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Takanori Hashimoto is a creative Japanese GBC builder. At first sight, his GBC modules may […] Follow Planet GBC first tutorial and get to know everything about the balls you’ll need […] on [Torso] Cardan Lift Planet GBC is the website I would have loved to find while starting with Lego GBC. I hope you will enjoy it. If you do, do not hesitate to share its URL with friends and to leave me a message” Turbopolofr, creator of Planet GBCLegos TotallyTotally EpicOdd RandomRandom AwesomeEngineering AwesomenessLego GbcBall ContraptionAmazing FeatFunny OddForwardLEGO Great Ball Contraption. This has to be the most amazing feat anyone has done with Legos. Its creator calls this machine the Lego Great Ball Contraption. I don't know what to call it. Thqruwm—-I've no words to describe the awe that I've experienced watching this video. It surprised me at every step. I've never ever seen any contraption so glorious and crazy. Built in his house by Lego genius Akiyuki over the course of two years, for a total of 600 hours of construction time, the machine has staggering dimensions: 17 modules that process 500 balls for a length of 101.7 feet (31 meters) at a rate of one ball per second.
The total size is 5 by 21 feet (1.5 meters by 6.5 meters).But this is not just about its crazy size. It's about what this thing does. The modules are pure genius. Some of them should have their own video, like the archimedes screw or the basket shooter. Here is the list of modules, in order:1. Spiral lift T2 12. Elevator & coaster 13. Spiral lift T1 & step 15. Catch & release 16. Belt conveyor & pinball 17. 5-axis robot S750It uses every trick in the book. The more I watch it, the more I'm convinced that Lego should hire him to demonstrate the power of their bricks all around the world. Heck, give the man control over all your inventory, Lego. He's the kind of guy that would build a full-size mecha factory out of your bricks. Links for Friday - LEGO Long-time readers of this blog know that I like to collect and share links that are of interest toWith the blog’s rebirth, I am resuming this practice. On some days I’ll just throw out randomOn other days I am going to try for a theme.
Today’s theme is LEGO. Crowkillers: Jennifer Clark’s JCB JS220 Track Excavator – “Now you can build the ultimate LEGO pneumatic model, the JCB JS220 tracked excavator designed by Jennifer Clark. This model has almost 1700 parts and features 13 pneumatic actuators and pumps, 5 motors, and all the functions you’d expect from a scale model of the real thing.” RobotC – A C Programming Language for Robotics – “ROBOTC is the premiere robotics programming language for educational robotics and competitions. ROBOTC is a C-Based Programming Language with an Easy-to-Use Development Environment.” SR 3D Builder – “ new way to create your Lego models with PC.” Gizmo’s Freeware: Best Free Lego Building Software – “Fancy clicking some virtual bricks together on your PC? Over the years, the Lego toy brand has become increasingly oriented towards prebuilt models making it more difficult to think outside the predesigned blocks. But on a computer you can let your fantasy rip without having to shell out for designer components.
And Lego building programs are a spatially intriguing experience for youngsters of all ages.” The Great Ball Contraption – “Welcome to the Great Ball Contraption (GBC) website. Here you will find information regarding some of what it is and what some of us are currently working on. There are always several projects currently ongoing, and many of them are finished.” LEGO GBC Module: Ball Factory ver.2 – “I added some improvements to the ball factory module, because the former module didn’t support 1.0 balls/s.This new module can carry at 1.3 balls/s.” PV-Productions: GBC-8 Published – “It has been a while since my last GBC. Children of the 80s will remember the classic, and sometimes infuriating, childhood game of Screwball Scramble. It involved moving a pinball over an obstacle course of steps, swings and slides and remains popular today.But now a group of Lego enthusiasts have created an amazing modern-day version complete with escalators, robotic hands and even a pneumatic ramp.
The Great Ball Contraption, pictured, was built by members of the Tsukuba Lego Circle in Japan. Each section is made from an individual 'module' with various motorised arms, scoops, lifts, escalators, robotic hands and corkscrews that transport the balls from one module to another Each module should have an ‘in’ basket, and should move balls to the next module's ‘in’ basket.This basket should be at least 10 studs wide, by 10 studs long and high, with an 8x8 opening. The ‘in’ basket should be built onto the left-hand side of a module, and the output should go to the right. Each module should be able to accept balls at an average rate of 1 per second and balls can be passed one at a time, or in a batch of fewer than 30 balls. Called the Lego Great Ball Contraption, the mechanical device is said to contain around 11,000 bricks and is made up of modules submitted by various members of a Japanese Lego fan club. One of the largest stretches was built by 22-year-old Kawaguchi Akiyuki from Shimane.
He built 17 of the modules using around 3,000 bricks. It took him almost 600 hours to build, and his modules include a ball factory followed by a zigzag stair and lift. A pneumatic ramp scoops the balls into a cup and the balls are then thrown towards a miniature basketball hoop. The action is so precise that the majority of the balls go through the hoop. A mechanical train then picks these balls up and moves them to a spiral lift before a mechanical plastic fork scoops the balls from the lift puts them onto a moving step. A belt conveyor then moves the balls to the next module. Other members who contributed to the construction include Fin, Makoto Uda, Toise, Matk, Momonga, Kosaku-jin, Katsumata and Yattaran also contributed modules. A mechanical train then picks the balls up and moves them to a spiral lift, pictured, before a mechanical plastic fork scoops the balls from the lift and puts them onto a moving step. A belt conveyor then moves the ball to the next module The modern-day Lego GBC works in a similar way to the 1980s Tomy game Screwball Scramble, picturedAkiyuki has been building with Lego since he was a child and said during a Blocumentary - a documentary series that interviews Lego fans on YouTube: ‘Since I was little I’ve always like watching Lego that move.
I like the movements that look like robots.’A great ball contraption or (GBC) is a machine which moves small balls from one module and passes them to another module. It is based on the Rube Goldberg machine, which is a contraption that performs a simple task in a complex way, usually involving a chain reaction of events to take place in order to perform this task.Lego enthusiasts around the world make GBC and there are even rules. For example, each module should have an ‘in’ basket, and should move balls to the next module's ‘in’ basket.This basket should be at least 10 studs wide, by 10 studs long and high, with an 8x8 opening. Other members that contributed modules to the construction include Fin, Makoto Uda, Toise, Matk, Momonga, Kosaku-jin, Katsumata and Yattaran One of the largest stretches was built by 22-year-old Kawaguchi Akiyuki from Shimane. He built 17 of the modules and used around 3,000 bricks. This section shows the balls being flung through a mini basketball hoop using pneumatic arms