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Thu, 26 Feb 2004 17:13:44 GMT
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At 04:05 PM 2/26/2004 +0000, you wrote:
> In lugnet.technic, Bob Kojima wrote:
> > i have just posted pics of my rolling ball clock on brickshelf:
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> > http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=73767
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> Wow! Thgis is some king of hypnose, isn't it? I mean, I can't keep my
> eyes of
> the rolling balls! I have about 100 soccer balls at home and I have some good
> ideas to use them, but none as cool as this! I want one too!
i know i could stare at it for hours. at one time i had 4 ball lifts on
the chain so that it would run 4 times as fast. i'm not patient enough to
wait a minute for each ball to be lifted.
> Very well crafted. I like the color scheme too, even though in a MOC of that
> kind, people don't usually look at the esthetics, but at the mecanism, you
> really did a good job making it look fabulous!
thank you, i tried to make it as simple as possible with the least amount
of parts. my goal was to not let the frame work get in the way of viewing
the balls. my fist intent was to make the lift mechanism be in the back of
the moc. but when i finished i thought that the lift mechanism was just as
interesting to watch. so i turned it around and the back became the front.
> It would be awesome if you could post instructions. If you don't use CAD
> (like
> me), you could smply take it apart one step at a time, take pictures of every
> step and publish these pics in the inverse order. I know I'd try to build it!
looks like i'm going to have to learn how to use ldraw to model this. i'm
going to have to learn how to model the ribbed tube too. i think it would
be very cool to see other renditions of the clock and see what improvements
can be made.
> Something tells me that ribbed hoses and soccer balls will be more popular
> on BL
> if you post instructions!
i guess i better stock up on ribbed tube cause i would like to make a
marble machine next. one where the balls can just roll around all over on
multiple paths. finally a functional use for ribber tubbing.
bob
Bob Kojima
ko@fial.com
Fial Incorporated
Telecom Monitoring Solutions
4343 SW Corbett Ave
Portland, OR 97239
503.227.7083
http://www.fial.com
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| i have just posted pics of my rolling ball clock on brickshelf: (URL) is an explanation: This clock is based on the Arrow Handicraft Deluxe Rolling Ball Clock that was popular in the 80's. To tell the time read the hour from the 3rd row of balls. (...) (20 years ago, 25-Feb-04, to lugnet.technic) !!
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