Child Watching Ball - Arthur Ganson

[jna740]

I have now successfully replicated this machine in Meccano. It can be seen on You Tube, and I called it Boy Watching Girl Meccano Machine. Joseph N. Attard, Malta

[dysccophresh]

i think i love you. will you marry me?

[jna740]

Mr Ganson, I tried to replicate your machine in Meccano. Building all the movements was not a great problem. But getting the child to follow the ball is! I suspect that it all depends on mathematical ratios of lengths of arms, cranks, etc. I would appreciate it a lot if you were to offer a bit of help with the "critical part of the mechanism". All assistance will be duly acknowledged if I succeed in getting the machine to work properly. Joseph N. Attard, Malta: jnattard@onvol.net

[FHomeBrew]

This is creepy, inspiring and a bit disturbing. Really great! Did you do the maths on this or are you an intuitive builder?

[KaroKann666]

No maaaaaames güey

[astaschak]

you just mind fucked me...

[andthemouse]

The f-ing crazy!

[metrev117]

its kinda scarry, like edward scissorhands

[OregonDARRYL]

Spectacular! I am truly inspired to build.

[certron]

The amazing thing is that watching the ball is the immediate first impulse, but the mechanism that moves the ball is simple. The mechanism that keeps watch has to keep making smaller then larger then smaller lines in order to follow the ball. One's motion is a projection of the motion of the other.

[JuGgala22]

im curious, how many hours of work is in this kind of thing!

[keepwhistlingbob]

holy shit thats disturbing

[mrmagicwaffles]

This is without a doubt my favorite of all of your work. The motion looks so easy and fluid despite the complexity of the piece.

[PissoPuyo]

As I watch this, the first thing that comes to mind is the word, "mindfuck". I couldn't even begin to comprehend or even understand what it takes to make a structure like that. I'm just amazed.

[coltonapo18]

creepy+awesomeness!!

[SGBastet]

Amazing!