my mechanical pets

you are one very talented guy.
love the tuatara. It has a pineal eye too. brilliant ancient reptiles.

the pineal eye is in the center top of his head and is only visible when they are young teenagers at up to 30 years old then it disappears for the rest of its 200 year life

How clever are you PD! These 'pets' look great fun. My dad spent his spare time building model steam engines . Two of his engines are displayed in York transport museum and I have his traction engine.

second to last pic has one of my steam engines in the background.
it is a 3 cylinder 'shay' motor and was my learning to use the lathe project

Well done... a really fun blog.... clever and attractive inventions....:o)

clever you PD, they look real fun, do you sell them or just for pleasure

thats brightened up a grey day--- I love the corgi-on-a-skateboard :0)

I like the sock!!

Well done what a talant you have.

i think the corgi is brilliant,they are all very good pd and what a cutie your grandson is too...

i love the sock Piersdad...you have a talent ....

i only sold the sock and on the trademe site i got some 4 pages of comments
it was fun
some were
'would you throw in matching undies'

I see that you allow pickups but what with -occupation and safety has safety rules ??

That is such a cool mechanism. We have 5 kids so would need at least 23 of them. what sort of deal could u do. The kids wouldn’t be able to move lest they trip over a crawling sock in search of its mate..

and a couple of pages more.
how ever i only got 8 pounds equivalent and it went to a lady who surprised her husband with it
she sat him down on sofa with his smelly feet in a basin of green liquid and at that moment he got a very important phone call and she let the sock go from under a pile of washing.
i dont thiink he would have said to the esteemed phone caller "hmm one of my dirty socks is off to the laundry by itself

ps i love inventing

what great genius! I love them all...so much entertainment, you do a great job with your 'pets'

i was driving the dragon home from the park with its wings and feet operating and was stopped by a pair of cops .
they were just interested and as i was not breaking any rules they moved on.
i bet they did not dare to tell their boss they saw a dragon flying along the road.

LOL

Wonderful blog - my kids would love you too!!!

How i love to see your Mechanical Pets/Inventions Piers :) My Man has a Remote Control Car which is very boring to your wonders :)

remote car ?? that is what i re engineered to a corgi much more fun to see grown ups actually patting it
grand kids always very keen to visit

Wonderful inventions Piers....you are very clever. Thanks for sharing.

Id much rather have your Corgi Piers as i love Pets/Animals :)

took the corgi (radio controlled one) to a local market and on the way passed several people in the park.
just a corgi on a skate board dashing past
at the market it was petted and enjoyed a heck of a lot more than a toy car

your mechanical pets are awesome!

Great inventions, PD! Like everybody else I loved your remote controlled Corgi!

just to say I've used the new Goy feature to save this ( its good fun) but also Greenfingers blog , I wanted to keep your lovely story of the Rainbow Bridge. Thankyou :)

thanks every one for the comments
i love inventing and in retirement i can indulge in my hobby full time
i also make cellos as a spare time money maker.
just sold my 116 th cello

Cello...omg u r very tallented....i love the sound of a cello so deep and calming...;-)

These lovely creatures are so delightful. I love the kids on the dinosaur in the park, lol love, LinnAnn