Author Topic: [video] Knex Ball Machine Apocalypse (Read 40352 times)

pimathbrainiac · « **Reply #75 on:** June 29, 2013, 11:19:11 am »

A mechanical piston, wheels (or ~~cam~~CRANKshaft) drive shaft, which drive piston.

EDIT: like in a car

Sorunome · « **Reply #76 on:** June 29, 2013, 11:21:58 am »

erm, a crank?
That has already been made

pimathbrainiac · « **Reply #77 on:** June 29, 2013, 11:25:27 am »

~~Then I say computer controlled. I've got nothing else to offer~~

EDIT: I found this: just reverse the design:

EDIT 2: this page on wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhombic_drive

Sorunome · « **Reply #78 on:** June 29, 2013, 11:30:03 am »

that still requires the cranks to be impractically huge for a lift this size

pimathbrainiac · « **Reply #79 on:** June 29, 2013, 11:33:22 am »

What if it were flywheel-controlled (and just shot up the shaft?)

Sorunome · « **Reply #80 on:** June 29, 2013, 11:35:57 am »

erm, shooting it up? Impracticle, to heavy
flywheel? what is that?

pimathbrainiac · « **Reply #81 on:** June 29, 2013, 11:40:38 am »

Then I guess just computer control it. I can't change my vote, though.

Sorunome · « **Reply #82 on:** June 29, 2013, 11:41:58 am »

wierd.
Well, any kind of launching is too impracticle due to the big weight, and cranks are also impractical due to the tall height, so it would require some mechanism to mechanically change direction and my current one decided to stop working, so....

DJ Omnimaga · « **Reply #83 on:** June 29, 2013, 01:09:02 pm »

If only K'nex had engines/motorized stuff that worked based on boolean logic and stuff, maybe a K'nex calculator would be possible (like Minecraft calculators)?

Sorunome · « **Reply #84 on:** June 29, 2013, 03:11:58 pm »

There have already been made knex calulatores, but only for adding numbers, working purley mechanical.

Sorunome · « **Reply #85 on:** June 30, 2013, 05:54:01 pm »

So yeah, even though that elevator lift is still unresolved, i still did progress in other parts of the machine with some lifts.
I especially like how the ring lift is just so empty in the whole
As always, pics are attached.

Sorunome · « **Reply #86 on:** July 03, 2013, 03:06:18 pm »

I got AWESOME news, thanks to a AWESOME knex'er called Shadomwn39 (how is actually a good friend of mine, but i never met him IRL

) I managed to fix the elevator lift - well, more that shadowman told me a idea he used in his, because we two are inventing the same lift at the same time :O

So yeah, now I need to make the balls exit

Streetwalrus · « **Reply #87 on:** July 03, 2013, 03:10:34 pm »

Pretty cool to hear !

willrandship · « **Reply #88 on:** July 03, 2013, 03:10:42 pm »

Was there something wrong with using a motor+knex chain system for the lift?

Sorunome · « **Reply #89 on:** July 03, 2013, 03:12:22 pm »

Quote from: willrandship on July 03, 2013, 03:10:42 pm

Was there something wrong with using a motor+knex chain system for the lift?

erm ,you mean isntead of using the string a chain? It wouldn't look that good IMO.

And the problem is pretty hard to explain, sorry, I wish I could.....but the mechanism is so dence that I can't even take decent pics of it to help me explain, so meh

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