sawyer klegr

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  1. sawyer klegr
    Yes, I guess because it is so far from the marbles it can be hard to understand.
  2. sawyer klegr
    Thanks! It can take a while ;)
  3. sawyer klegr
    This lego great ball contraption uses a shooter mechanism to shoot the marbles into a castle. The range of the shooter mechanism can be easily adjusted with a gear at the back, it uses a large linear actuator attached to a shock absorber to do so. Part of the back of the castle is made from lego 6L half beams to slow the balls down. I have the LDD file for this module here. Do you like this kind of decorated module or do you think it is better to just focus on the functions? I like this kind but it uses a lot more pieces and takes a lot longer to build.
  4. sawyer klegr
    Hahaha, thanks! I do still like it when you can see the mechanism though.
  5. sawyer klegr
    Thanks! I am glad you like it :) Thanks! If you want the LDD file is here.
  6. sawyer klegr
    Ok, thanks! I like building this kind module ;)
  7. sawyer klegr
    This lego great ball contraption miniloop features a redesigned Cardan mechanism to lift the balls up. It is designed to be as reliable as possible while still being interesting. One of the parts that make it extra reliable is the loading mechanism having two technic pins to stop more than one ball rolling out at once. It can be powerd by a M motor or by hand but if you power it by hand you have to do it at the exact right speed, so it it better to use the motor. The mechanism uses two 12 tooth gears meshing together witch normally dosn't work to well but because they are slightly more than 2.5 studs apart it work well. If you want instructions I have the .lfx file here on Bricksafe or video instructions here. As you can see the differential gear is held in place by a 16 tooth gear, it works well but if it jams it separates you have to fix the timing of the whole miniloop. I am planning to reinforce it in the future with a 3L technic beam.
  8. sawyer klegr
    This lego great ball contraption module uses two "minecarts" and a conveyor belt to lift the marbles. The module is quite reliable even though it has so many gears and moving parts. The carts have extra plates on the bottom to make them heavy enough to pull the strings down, as these strings are quite stiff. The Instructions and part list is on rebrickable here. ↑↑↑ This mechanism with the two 2L technic beams is what makes the carts stop at the top to let the marbles in. The PF switch is attached to the servo motor witch flips the gearbox direction, this way the main XL motor always runs in the same direction.
  9. sawyer klegr
    Wow, I would be honored! I have sent you a email but if you don’t get it my email address is sawyerklegr@yahoo.com
  10. sawyer klegr
    Thanks! It would be possible but would require quite a large modification to the design.
  11. sawyer klegr
    Thank you :)
  12. sawyer klegr
    This Lego great ball contraption miniloop uses a screw made of technic flex tube to lift the marbles up, then they role down the ramp and back to the start again. The ramp is made of "cheese slopes" and hinge bricks wich make it flexible. The ramp can is flexible but if you want to bend it more than about 15 degrees you have to swap one of the 1x2 slopes for a 1x1 slope. It works well for short distances but might need to be supported if it is made longer. The LDD file is here. Some of the parts for the screw are missing because they are not in LDD, the screw should look like this: More photos here.
  13. sawyer klegr
    Thanks! I find it more fun to build them with only one motor :)
  14. sawyer klegr
    This lego great ball contraption module uses a three sided wheel with "forks" to lift the marbles to the next module. The module is surprisingly reliable but it can take some time to get it running well. The stepper used to load the main mechanism works fairly well but it could still use some work, as you can see at 0:50 in the video it does not always work perfectly. The instructions, LDD file and part list are here. I used 1x3 technic half beams instead of the correct 1x5 ones in the instructions becuase LDD does not have them. The differential gear is not essential, it is only to make it easier to set the timming of the loading mechanism.
  15. sawyer klegr
    Thank you :)
  16. sawyer klegr
    Thanks! I hope you can get them running well soon :)
  17. sawyer klegr
    Nice! I like how you used the shock absorbers to keep the tracks tight.
  18. sawyer klegr
    Thank you :)
  19. sawyer klegr
    This lego GBC miniloop uses three technic lift arms to push the marbles up a ramp, then they fall onto another ramp. When a second marble falls onto that ramp it tips them down another set of ramps and back down to the start again. It is quite reliable if you place all the 1x1 "cheese" slopes straight but it can get stuck if they are not straight. (using 2x2 cheese slopes would fix this problem but I did not have enough in dark grey) The instructions are here. I also have a LDD file for it but I can not find any place to upload the file as it is not a standard file type, any suggestions?
  20. sawyer klegr
    Thanks, Josh DaVid has done something similar to that here. I have not considered this before but it is a good idea, I will try to start doing that with my new miniloops.
  21. sawyer klegr
    The LDD files are here: https://bricksafe.com/pages/sawyer1/lego-gbc-modules
  22. sawyer klegr
    Ok, thanks :)
  23. sawyer klegr
    Maybe if you slow the wheel down it would be more reliable? I found it more reliable when it was going slower in the miniloop.
  24. sawyer klegr
    This lego great ball contraption miniloop uses a spinning wheel to lift the balls up onto a set of ramps. Then the balls role down the ramps and back to the start again. I have remade this in lego digital designer but can't find any good way of making PDF instructions from it, any suggestions on how to do this? Exporting the instructions as a HTML building guide does not seem to work very well (it does not show a parts list for each step) the instructions are on reabrickable here.
  25. sawyer klegr
    Thank you! this helps a lot, thank you for making PDF instructions for the mini invisible lift too :)