Ion - a Knex Ball Machine (Instruction Version-Not Complete)

(These instructions are in Beta and might not be finished for a while)

This is a ball machine that took me a month to make. It has 2 Networks along with 2 Chain Lifts and 8 Paths. I'm spending the time to make instructions off of this because I realized that most ball machines from 2013 or later don't have instructions. So I wanted to make this instructable so that people might actually enjoy being able to build knex ball machines that actually have instructions.

Keep in mind that this is not yet finished and that I'm done but I have not yet finished this instructable.

I'm not gonna make a piece list because I'm lazy.

Not Finished

Small Chain: 58

Longer Chain: 65

Rods:

Green: 6 White: 26 Blue: 18 Yellow: 5 Red: 5

Connectors:

Dark Grey: 1 Light grey: 4 Orange: 2 Red: 3 Green: 3 Purple: 32 Yellow: 7 Blue: 5

Misc:

Blue Spacers: 5 Tan Lock: 1 Black Clip: 3 Neon Orange Bendy Rod: 1 Neon Green Bendy Rod: 1 Medium Size Square Base Plate: 3

Rods:

Green: 30 White: 3 Yellow: 12

Connectors:

Light grey: 2 Orange: 2 Red: 1 Green: 1 Purple: 28 Yellow: 12

Misc:

Black Clip: 1

This is a mix of a couple different paths. The maze is by collinjo12 but the rest I don't know

Rods:

Green: 6 White: 26 Blue: 18 Yellow: 5 Red: 5

Connectors:

Dark Grey: 1 Light grey: 4 Orange: 2 Red: 3 Green: 3 Purple: 32 Yellow: 7 Blue: 5

Misc:

Blue Spacers: 5 Tan Lock: 1 Black Clip: 3 Neon Orange Bendy Rod: 1 Neon Green Bendy Rod: 1 Medium Size Square Base Plate: 3

This is a element made by Kairah. The ball basically does a zig-zag until it reaches the bottom.

Rods:

Green: 9 Blue: 24 Yellow: 18 Red: 5

Connectors:

Dark Grey: 2 Orange: 13 Red: 12 Purple: 6 Yellow: 8

Misc:

Blue Spacer: 7 Small Size tire (3) with rubber end (2)

Step 5 is a element made by Shadowman39, I don't remember what it's called though.

Rods:

Green: 25 White: 11 Blue: 23 Yellow: 8 Red: 10

Connectors:

Light grey: 2 Orange: 3 Red: 18 Green: 11 Purple: 18 Yellow: 14 Blue: 2

Misc:

Blue Spacers: 1 Tan Lock: 1

Step 6 is just a plinko type idea where the ball goes though a bunch of rods to get to the end. It's very simple.

Rods:

White: 14 Blue: 10 Yellow: 8

Connectors:

Purple: 2 Blue: 3 White: 10

Misc:

Large Square Base Plate: 1

This is a little longer step. This is a element made by MinnesotaRandomCrap and it's a very cool type of dropper so I included it.

Rods:

Green: 4 White: 15 Blue: 9 Yellow: 4 Red: 11 Grey: 5 Black: 2

Connectors:

Dark Grey (or newer purple): 8 Orange: 4 Red: 12 Purple: 6 Yellow: 5 Blue: 2

Misc:

Black Clip: 2 Blue Spacers: 22

Path 8 is the tire bowl and the clickers from BBF. This is a simple step.

Rods:

Green: 20 White: 14 Blue: 3 Yellow: 8

Connectors:

Dark Grey: 1 Orange: 7 Red: 18 Purple: 1 Yellow: 9 Blue: 3

Misc:

Black Clip: 2 Blue Spacers: 4 Medium Size Tire: 1