Cary Swoveland
05-01-2007, 1:04 AM
Here are pics of a kinetic toy I made for grandson #2, who was three at the time.
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It was a really fun project. I literally designed it as I built it. It went together very quickly. You can see there's nothing fancy about it. I didn't even bother to hide blemishes or sand it very much--just slapped on some Watco oil when I finished.
The marbles are 3/4" ball bearings. They are lifted with a sliding magnet.
Rather than trying to explain how it works, I just uploaded a short video to YouTube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vpruzgIJovA
If the video continued, it would show that the next ball takes a different path after leaving the horizontal spinner. In the pics above you can see there is a switch that, every other time, directs the ball inward, where it eventually rolls down a chime before reaching the bottom.
I hope if any others have built kinetic toys, they might post pics to this thread.
Yes, Markus loved it. So did all his friends. So did Markus' parents. So did all their friends. So did all my friends.
Cary
637166371763718
It was a really fun project. I literally designed it as I built it. It went together very quickly. You can see there's nothing fancy about it. I didn't even bother to hide blemishes or sand it very much--just slapped on some Watco oil when I finished.
The marbles are 3/4" ball bearings. They are lifted with a sliding magnet.
Rather than trying to explain how it works, I just uploaded a short video to YouTube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vpruzgIJovA
If the video continued, it would show that the next ball takes a different path after leaving the horizontal spinner. In the pics above you can see there is a switch that, every other time, directs the ball inward, where it eventually rolls down a chime before reaching the bottom.
I hope if any others have built kinetic toys, they might post pics to this thread.
Yes, Markus loved it. So did all his friends. So did Markus' parents. So did all their friends. So did all my friends.
Cary