awesome ball machine

[SandEagle]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q76r-3z4Ckk

This is Clockwork, my fifth major K'nex ball machine, and my largest and most complex K'nex structure to date. It took 8 months to build, has over 40,000 pieces, over 450 feet of track, 21 different paths, 8 motors, 5 lifts, and a one-of-a-kind computer-controlled crane, as well as two computer-controlled illuminated K'nex balls

😱

 

[Red Squirrel]

That's awesome. I used to have lot of k'nex when I was a kid, had so much fun building all sorts of stuff with them.

 

[T_Yamamoto]

i still have my k'nex. except some of the magnets are missing and the balls are too.

 

[sdifox]

insane

 

[Meractik]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sUtS52lqL5w&feature=g-logo-xit

LEGO'S!

 

[Red Squirrel]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sUtS52lqL5w&feature=g-logo-xit

LEGO'S!

That's an insane one too. 😱 I totally want a wall mounted version of that which uses the span of all walls in my room, and add glow in the dark balls. Would be the most awesome way to fall asleep.

 

[Meractik]

I lack the ability to build any of that cool stuff, i had problems following the directions that used to come with a small boxed lego set, but its neat to see the things other people make. Just saw that link today and thought it was relevant to this post when I lurked on it a few days ago, so i figured id come out of the dark and post it.

 

[Leros]

I would love to build machines like that, but a small Lego set costs about $20. I don't have $50,000 to spend on enough Lego for a machine like that.

 

[Red Squirrel]

I used to like making my own stuff rather than what the instructions said. I remember when I got the K'nex rollercoaster set. Man I had a blast with that. I remember making random stuff like a wind powered crane and wind powered rollercoaster. Basically made a turbine and put a fan in front of it and it totally made it work. Then there was the deathcoaster. Oh that poor K'nex man got lot of abuse from me.

 

[Red Squirrel]

I just totally got an awesome idea. so I've been wanting to build an enclosure for my server rack as it's a 4 post and I want to make it cleaner looking and add cable management stuff and all that. Will also improve airflow.

I need to find bulk lego pieces. Just need the standard rectangle brick ones. Anyone want to fund a lego server rack? 😛

 

[eits]

level of difficulty: asian