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  1. Ankoku
    The heigh difference is the thickness of the lip on this:
  2. Ankoku
    My current puzzle: Note the gap between the blue Technic Brick and the Tile. Everything fits perfectly, I just need to work out this section attaches to something. I believe the Dark Bluish Grey Technic brick is part of it. e.g. it is on this side but not the other, yet hasn't really served a purpose thus far. I also wonder if those yellow plates have something to do with it. e.g. those are just place holders I put there, but they represent something in the original. Obviously, the blue solution is not the right one. Any ideas?
  3. Ankoku
    Starting to get there: The gap between the archways and the off ramp is smaller now. The added bonus is that everything is rigidly in place now. Well, apart from a few of the bits of the arrows. So it should be very robust.
  4. Ankoku
    This is the guy that did the escalator you seen in some of the Akiyuki vids, along with the Geneva Drive GBC module:
  5. Ankoku
    A more likely version. The white plate shows mid-level bracing: The two slopes with their back facing the outside aren't fixed in place by anything.
  6. Ankoku
    I don't believe this is correct, but I am putting it out there to see if it triggers suggestions from others which may be correct!
  7. Ankoku
    In the original version, you can see the ramp into the quarter pipe is quite thick! It protrudes out past the liftarms. This isn't the case with the reverse engineered version, where the ramp sits inline with the liftarms: I was wonder why the two were different and why the extra thickness was required for the original, as it certainly wasn't for strength. I think it has to do with this: The assumption was that those wedges are 1 stud in both width and depth. When in fact, I think they are 1 x 2. This would make a lot more sense as there will be more friction to hold it all in place. The added depth makes those mystery pieces all the more intriguing. So those top two yellow plates, they could well be 2 x 2 plates.
  8. Ankoku
    Not sure how it would connect, but I am liking the thinking @dunes. This is where I have gotten to with the quarter pipe. I can't guarantee this is how it is done, but it is a lot closer. There are still a couple of mysteries I have yet to solve. Including the need for those yellow plate. They are just dummy ones I wedged in for now. I am actually using a Plate, Modified 1 x 2 with 1 Stud with Groove and Bottom Stud Holder (Jumper) to connect the support to the end wall where the Technic, Brick is. No actual need for it Did it because it is there :P I suspect that Technic, Brick is there to support the grey ramp at the bottom which needs to be braced from the side. Have removed the 2 x 2 Brick from the bottom of either side. This is the part which was requiring the slots be 2 studs wide. Said brick isn't part of the original design and the original design doesn't need or have 2 stud wide slots.
  9. Ankoku
    Any idea what these bricks are: Now if you look at the yellow one above, it is 2 plates. That is obvious. The 2 below though are clearly not 2 plates. In photos and video, they appear different. Any ideas?
  10. Ankoku
    Spotted out in the wild:
  11. Ankoku
    So, this is what I think is going on: My theory is on the right. I don't think it is exactly that, but you get the idea. The most important aspect is that it lowers the whole thing down by the height of a tile. In the original version by Akiyuki, you can see that the archways deliver the balls inline with the output ramp. Here, in the only video of a built version of the reverse engineered module, you can see a drop between the archways and the output ramp: I think my theory above might fix that difference.
  12. Ankoku
    The way the yellow bricks are held in place also seems incorrect. e.g. in the original, you only have 1 stud place in a Technic Brick which can hold two. Now in the reverse engineered version, both are used. But all they do is connect to another Technic Brick which has a tile on top. So the positioning is immaterial. I just don't think Akiyuki would use an offset Technic brick and then only use one hole without good reason. I am starting think that the single pin is connected to something like this: That to me, would make a lot more sense.
  13. Ankoku
    So, this is what I think it looks like: Based on this: This places the back support 2 studs higher than the front.
  14. Ankoku
    At this point, I get the feeling that the ramp box was worked on first. At some point, it was decided that they wanted a 2 stud width section of the box to slot in the spaces either side. The problem with this, is that the slots down allow 2 stud width. At that point, everything got weird. Here you can see what was done to allow that gap to be 2 studs wide. Here you can see the original, where it clearly isn't offset like above: So, this means that right at the bottom of the box, it is only 1 stud wide. Which is simple to achieve. The back supports for the box get real varied, real quick. The MPD differs to BlakBirds instructions. The back supports in the release video also different to the back supports seen in his layout later on. So yeah, that 2 stud wide gap, meant all other parts of the module get offset weirdly to compensate.
  15. Ankoku
    Another basic example of the difference in height. Here, the box at the back, in the original, has 9L liftarm support bracings. In the reverse engineered version, it is 7L.
  16. Ankoku
    That is the one I have been working on. Which has the height issues. Thanks for the link!
  17. Ankoku
    So, the reverse engineered version of the Stepper raised the ball far beyond the original. Here you can see the Akiyuki version. At maximum extension, it only just gets the ball where it needs to be. This image of InnoCity's building of the reverse engineered version, shows that the ball gets lifted an entire brick past where it needs to be. It feels like a mistake was made height wise, as was the case with the Ball Factory, then everything got weird from that point on in an attempt to compensate for that.
  18. Ankoku
    So it seems that the position the ramp was connected to is wrong. This is the correct placement, which fixes the height and distance. It is rather annoying that you can either go with common Light Bluish Grey bushes and rare Axle Pin Connectors of the same colour. Or rare Black bushes with common Axle Pin Connectors of the same colour. The only bit which is out now, is that the base of the hopper, which the balls rest on, is one plate too high in mine in comparison to the original. Not sure if I can be bothered to fix that though.
  19. Ankoku
    Has to be said, that is an attractive looking stepper module. Congrats on getting the reverse engineering done and module constructed!
  20. Ankoku
    So were the reverse engineered instructions different to the original? Been working on the Step Module v2 and it has been driving me insane. There is only 2 videos and the few photos there are are low resolution. Am so glad he does instructions now. The main issue is that everything is the wrong height. The box is the right height, the steppers are up 1 brick in height and the tower is up 2 bricks in height O_o; I think the tower just got ported from the Ball Factory. Where as in reality, Akiyuki had moved on and it is closer to the tower from Cup-to-Cup. I am not going for an exact copy, since I want to have the hopper follow a design similar to my Cup-to-Cup variant, so it doesn't collect balls. This is how it is looking so far. Next up is moving the stepper down 1 brick. Will most likely make the columns 2x2 instead of 2x3. The underside is completely different, as is the back of the hopper. As best I can tell, the rotating cylinder is at the correct height and I am going with the connectors used in his circuit video, since he has made improvements at this point over his release video. The lift arm protruding from the right is not in the right place. Have no idea where it needs to go until I start working on the steppers.
  21. Ankoku
    It very much has a sculpture look to it and people will always be fascinated by the mechanism.
  22. Ankoku
    Rather nice:
  23. Ankoku
    So, I have been looking into the Step Module v2 and there are certainly a number of differences, some of which seem odd. The tower is 1 brick too high and as far as I can tell, it seems to be a revised version of the one you find in the Ball Factory, rather than trying to replicate what is in the video. One clear difference is a part which is used in the original, which isn't in the reverse engineered version. He is basically using this: Also, in the circuit video, it is clear to see that the 40t gear is far below the cylinder, which isn't the case in the reverse engineered version. I may see if I can get a photo from Akiyuki, but in a way, it doesn't impact what I am doing, since I am basically using the tower from Cup-to-Cup v2, which is far more similar to the original, then the ball factory. I may even end up using the above part, more as a nod than a requirement.
  24. Ankoku
    This doesn't seem to have been posted yet. I really like the hopper design. Seems to avoid idle balls well.
  25. Ankoku
    Right, I couldn't remember what I wanted to ask last night about the Step Module. Now I remember! It uses to Universal Joints, are they actually needed? It looks rather straight. They were needed in the original design as they were there to deal with a significant height difference. From the look of this version, the height difference seems either minor or non-existent.
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