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As I was preparing to take apart a tape measure, I came across an old audio cassette and thought it would be an interesting disassembly. While trying to find an old walkman, I came across a yo-yo. I suddenly made the connection between the three: they are each an old school object that makes use of a circular wrapping element. Also, they require varying degrees of manual operation. The yo-yo is a completely manual toy; the tape measure has a stopping mechanism that is operated by the user; and the tape is completely operated by machine. I thought it might be interesting to compare the varying complexities of the objects relative to their functional operation.

Upon completion, I took inventory and found that with increasing functionality, there were also a greater number of individual parts and more complex parts that were potentially more difficult to put back together. I reorganized the parts in a number of ways:

by color-

by rigidity of material-

and by form-