Great Ball Pit Posted April 24, 2018 Posted April 24, 2018 I forgot to post this last week, here's my latest module Upslide. It uses a helical pusher to push balls up a friends slide, and it's powered by a PF M Motor. I tried to run it at BrickCan this weekend, but it only performed for a few hours before having a bunch of issues I'll need to fix. I need to reinforce the input bin walls, tweak the output at the top of the slide, and fix a small gearing issue for the helical drive. Stay tuned for a version 2. Quote
LM71Blackbird Posted April 24, 2018 Posted April 24, 2018 I do enjoy these type of technic builds! Great work! Quote
Frequenzberater Posted April 24, 2018 Posted April 24, 2018 Nice and clean! I like it a lot. Unique build. Quote
Didumos69 Posted April 24, 2018 Posted April 24, 2018 Very clean model! This is the type of video I can stare at for hours. It has something meditative to it. Quote
KD123 Posted April 25, 2018 Posted April 25, 2018 I want to say that you've really raised the bar on this GBC but I think more appropriate would be that you've really raised the ball on this one! Wow! Thank you for sharing this. Quote
RohanBeckett Posted April 25, 2018 Posted April 25, 2018 Very neat, and original mechanism! good to hear you got at least a few hours out of it.. that proves it's a mostly sound mechanism! well done! Quote
higgins91 Posted April 25, 2018 Posted April 25, 2018 Nice GBC!Would it be possible to put wheels on the axel of 4 to roll on the slide and not rub? The axel will quickly wear out with the strongly ... Quote
DaFokka Posted April 25, 2018 Posted April 25, 2018 That's a nice GBC. Kudo's on the video! I think it's great you didn't put in your own music - the balls have a rhythm of their own. Quote
Great Ball Pit Posted July 28, 2018 Author Posted July 28, 2018 For anyone interested I've created instructions (not free) for the updated version of this module. After a disappointing showing for this module at BrickCan 2018 I've made a few fixes and improvements which has resulted in a successful hour long soak test. I will be bringing this module to BrickCon 2018 for another "real" test later this year. Head on over to my website in my sig if you are interested. Quote
Great Ball Pit Posted June 4, 2019 Author Posted June 4, 2019 I like the new slimmed down version you've made as well! Quote
Berthil Posted June 4, 2019 Posted June 4, 2019 It's a nice module and very good color setting on your version @dunes Quote
dunes Posted June 4, 2019 Posted June 4, 2019 On 6/4/2019 at 10:57 PM, Berthil said: It's a nice module and very good color setting on your version @dunes Expand Thanks. Quote
Zerobricks Posted June 4, 2019 Posted June 4, 2019 You could use the gearbox changeover arm to push the balls up the ramp and still have it freely fall down on the axle. Quote
Great Ball Pit Posted June 5, 2019 Author Posted June 5, 2019 On 6/4/2019 at 11:42 PM, Zerobricks said: You could use the gearbox changeover arm to push the balls up the ramp and still have it freely fall down on the axle. Expand What is the part number for the "changeover arm"? I'm not familiar with that name. Quote
doug72 Posted June 5, 2019 Posted June 5, 2019 On 6/5/2019 at 4:49 PM, Great Ball Pit said: What is the part number for the "changeover arm"? I'm not familiar with that name. Expand This part:- LEGO Change-over Catch (6641 / 19437) Quote
Great Ball Pit Posted June 5, 2019 Author Posted June 5, 2019 Thanks Doug! I'm not sure if this would improve performance over the Technic connector that is currently used, but it's something we could test out. Quote
dunes Posted June 5, 2019 Posted June 5, 2019 tried it with that piece and it failed. 1st the axle hole is loose. need to have two half bushes in front and back. and 2nd it wont slide over the top of the slide.. it hangs there. I stay with the proven and optimised design Quote
skppo Posted June 6, 2019 Posted June 6, 2019 I think Zerobricks meant that use the catch as the sliding part on the rotating vertical axle, not the actual pusher. This would eliminate the need for the other vertical axle. Quote
Zerobricks Posted June 6, 2019 Posted June 6, 2019 On 6/6/2019 at 5:11 AM, skppo said: I think Zerobricks meant that use the catch as the sliding part on the rotating vertical axle, not the actual pusher. This would eliminate the need for the other vertical axle. Expand Exactly! Quote
dunes Posted June 6, 2019 Posted June 6, 2019 (edited) Tried it this way. Won't work either. Too much friction. Its not sliding up. Finished in black and yellow. Edited June 6, 2019 by dunes video added Quote
Zerobricks Posted June 6, 2019 Posted June 6, 2019 On 6/6/2019 at 9:07 PM, dunes said: Tried it this way. Won't work either. Too much friction. Its not sliding up. Expand That's a shame, I think it needs a counterweight so it doesnt lock up. Quote
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