Knex BallBuster Ball Machine Instructions

This is my final ball machine for the rest of the year since I have to go back to college. I wanted to end my ball machine spree with something huge and this is what came out, a 6' 10" high tower with five paths and a new element made by me. That element is on path one. This project took a lot of my knex to the point where I ran out of green rids!, I had to start using the black ones. Anyway, I hope you enjoy building this beast. This ball machine has the most pieces out of all of my ible's, 8,600!

Step 1: Piece Count

RODS:

grey: 17
red:279
yellow: 765
blue: 1416
white: 577
green: 1320

CONNECTORS:

white: 203
blue 3d: 286
purple 3d: 723
yellow: 692
green: 68
red: 495
orange:263
light-grey: 13
dark-grey:334

SPECIAL:

gold track connector: 326
gold track rod(length of red rod): 14
silver spacer: 227
blue spacer: 179
tan-clip: 28
blue-clip: 17
Y-clip: 87
ball-socket  connector: 2
black rod: 5
tan rod: 2
purple flexi rod: 26
orange flexi rod: 14
chain links: 170
track spice: 9
red gear: 15
yellow gear:1
Large yellow gear: 1
blue gear: 5
large tire: 1
medium tire: 2
medium tire no tread: 5
medium tire tread: 2
small tire: 7
large new tire: 3
motor: 1
Balls: 5-10




GRAND TOTAL:8600

Step 2: The Base

Where all ball machines start from.

Step 3: White Floor, Return Track, Lift Wheel and Motor

Why do I like wheel lifts? I have no idea!

Step 4: Main Support and Lift

The tallest section on the machine.

Step 5: Other Supports

They're important aren't they?

Step 6: Path Selectors

There are four of them to make five paths.

Step 7: Path 1

This path contains my new hopper car element. This also uses Sandroknexmaster's leap-frog element. This step also has exactly 100 pictures!

Step 8: Path 2

I like to call this path " the fast track to success" since it is a roller coaster path.

Step 9: Path 3

A very erratic path.

Step 10: Path 4

A nice slow path around the front support tower followed by thirteen ball alternators.

Step 11: Path 5

This path was hard to design in terms of space. I had to make it hop over a section of path 4 and weave around path three and two.

Step 12: Modifications

These are some mods I made while I was recording the machine.