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Re:The slinky machine: a slinky escalator by symmetricsaurus on Wednesday August 12, 2015 @07:59AM (#10047230)
Why not link to the original source[1] instead?

[1] http://woodgears.ca/toys/slinky.html

Re:The slinky machine: a slinky escalator by MatthiasWandel on Wednesday August 12, 2015 @08:35AM (#10047337)
Yes, that would be the right thing to do. The article itself does link to my work (it's my creation) but it's hardly highlighted, and near the top, where nobody would look. I'm very disappointed in makezine. Just stealing stuff. Could the link itself be changed to actually point at MY article?
Re:The slinky machine: a slinky escalator by hotsy_botsy on Wednesday August 12, 2015 @08:51AM (#10047406)
Hey Matthias, taking the opportunity you say thank you. I look forward to your videos each week and really enjoy your no non-sense approach to wood working.

Thanks for all the videos, especially the dresser ones.

Re:The slinky machine: a slinky escalator by mrtron on Wednesday August 12, 2015 @10:05AM (#10047723)
Thanks from me too.

My wife and I (both uwaterloo! EE and CS respectively) watch your videos together. She has done quite a bit of wood working, and really enjoys your pantorouter.

In a few weeks, after a decade of waiting, we will finally have a shop to work in. Can't wait to do some projects with her.

Re:The slinky machine: a slinky escalator by bjz_ on Wednesday August 12, 2015 @08:55AM (#10047423)
I love how open and transparent you were about your process and the mistakes you went through to get it working. It's much more exciting than just a slick video of the final result.
Re:The slinky machine: a slinky escalator by sctb on Wednesday August 12, 2015 @11:17AM (#10048163)
Re:The slinky machine: a slinky escalator by bpolania on Wednesday August 12, 2015 @03:44PM (#10050152)
Hey Matthias, I came to the video through MAKE Magazine that so far has been a legitimate source of information to the maker community, I tried to edit the post but I couldn't next time I'll double-check that.
Re:The slinky machine: a slinky escalator by chunky1994 on Wednesday August 12, 2015 @12:00PM (#10048477)
I really do enjoy this, thank you very much! I may try and do a writeup of the possible physics at some pint with your permission, would that be okay? (Also Uwaterloo represent!)