K'nex Ball Contraption - The Prize

Presenting -- THE PRIZE --

Officially our largest K'nex contraption built to date. Designed and built by Nathan and Dylan S. Building time took from April 2011 to December 2011.

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Information:

Height - 7' 9''
Width - 11' 0''
Depth - 7' 0''

Weight - 100 pounds
Pieces - 25000+
Unique tracks - 16
Chain lifts - 4
Spiral lifts - 1

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Music used:

(0:00) Hans Zimmer - Dream is Collapsing
(2:21) Hans Zimmer - The Dark Knight Theme
(5:57) Two Steps From Hell - Protectors of the Earth
(8:43) Hans Zimmer - Pirates of the Caribbean


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And this contraption was also our Christmas tree -- It has about 400 lights strung around it plus a star on the top that light up at night

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• K'nex
• Knex
• ball
• contraption
• machine
• prize
• motion
• mechanism
• tower
• track
• path
• lift
• nschmal1

[Gnmar2723]

you my friend are either going to become an engineer that gets paid a lot of money or you are an engineer that gets paid lots of money.

[nschmal1]

@Gnmar2723 hahathanks. im studying architecture my brothers studying mechanical engineering

[Sathothy]

Awesome, one of my favorite ballmachiness. Also did you made it togheter whit keggore1 on instructables?

[kathryne115]

haha. this is awesome

[Sorunome]

That is just far to awesome....I'm speechless! I wish I could make such cool ball machines.....

[nschmal1]

@austron thaaanks dude, i remember thinking that way up. it was one of the earlier ways i put in there before all the ways on the L shape the juts out. i originally had it where the one did a big half loop and the other one that jumps stayed flat and bounced off a trampoline at the bottom but that did not work  any way i tried it so it turned into a jump instead

[austron]

@nschmal1 By the way, the twin drop which splits off into a half loop and a jump is probably the most epic element I've ever seen in a ball machine.

[austron]

@nschmal1 You've been to the K'nex headquarters? I'm jealous! I'd love to see that.

[nschmal1]

@austron I think i picked up that green gear in the warehouse at Knex headquarters several years ago. i had never seen it before in any other set. Its pretty much the same as the big yellow gear from the old ferris wheel set. Those gears are hard to come by nowadays

[Tornadoman96]

That was Absolutely incredible! You have included a tremendous amount of innovation in this build! I love all the new elements spread out through the machine! And then I heard Batman Music which made it even better... and THEN I heard Pirates Of the Caribbean which just blew me away! Awesome build and GREAT song choices!

[95martb]

truly amazing! i wish i had the room to build such a open ball machine....