.
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Comments: 155
OtakuMudkip [2013-06-26 18:30:37 +0000 UTC]
Holy snap. From the thumbnail I thought it was a real mantis w/ a blue butt!! Amazing work!!!
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Missuber [2013-06-25 21:15:38 +0000 UTC]
this is the coolest thing ive ever seen omg
very, very nice job here
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supraXchris [2013-06-25 20:52:39 +0000 UTC]
Cool, what inspired you to make this cool looking mantis
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AMechanicalMind In reply to supraXchris [2013-06-25 21:04:30 +0000 UTC]
Thank you! I've always been enamored with mantes since childhood. After I began making spiders out of watch parts, I though that a shift to doing a mantis wouldn't be to bad. And here we are.
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supraXchris In reply to AMechanicalMind [2013-06-25 21:16:35 +0000 UTC]
Interesting, well the final product looks really nice
maybe I should sketch some mantis
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AMechanicalMind In reply to BaudelaireManson [2013-06-25 20:47:26 +0000 UTC]
I know her well and have cheated her for years. We dance, and dance, and she shall have her way with me some day.
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Pokemoniac [2013-06-25 20:38:47 +0000 UTC]
this must be amazaingly complex, how long did it take to build?
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AMechanicalMind In reply to Pokemoniac [2013-06-25 20:39:27 +0000 UTC]
Quite a few hours, all in one sitting. I can never leave something alone. It MUST be finished!
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Pokemoniac In reply to AMechanicalMind [2013-06-25 20:42:02 +0000 UTC]
it must take months maybe years to get that good, bravo!
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AMechanicalMind In reply to M0nst3rL0v3 [2013-06-25 20:36:00 +0000 UTC]
Thank you! You are pretty incredible yourself.
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tebkanlo [2013-06-25 19:43:31 +0000 UTC]
i can just immagine how tiny it is, it must have been a hard work. Wonderful, it really worths the hard time spent
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AMechanicalMind In reply to tebkanlo [2013-06-25 20:36:36 +0000 UTC]
Thank you! They are very frustrating...once one thing is put together and heated, another part falls off. Grrr!
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Keffer11 [2013-06-25 19:17:50 +0000 UTC]
These are all so cool! They seem like they would take forever to make! I love it! They all went to my favs!
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AMechanicalMind In reply to Keffer11 [2013-06-25 20:37:08 +0000 UTC]
Thanks for all the faves and kind comment! They do take a while, for sure.
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AMechanicalMind In reply to Blacksky959 [2013-06-25 20:37:39 +0000 UTC]
Thank you! They are pretty great to have around just to look at. I've a few on my desk
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foreverbroadway In reply to AMechanicalMind [2013-09-02 03:09:37 +0000 UTC]
Your Welcome so much
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HanYouReal [2013-06-25 18:28:54 +0000 UTC]
Hello. I find this a pretty amazing work of art. I want to reproduce it in 3D for practice purposes and I want to ask for your permission to use it as a model. If i post the result online i will make sure to credit you for the original work and post a link to this picture, Thank you
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AMechanicalMind In reply to HanYouReal [2013-06-25 18:34:40 +0000 UTC]
Sounds very good to me, thank you for asking beforehand! Please link me up so I can have a look at what you produce!
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