The Official Guide to K'NEX Ball Machine Elements

Since I wanted to make details of new elements I might make in the future, and when I feel like adding other elements here for easier reference, I decided to make this guide to comply as many simple to astounding elements as possible to make referenece easier for others as well as myself. This guide will use new elements I make, elements I modify from other ones, and mostly other elements that already exist.

EDIT: Since there were starting to be too many elements in this guide, I've have made a separate guide on just the regular "paths" which can be found here. 

If you want a guide to lifts, check out 39Shadowman's guide to lifts here.

Step 1: Side Winder

This is a variation of one of Yardking's elements used in his ball machine Arcane, the one used above is in my ball machine Propulsion.

Comments

[sandroknexmaster]

In step 6 do you say that the vid of Obligation isn't available anymore, but I can still watch it...

[collinjo12]

Oh! That's because you and "that" guy both probably live in Germany and I live in the United States. Must of got blocked here.

[sandroknexmaster]

You mean Belgium :p Yes he's from Belgium, just like me. The only knexer who lives in Germany that I know is Sorunome.
And yeah that could be possible.

[Sorunome]

yeah, i don't know any other knexer from germany, i'm so alone :(

[sandroknexmaster]

But almost everyone thinks all Dutch knexers are German, annoying sometimes...
And you're maybe alone, but that makes you the best knexer from Germany. And the worst :D

[Sorunome]

Lol, i'm the worst knexer from germany, I should advertise with that :P
And yeah, the reason is that dutch sounds as if someone can't speack german >.<

[sandroknexmaster]

Yup indeed :p

[Sorunome]

mhmm, you haven't been on skype latley :(

[sandroknexmaster]

Now I am :D

[MarsCrystalMan]

Please, that poor little element in Step 10 is just begging for a name, and has been for several months. :-( How about "Mini Spinny", "Spintastic/Spinner Slide", or "Swoosh Chute"? Even if you choose none of these, don't leave the little guy nameless! ;-)

[MarsCrystalMan]

P.S: Love the new elements! And about that revision in the introduction...can there ever be too many elements in a guide? :-P

[knexpert#10829476]

I notice in your pdf, there aren't 50 steps.

[knexpert#10829476]

Very nice guide!

[collinjo12]

Thanks!! I'm currently building my biggest ball machine yet!! Stay tuned!!

[www139]

I think you did a good job!
:D

[Sorunome]

Haha, another elements guide!
There defenetly should be one with all ellements in it! :D

[Shadowman39]

What about the one we started?

[Sorunome]

That's dead :P I can add some other people if you give me the permission :P And I could start asking around the other guids weather we could use the images

[Shadowman39]

It doesn't have to be dead anymore. Can't only the author add collaborators? I don't think we should just take pictures from other guides though, even though it'll take time to build elements (for me anyway, maybe I can after I'm done with my project).

[Sorunome]

ah, ok, and about adding collaborators, i have no idea :D

[tjlavelle]

I'm also in the process of making a ball machine element "dictionary" maybe we could work together?

[collinjo12]

I know, that would be awesome if me or somebody would sum up every KNEX element guide to make just one out of those.

[KneXtreme]

That would be pretty cool, but almost impossible to do.

[Sorunome]

*caught* look at öthe post of shadowman above and at my reply *caught*

[Shadowman39]

That's one strange cough you have there!

[Sorunome]

-.-

[collinjo12]

The Mario Kart Paving is supported by classic knex, not micro knex; because the micro pieces wouldn't fit in the holes on the edges of the pieces.

[KneXtreme]

Nice. I might consider getting some.