Article · Make Anything Pop Up
Flap Mechanism
- Type
- Article
- Level
- Beginner
- Price
- Free
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About this lesson
Veteran paper engineer and university lecturer Duncan Birmingham provides technical drawings for two flap mechanisms used in pop-up design, one that lifts in the direction of the pull and one that lifts against it, as a free reference download.
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