Build Your Own:

I have drilled a couple of holes inside each corned of my marked out window area. This will give us a starting point for the saw blade. There are 2 ways to go from here depending on if you have access to a saber saw.

I have been writing and updating my ebook Animation on a ShoeString (tm) for the last 6 years. This book grew out of all the questions I get from my animation students. Each year I try to add something new and useful. This year, because of the rising prices of animation wheels, I have added a pattern for building a backlit animation wheel for under $40.

If you would like to check out a sample of the stuff in this handy reference work you can see a striped down sample here: http://www.agni-animation.com/ (click of the sample link and wait for the PDF file to load - takes a little time to load)

We forget that the pioneers of animation built everything in their studios. They never went out and bought equioment because there was no equipment to buy.

I hear students over and over again saying I will do my animation just as soon as I can afford to buy X piece of equipment. Otto Messmer never said that. Grim Natwick never said that. And Ub Iwerks sure as hell never said that.