How to make a dancing bird automaton

I came up with this little dancing bird automaton as an inexpensive introduction to automata that I can sell in my on-line store and make available as a do it yourself project. It doesn't have a ton of parts and while I use a lot of expensive machinery in this video because I am making 30 of them at a time, one can be made with pretty common hand tools in about an hour.
I know that a lot of people are hard up for cash right now, so I thought I would share the plans and my method for making these little bird automata. Feel free to make one for yourself or for a friend as a gift (or go ahead and make them to sell) I give you permission. Everyone loves them.
The downloadable plans are on this post on my website spetzlerdesign...
I have been promising to do a "how to" for some time. It's honestly a bit intimidating for me. This is my first attempt at this and I know it's a bit rough, but I had to learn everything about video editing with a voiceover. It was really difficult and took 10+ hours to get here. It's not exactly what I had envisioned, but I made the mistake of running a big job on my CNC the day I was filming, so I ended up having to voice over the entire thing because the original audio was drowned out by the CNC for most of the time. I will not be making that mistake again ;)
If you have any constructive feedback on how I can do this better in the future, let me know in the comments. I am going to try to do more of these as I come up with new designs and I really don't know what is helpful and what isn't, so i am just kind of hoping that I hit all of the important parts.
Have fun!
-Gary
P.S. If you are interested in supporting my work so I can continue to do these kinds of videos (or just want one of these little birds without having to do the work), I have them up for sale in my Etsy shop:
spetzlerdesign...

[@sandrammontoya]

I love your work, Thank you for sharing

[@spetzlerdesigns]

Thanks for watching!

Very nice! Thanks for breaking it down into such easily digestible bits!

[@spetzlerdesigns]

Thank you for telling me. I was worried it was too much.

[@richarddoyle7869]

Looks good! Thanks

[@jacobthompson42]

Great process video, and a cute design! I admire its simplicity too

[@spetzlerdesigns]

Thank you! 😊

[@connorriva7676]

Awesome video Gary! I just got my bird in the mail yesterday and it’s so cute. Thank you for sharing the creation process ❤️

[@spetzlerdesigns]

You are so welcome!

[@katiedotson704]

Love this. Wings are optional as well. This would also make a great addition to a windmill or whirligig.

[@spetzlerdesigns]

Definitely! I actually bought a book on whirligigs and have been wanting to try something different. Maybe this would be a good project. Good idea.

[@johnmitchelljr]

Thank you, well done.

[@Seaofjitsu]

These are simply amazing 👏

[@spetzlerdesigns]

Thank you!

[@mmoncur]

Thanks for a great video, I'm going to make one! I might use the lathe to make a penguin to live in the nest. :)

[@spetzlerdesigns]

Fantastic! Please share the results. I'd love to see it.

[@sidtaylor1161]

Excellent video, thank you for sharing

[@spetzlerdesigns]

Thank you

[@BillJohel]

Love this stuff! Very creative Gary! Thanks in advance from my Grandkids :) Any chance you might share plans for some of your other creations?

[@spetzlerdesigns]

I'm planning on doing a lot more of these. It just takes me a really long time to make & edit them for some reason, so I have to save up the energy to do it. I still have 4 more in the robot series to finish and then we'll see how motivated I am.
Thanks for the nice comment!

[@liveoak4124]

Thank you. I’ve subscribed and I’ll be making one for my niece

[@spetzlerdesigns]

Fantastic! If you are willing, share it with me when you're done. I'd love to see it.