K'nex Xbox Controller Auto Clicker

Welcome everyone! Have you ever wanted to farm hundreds of levels in Minecraft or kill over 20 thousand unicorns in Terraria, but you can't download an auto clicker because you have an Xbox and you really don't want to just sit there, pushing right trigger for countless hours on end? Well if yes, oh boy do I have the creation for you. I designed this contraption a while ago and have been saving it to write an Instructables on and well, here I am. As pictured, there are two versions, one with the 12v wired motor and one with a battery powered motor (any color will work). Though I build, and recommend the 12v motor, I do show the easy modification for the battery operated motor instead. With that, let's see what you need to build this bad boy!

Go scour your K'nex bin and get ready for a list. I've listed the parts in the color that they are in the picture. List time!

Connectors:

13x, 1 way, grey

1x, 2 way, light grey

7x, 2 way, straight, orange

12x, 3 way, red

3x, 4 way, green

13x, 5 way, yellow

1x, 8 way, white

26x, 4 way, 3D, purple

5x, 7 way, 3D, blue

1x, 1D hinge, blue/black

Rods:

37x, green

10x, white

12x, yellow

4x, red

Clips:

5x, Y clip, black

12x, locking, tan (some can be substituted for grey connectors, metallic blue non-locking clips, more Y clips, or caps)

Spacers:

5x, large, grey spacer

16x, small, blue spacer

Gears:

3x, red, medium size (34 teeth, can be substituted in with yellow crown gears, but make sure to look at the gear modification at the end)

1x, blue, small size (14 teeth)

1x, white, 12v motor gear

Motor:

1x, grey, 12v wired motor (and its power cable)

If you don't have a wired, 12v motor, all is not lost! Grab a battery powered motor, 3 grey spacers and a black rod cap and follow the motor modification at the end!

Alright, this is part 1 of 3 to making the base. I would suggest reading the pic descriptions below.

Pic descriptions:

Build this part

Build this little guy

Make sure the grey connector is 2 blue spacers away from the end of the blue rod. Don't keep the spacers on though

Get the other part you made

Put 'em together

Make this part

Done! After you attach them that is...

The other half of the motor holder.

Pic Descriptions:

Build the top

Build the bottom

Get them both

Stick 'em together

Time to make an axle! This is for the wired 12v motor. If you don't have one, check out step 11 and build that axle instead (its the same, minus the white gear and replace it with 3 grey spacers)

Pic Descriptions:

Axle parts (they are arranged in the order they go on)

Put them on

Slide it into the yellow connector shown (Base pt 1)

Don't forget the blue spacer!

Grab Base pt 2

Connect them and grab a tan piece

Snap it on the end of the drive axle

This makes it poke faster!

Pic Descriptions:

Axle parts

Slide the previous right part through the first yellow connector, then the blue spacer, blue gear, and two tan clips in the middle, then push it through

Add the grey connector and spacer

Note: It should spin freely (the two gears together)

This axle changes direction of motion to operate the poker!

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More axle parts! (the two holders are slightly different)

Put them on like this

Don't forget the blue spacer and grey connector!

Get the rest of the build so far

Attach in the new bit with the old bit (make sure the tan piece does not collide with the green connector)

This wraps up the structure and mechanism for the poker.

Pic Descriptions:

Build this little fella (I would recommend putting in the white rod first)

Take the piece you just made and make this guy (don't forget the two blue spacers!)

Attach the two together

Make this

Go find a blue spacer and a grey connector

Get the other parts you've made in this step and make the small part in the bottom of the image

Put them all together. Clip the light-grey connector part in first, then slide in the blue rod and its friends, then slide the blue spacer on the other end with the grey connector on the end.

Make this dude

Grab the whole base, and the other parts you just made

Slide the blue rod with tan pieces into the middle of the red connector on the base and then attach the last holder in the same way and snap the rods in to keep it secure! (Not pictured but make sure the orange connector, white rod, and blue spacer combo slides through the red connector on the base part)

Find two tan clips and put them on the ends of the blue rod.

Well you better make this part or its just gonna be a weird box of gears and a crank...

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The poker!!!

Go grab the base

Slide the yellow rod portion of the poker through the grey and yellow connectors

Clip in the white rod to the crank on the right (it goes in the grey connector)

Clip on the grey connector to the yellow rod and give it a spin! It should spin freely and the hinge piece should not hit anything. If its hard to spin, make sure the gears aren't jammed on the connectors and aren't too tight!

Do you want to just spin this contraption? Well I don't... so consider attaching the motor. If you don't have a wired 12v motor, see step 11 to attach a battery powered motor instead!

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Grab the motor and two red connectors

Slide in the motor

Clip the red connectors in the secure the motor. Run the motor and it should be nice and smooth with very little resistance!

This part holds the controller. It is funky but it works!

Pic Descriptions:

Build the base

Build two of these guys. The connector should be in the center of the yellow rod

Slide the orange connector into the white and clip in the yellow rod. The second one goes on the other side. This is to prevent the next part from turning

Build these two dudes

Clip them onto the yellow rods. The top yellow rod should not be able to leave the base

Build this part

Get the base

Slide the grey connector onto the blue rod and then clip in the black, Y clip to the top of the purple connector. Sorry for the bad drawing :/

Build this bar

Build this other bar. Notice that the left red connector is left separate

Clip the first bar onto the bottom

Clip on the red bar. The bottom part of the red rod should attach into the top of the purple connector and the other connectors on the rod should clip into the rod beneath it. Pay attention to the spacing or the controller may slide around :)

Build these two parts

Snap them on as shown

They should be able to attach to each other. This is what holds the controller down

You're finally DONE!!! YAY!! Put in your Xbox controller and plug it in. The right trigger should be pressed each time the poker extends! The piece that holds the controller down should not push down and buttons or joysticks.

This step is here for those who don't have a wired 12v motor! I would recommend using a green motor (as pictured) or something of equivalent speed.

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Overview

Parts list - One black rod cap is what is pictured in the upper right

Make the modified drive axle (Step 3 has the original) where instead of the white gear, tan piece and blue spacer, add 3 grey spacers to replace the distance

Slide on the motor and put the cap on!

The machine works best if the motor is pushed toward the holder (as pictured)

This step is for builders who either don't have any of the red gears or those who are having slipping issues. This is a really simple change and only requires 1 part to be removed!

As pictured, for the 90-degree part, all you gotta do is remove the blue spacer and its ready to go!

If you replace the gear not pictured, no modification to the build process needs to be done!

And remember, it should still run SMOOTH!!

Over the countless hours I've run this machine, I've ran into a very few issues but here are some:

Motor is struggling - Make sure all gears spin with ease and the crank too. This can be fixed by pushing all gears and clips slightly away from anything that does not move (the connectors that hold them in). Unfortunately friction is not your friend here but it hasn't been too much of an issue for me once I got to run right.

MAKE SURE THE POWER CABLE IS FREE FROM ALL MOVING PARTS!!!!

Gears slipping - I personally have destroyed one of my white gears that drive from the motor because the machine got stuck due to the previous issue. If you are having issues with the 90 degree gears slipping, check out step 12.

Xbox remote is not registering trigger press - This is usually due to the remote slightly moving during the motor movements. This can be fixed by sliding the top bar that holds the controller down to opposite sides. Check out the second picture on this step for reference.

If you have any other issues, feel free to message me in the comments with your problem! Anyway, happy building to you all!