Johan49

Hi I intend to show the ball factory in october to some exposition in France I have made a lot of improvement so the system is now able to run several hours without jam or problems I have strengthened some part by putting vertical beams where appropriate. I also facilitate access to every mechanical part so as to facilitate the timing adjustment should it be needeed Mainly I made big changes in two modules 1) I replace the chain system by transferring the rotate movement to the back of the model and transform the rotation to linear movement with levers. Forget previous post due to error . I am riposting the whole thing Hi I intend to show the ball factory in october to some exposition in France I have made a lot of improvement so the system is now able to run several hours without jam or problems I have strengthened some part by putting vertical beams where appropriate. I also facilitate access to every mechanical part so as to facilitate the timing adjustment should it be needed Mainly I made big changes in two modules that where source of jamming and malfunctions 1) I replace the chain system by transferring the rotate movement to the back of the model and transform the rotation to linear movement with levers this way operations of the buckets are more controllable 2) I redesigned completely the ball picker so it operates smoothly. One key point was to change the gear ratio that move the picker. Another was to consolidate the head to improve gliding Here are some pics The module

It is not yet decided until the whole system is able to run several hours without failing. But I will let you know.

Hi I think I would post here some video about my project status. I thank all of you that made it possible. After some more tuning, i will show this machine to a Lego exposition in France. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6d5QGR_HYA .