The picture of the plan book links to a slideshow of the Brion Gysin books I have.

Below is a brief description of the parts:

A) A light bulb hangs within the dreamachine, creating a flicker pattern as the dreamachine spins. The pattern is important in several ways. It not only looks very cool in the dark, but it creates a pulse pattern direct on the brain when viewed very close, eyes closed, staring at the machine. Some people experience a mildly hallucinatory feeling, some people feel like they have motion sickness. Whatever it is that the viewer experiences, it stops the very moment when they open their eyes.

B) The dreamachine is created with a template of shapes laid onto a grid sketched onto the heavy paper. The shapes are cut out, the paper assembled into a tube, the tube placed onto a turntable capable of spinning at 78 RPM.

C) The 1952 Zenith Cobra-Matic is a worthy vessel of transport for this noble endeavor.

On occassion, I will bring and set up a dreamachine when I DJ. Here is a link to a movie clip taken a million years ago at the old Acadia Cafe Experimental music series.

Here is a link of the version that came back from space. Here is a link to a flash piece that features a sound clip from a film about the mix master and has the picture to the left in it. It's keen.