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In lugnet.robotics, Brian Davis wrote:
(snip)
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> Use your imagination! One of the reasons Steve included my (huge, poorly
> spelled, not-yet-ready-for-primetime) list was to show the options that just
> a few people could come up with... and there's several of the lift
> mechanisms inthe video that are not in my list*, so long as it is, it is
> hardly complete! • (snip)
> For other ideas, check out SMART's Crate Contraption... or do a
> Brickshelf search on the word "marble" (the Rolling Ball Clock is an example
> here)... or do a Google search for "rolling ball machines" or sculptures.
> There is a HUGE amount of inspiration out there for this type of thing.
>
> *about that list. I really can spell better than that.
Another awesome source which you may want to link the main page to is:
<http://www.kugelbahn.info/deutsch/haupt/einl.html>
While not in English, it does contain animations of nearly every idea on the
list. Wow!
You can get a rough auto-translation at:
<http://www.worldlingo.com/en/websites/url_translator.html>
Paste in the site's address, select German to English, and wait a few moments.
This is a great idea, Steve (et al)! I am already thinking of how to modify my
LEGO ball pump to fit the standard.
Rick C.
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In lugnet.robotics, Rick Clark wrote:
> > do a Google search for "rolling ball machines"
>
> Another awesome source which you may want to link
> the main page to is:
> <http://www.kugelbahn.info/deutsch/haupt/einl.html>
Thank you! I found this page ages ago when trying to find an easy way to
build a step feeder (I've wanted to build one ever since a certain Playful
Penguin thread in rtlToronto), and it inspired me to start a list, but I
couldn't relocate it!
> While not in English, it does contain animations
> of nearly every idea on the list. Wow!
Additionally, he gives lots of examples, including (for at least some of
them) ones he built out of LEGO! For the folks that have asked about Steve's
step feeder, I think he may have based this of a design I built, but I lifted
the idea for a LEGO version from these pages. It's a great resource!
I really need to update and refine my list, put in this (& other) URLs, and
include a "tips & tricks" section. But I'm having too much fun building!
> I am already thinking of how to modify my
> LEGO ball pump to fit the standard.
The biggest problem I've had with ball pumps (I've got two sitting above my
fireplace right now) is room below the input hopper "floor". The designs I've
build require a cycling piston below the floor of the input hopper, and that
takes up a good bit of vertical room (when the top of the input bin can only be
9-10 brick heights off the baseplate). I can do it... but the resulting input
bin ends up rather shallow, so I have to make it long to hold a "pulse" of 20-30
balls.
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Brian Davis
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