[GBC] My latest design: Two Arms

[msx80]

Hi there, this is my latest GBC design. It has two alternating arms that pick up balls from two channels. A couple of balanced beams boh release the first ball and block the successive. It's probably been done plenty of times by this design is entirely by me.

It's actually pretty reliable! It only blocks sometimes at the input basket if it receives a lot of balls, since it's not agitated. But vibration from the balanced beams usually unblock it.

Let me know how you like it :)

 

 

[howitzer]

Very nice and simple, yet interesting looking model.

I guess you could use the counterbalances to agitate the input bin, maybe by placing a 1x2 rubber liftarm in between them and the bin and carefully tuning the distance so, that there's a "thud" each time the counterbalance bumps to the bin, but not enough to cause it slow or jam?

[Andreas E]

Nice build. Looks realiable.

[msx80]

On 8/13/2021 at 12:33 PM, howitzer said:

Very nice and simple, yet interesting looking model.

I guess you could use the counterbalances to agitate the input bin, maybe by placing a 1x2 rubber liftarm in between them and the bin and carefully tuning the distance so, that there's a "thud" each time the counterbalance bumps to the bin, but not enough to cause it slow or jam?

Yeah something can definitely be done. The counterweight are right below the bin so they can be exploited to either hit the bin or to move a lever that displace some balls. I might try to implement it, but for my current layout it's not really needed :)