Great Ball Pit Posted March 27, 2018 Posted March 27, 2018 Here is the video for my latest module Tilt-Shift. It is a fully technic built module, that lifts the balls using a tilting-stairs type mechanism. The ball agitator is super-janky because I added it as the last powered mechanism of the build. The module works great, and I will be running it at an upcoming public display. I have no doubts that it will shake itself apart at some point. Images and video below. Quote
dtoerien Posted March 27, 2018 Posted March 27, 2018 Thank you, this is neat and quite hypnotic. Regards, Darryl Quote
RohanBeckett Posted March 27, 2018 Posted March 27, 2018 Fully Technic? even the flags??? well done! reminds me a bit of this one, which I'd love to sit down and reverse engineer one day! Quote
ColletArrow Posted March 28, 2018 Posted March 28, 2018 Very nice module, with good colours too; the orange balls are invisible half the time! However, to my untrained eye the ball agitator system seems wrong. Won't the jerkiness cause unnecessary strain on the motor? Surely the system, whilst it's pretty cool how random it acts, is needlessly loosing power? I could be entirely wrong, that's just the feeling I got when watching the video. Neat module overall though. Quote
Great Ball Pit Posted April 2, 2018 Author Posted April 2, 2018 On 2018-03-28 at 6:37 AM, ColletArrow said: Very nice module, with good colours too; the orange balls are invisible half the time! However, to my untrained eye the ball agitator system seems wrong. Won't the jerkiness cause unnecessary strain on the motor? Surely the system, whilst it's pretty cool how random it acts, is needlessly loosing power? I could be entirely wrong, that's just the feeling I got when watching the video. Neat module overall though. The ball agitator was the last thing I added to the module, and it was more of a "hack a fix" type solution then a well engineered solution. I would agree that uneven load on the motor is a result, in fact the entire shifting stairs portion puts way more uneven load on the motor then anything. I ended up using a Power Functions XL motor in hopes that the internal planetary gearing might help it last longer. I will be running this module at BrickCan this year, and be sure to update you all if it fails. Quote
dunes Posted November 23, 2019 Posted November 23, 2019 Here is my version of this module. Main difference is the use of slopes instead of flags. It's much more reliable in level up the ball. And a proper output ramp to make it easier for the next module to receive the balls. Quote
OneMoreRobot Posted November 23, 2019 Posted November 23, 2019 Nice improvements, looks like a bumblebee in that Colour pallet, on the build list. Quote
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