Give something that actually movesand that you made yourself.
250 wooden automata with full-scale plans and an app to test the mechanism before you cut. In one weekend, with no workshop and without ever having touched a mechanism in your life.
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🪵 No workshop📐 Exact plans📱 Simulator app⚡ Instant access
It's not that you're not handy. It's that you never had the measurements.
If any of this sounds familiar, it's exactly where the people who now have a finished automaton started.
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You want to give something that can't be bought off a shelf, but you end up buying yet another generic gift that gets forgotten in a drawer.
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You watch scattered tutorials online and none of them give you the measurements. You collect a thousand videos and make no real progress.
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You cut by eye once and the pieces didn't fit. It came out crooked and uneven, nothing like what you pictured.
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You tried and it jammed at the same point every time. You quit halfway and figured the problem was you.
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You think you need a fitted workshop and expensive machinery you'd never touch again afterwards.
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You have that one doubt that stops you starting: "aren't I too old to take this up now?"
Building an automaton isn't a gift you're born with. It's following an exact plan — and you can start this weekend.
🪵 The complete system for building your first wooden automaton
MOVENTIA™
250 projects + 6 exclusive bonuses
Everything you need to make a wooden figure built by your own hands actually move — no workshop, no machinery and not a single measurement guessed.
PlansMechanismsMaterialsAppFinishesGift
🎁 Fewer doubts. Zero wasted wood. A gift nobody forgets.
✅ No experience needed
✅ Full-scale plans
✅ Test before you cut
✅ Lifetime access
The method
Four steps that turn a plank into something that moves on its own.
No theory, no complicated explanations, no videos to pause and rewind a hundred times. Every project is read the same four ways — and every project brings its own measurements, its own weak point and its own step-by-step.
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Pick the movement
You look up the movement you want in the Mechanism Library: flapping, spinning, jumping, walking. It's already solved — you don't have to invent anything.
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Test it in the app
You build the mechanism on your phone screen and watch it move before touching any wood. If something's off, you fix it there. It's the step that prevents 90% of failures.
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Trace and cut
You print the plan at full scale, glue it onto the wood and cut along the line. No measuring by eye, no guessed proportions.
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Assemble and turn the crank
You mount the mechanism, adjust the clearances and turn the crank. That's the moment everything else was for.
Three starting points
Pick the one that sounds like you.
You don't need to know anything. Just why you want to start.
The one who wants to give what money can't buy
You're tired of giving things that end up in a drawer. You want the person to pick the gift up, move it with their hand and ask you "did you make this?". No shop sells that moment.
250 projects designed to be given: bird, cat, cyclist, boat and more
Printable gift box and cards so you can hand it over finished
From the plan to the wrapped parcel in a single weekend
Perfect for birthdays, Father's Day, Christmas or no reason at all
The one who's never held a tool
You always thought this was for "people who are good with their hands". You never really tried because you assumed you couldn't — and nobody ever showed you where to begin.
You start from absolute zero: which wood, which tool, how to cut
Everything comes from an ordinary hardware store — no expensive machinery
Projects go from simple to complex, with no jumps
A good share of the people who build these start only after retiring
The one who tried and stopped halfway
You tried with scattered tutorials, it jammed at the same point every time, and you ended up believing the problem was your skill. It wasn't: it was the measurements and not being able to test before cutting.
Plans with exact measurements — you never guess a proportion again
Simulator app: if it jams, you see it on screen and not in the wood
Rescue Manual with the 12 most common problems solved
You finish what was left half-done the first time
What you'll be building
250 complete projects. 20 mechanisms to combine.
Every project goes from plan to finished piece with the same 4 steps. After that, the Mechanism Library lets you build any combination you like.
Animals that come to life
CamThe bird that flaps
Connecting rodThe cat that stretches
CrankshaftThe galloping horse
EccentricThe swimming fish
GearThe owl that turns its head
Double camThe butterfly that opens up
CrankThe dog that wags its tail
Double rodThe walking crab
CamThe elephant's trunk
EccentricThe jumping whale
CamThe bird that flaps
Connecting rodThe cat that stretches
CrankshaftThe galloping horse
EccentricThe swimming fish
GearThe owl that turns its head
Double camThe butterfly that opens up
CrankThe dog that wags its tail
Double rodThe walking crab
CamThe elephant's trunk
EccentricThe jumping whale
Scenes and mechanisms
CrankshaftThe pedalling cyclist
Wave camThe boat on the waves
GearThe windmill
PinionThe carousel
EccentricThe floating astronaut
Bevel gearThe spinning ballerina
Connecting rodThe moving train
Rack and pinionThe rocket taking off
Double camThe clapping hands
GearThe cuckoo clock
CrankshaftThe pedalling cyclist
Wave camThe boat on the waves
GearThe windmill
PinionThe carousel
EccentricThe floating astronaut
Bevel gearThe spinning ballerina
Connecting rodThe moving train
Rack and pinionThe rocket taking off
Double camThe clapping hands
GearThe cuckoo clock
They all use the same 4 steps and the same hardware-store tools — there's always one that fits the person you want to give it to.
As simple as 1, 2, 3
From the screen to the wood, this very weekend.
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Pick your project
Instant access when you buy. Open the pack, browse the 250 projects and choose the one that suits the person you want to give it to.
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Test it in the app
Two minutes on your phone to see the mechanism working. Only once you know it turns properly do you cut real wood.
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Hand it over
You end up with a piece that moves, made by you. And with the method to make the next one on your own.
Messages from people who started with no workshop and ended up with their first automaton moving.
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Emma
online
Today
I had to message you. I'd never built anything with my hands before 😅9:14
I gave it to my dad and when he turned the crank and the bird flapped its wings he went completely quiet ❤️9:15
This makes me so happy, Emma! 🥰9:20 ✓✓
He asked who helped me. Nobody 🙏9:22
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Robert
online
Yesterday
At 63 I thought I was past this sort of thing 😟6:02 PM
I built it for my grandson and now he asks for it every time he visits 🚲6:03 PM
You didn't need to be 20 years younger! 👏6:30 PM ✓✓
It's already paid for itself as far as I'm concerned 💪6:31 PM
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Daniel
online
Monday
I'd tried one before and it jammed at the same point every time 👀11:40
This time I tested it in the app before cutting. Turned perfectly 🔧11:41
I told you — the problem was never your hands! 🥹12:05 ✓✓
It was the measurements. That's all it was 🙏12:08
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Sophie
online
Today
I stare at a screen all day for work 😍8:15
I used my phone for two minutes and the rest of the weekend was sandpaper and wood8:16
That's exactly the point ❤️8:40 ✓✓
First time in months I made something real with my hands ✨8:42
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15 days. No questions. No fine print.
Get MOVENTIA™, open the 250 projects and build your first piece. If for any reason it's not for you, just write to us within 15 days and we'll refund every penny — and you keep everything you've already downloaded. No forms, no awkward questions. That's how sure we are.
Frequently asked questions
What you're probably wondering
No. Everything you need comes from an ordinary hardware store: a hand saw, sandpaper, glue and not much else. The materials guide is written specifically for people with no fitted workshop who don't want to spend on machinery they'd never use again.
It's made exactly for you. You start from absolute zero and the projects go from simple to complex with no jumps. On top of that, the simulator lets you test and fix the mechanism on your phone before touching any wood, and the Rescue Manual covers anything that jams anyway.
It's a very common case, and yes, it's different. Almost always the problem wasn't your skill, but not having exact measurements and not being able to test the mechanism before cutting. Both are solved here: full-scale plans to trace and an app to see the movement before you risk any wood.
Yes, and it's the most common use. You can build it and give the finished piece — the Gift Kit includes the box, the cards and a printable "handmade by…" certificate — or gift the access so the other person builds it with their own hands.
No. What it takes is patience to follow the steps, not years or physical strength. A good share of the people who build these start only after retiring, and they're precisely the group that finishes the most pieces.
No. You use your phone for a couple of minutes to test the mechanism before cutting. Everything else — which is most of the time — is saw, sandpaper and real wood in your hands.
Instantly. As soon as you confirm your purchase you get access by email to the 250 projects, the plans and the 6 bonuses, ready to download. There's no physical shipping to wait for and access is yours for life.
Yes. The materials guide recommends the woods that are easiest to find and work with for a first project, with the exact thickness for each piece. Nothing exotic or expensive.
You have a full 15-day guarantee. Write to us, tell us in two lines why it didn't work for you, and we'll refund 100% to the same payment method within 48 hours. You keep everything you downloaded anyway.
No workshop. No experience. This time, finish it.
A month from now you'll have a piece that moves, made by you, in the hands of someone you care about — or you'll still be buying the same generic gift.
