The Mini Ball Machine

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The Mini Ball Machine

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Hey everyone! Back with another! Today, I bring something very simple! This right here is a mini ball machine! Compared to all the other ones I built, it is much smaller. I thought this would be a neat little project to do. With it only taking 4 or 5 days (after the post of The New Year Mania ball machine), compare it to the other ones, which take months or weeks.

Let's move to some details. This ball machine is only suitable for 1 ball. If it suited more than 1, it'd be chaos. The blue (slow) motor is the perfect speed. The ball has time before it gets to the pickup. 1/2 a rotation around = 1 completed lap on the pathway of the ball machine. Yes, there is also rubber bands on the white connector. Let's take a look at these different pieces of the machine!

Pickup

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This is where the ball starts. The ball will be picked up by the lift and make it's way up the lift, where it will then start the very short journey.

Dropoff

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The ball is then hit off the lift by 2 white rods and drops onto a slope and hits the rubber banded connector, making it turn and fall to the next obstacle.

2 Small Diagonal Slides

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Not much to say on this other than it goes fast down this. The 2 are the slopes with red connectors onbthe end.

The Slide to the Beginning

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This returns the ball back to the pickup, where it will then repeat itself.

End

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Hope you enjoyed! Leave a like if you want more small or tiny ball machines! That's all for now! See y'all along the rails!