Quadrivium - KNEX Ball Machine

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Quadrivium - KNEX Ball Machine

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This is my 10th ball machine "Quadrivium". This is my most complex and best ball machine to date. This ball machine features a chain lift with 2 types of claws in a pattern, 8 paths, 4 new elements, and it only took me less than two weeks to build. My younger brother helped me with a few things on here, balls barely fall off, and works great.

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HERE'S THE VIDEO:

The Bottom & Network

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This is where the balls come to be lifted by the chain lift and up to the top.

The Switching Yards

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This is how the balls connect to the four support towers.

Path 1

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This path features MinnesotaRandomCrap's lowering beam from Phobia and a path my brother helped me with.

Path 2

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This path features sandroknexmaster's spiral stairs and my new kind of tipping path.

Path 3

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This path greatly features me and my brothers' simple alternators that we constructed on our own.

Path 4

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This path features my new mini chain lift bridge with rails.

Large Ball Alternator (paths 5 & 6)

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Paths 5 and 6 are powered by my new large ball alternator.

Paths 7 & 8

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These paths combine to act like a mini racetrack where two balls are released at the same time by a two-ball dropper I made for the balls to fall down the chute first.