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Ever since Wipe Out, people have been interested in building new lifts for ball machines, so I made this guide! This will have all of the lifts I've ...
This lift has been around since ball machines began because of the Big Ball Factory. It's an easy lift to build, and doesn't require much pieces. You ...
This is a chain lift made out of micro chain, and the ball holder is also made of micro pieces. The pictures below are from mathsboy314. The last pict...
This lift combines a chain lift with a chain path element. The base is the same as a normal chain lift, and it still goes up vertically. The differenc...
This lift was invented and built by floris2burn. This is a lot like a vertical chain lift, except it can go diagonal or horizontal. It also has a diff...
This is a lift built by Tornado96. It is similar to a chain lift, except the chain runs along a guide that is a semi-circle. Here are the instructions...
This lift uses chain, which is on a track leading diagonally upward. I call it the chainsaw lift because the things sticking out of the chain that pic...
This is similar to the regular chainsaw lift, except the ball is pushed along a track, with the chain on the top! Sorunome built this lift, which has ...
This lift was built by shadowninja31. It's like an inverted chainsaw lift, except it's tilted vertical, similar to a normal chain lift. He used this i...
I first used this small lift in Wipe Out. The steps go up and down, all at different heights. You can make it higher with more steps, but I wouldn't g...
This lift was also used in Wipe Out. The helices are made out of tubing, so the ball's ride up the lift is pretty smooth. I wouldn't make it too high ...
Also known as spiral lifts, these are similar to my double helix lift, except they only have one spiral instead of two. There was a Knex set that used...
This is similar to the helix lift, except it's inverted. Instead of the helix spinning in the center, the tower spins in the center, with the helix ou...
This lift was built by Sorunome. It's similar to a regular helix lift but the tower around the helix spins, and the helix is stationary. This lift w...
This is IaC's lift. It has four arms that each pick up balls. You can stack them up to make the lift higher. Thanks to IaC for the instructions, pict...
This lift was built by Kairah, and featured in Metropolis. It has rotating wheels with four arms connected to them. The ends of each arm has a holder ...
This one was featured in Wipe Out. It's a big arm that spins around and around. Before the balls get to go up in it, they wait at a rotating gate whic...
These is similar to the larger ones, but they are smaller. Below are pictures of an arm lift by collinjo12, what he calls a modified arm lift. A video...
Built by sandroknexmaster, this lift rotates like an arm, but it's a freefall also. So, when the ball gets to the top, it freefalls to the bottom and ...
This is a lift featured in Cataclysm. Instead of it rotating around, it goes up and down. There's a CyberKnex motor on the arm's tip, and it's lifted ...
This quarter arm lift was built by CassisDude98. The arm uses a crank to go up and down about 90 degrees. Here are instructions, made by KneXtreme. Th...
This lift was originally built in my unfinished ball machine (skip to 4:47 on the video to see the lift). It uses arms that are parallel, and they are...
This lift was built by sandroknexmaster, and was first featured in his ball machine Euphoria.The arms are similar to a regular parallel arm lift, but ...
Built by sandroknexmaster, this lift uses two sets of connected arms that alternate with a crank. It was first featured in his ball machine Euphoria. ...
This lift is a collaboration between me and Tornado96. It uses two sets of arms that alternate on going up and down. The balls are shifted from one si...
Made by mathsboy314, this lift is an arm that goes up and down using a crank. The end picks up a ball, and when the arm is tilted enough, the ball rol...
This is a lift built by mathsboy314. Multiple arms go up and down, and they hand each other the ball. The video is here.
Built by KneXtreme, this lift uses arms that go up and down that hand each other the ball. Each arm rotates about 180 degrees. Here are the instructio...
This lift was built by Purple Waffles. It is similar to the hopper lift, because it has one arm that lifts the ball up a curved track. A counterweight...
Built by Mr. Muggle, this is a lift that can be extended. It uses arms that turn around, and a curved track that the ball rolls on. All of the arms ar...
Built by sathothy, this lift uses motorized madness track and small arms in the middle. The arms rotate, and the track is placed so the ball fits in b...
This is a lift built by bezempje95. There is a shaft, tilted diagonally, which has something in the middle that goes up and down in a circular motion....
These are two different lifts invented and built by Kairah and floris2burn (the original inventor of this lift). They are both similar to each other, ...
This lift was built by Kairah. It is similar to the mill lift he built in the previous step, except the wheels are modified to let less balls in at a ...
This is a lift built by Sorunome. It consists of a chute, and the balls are pumped up by a mechanism at the bottom. A gate keeps the balls from fallin...
This lift was built by bezempje95. It is similar to a pump lift because it stacks balls on top of each other in a chute. But, there is a wheel at the ...
This lift was built by Sorunome. A platform that carries balls lifts up, letting them out the top. It's a bit slow, but it can fit multiple balls on t...
Built by martijnb95, this lift uses a wall that goes back and forth with a crank. The balls are lifted on doors that open up and close as the wall pus...
This lift was in a Knex set. There are two sides which move up and down, and the ball is switched back and forth between the two sides as it goes up. ...
This lift is similar to the lift in the previous step, except the carts that carry the balls don't slide on rods. Instead, they are connected with sma...
This lift was built by KneXtreme. In this lift, the steppers are on small towers that slide up and down on wheels, and chain controls the movement. He...
This lift was built by me and Tornado96. It uses concepts from the alternator lift and stepper lift. The arms go up and down on opposite sides, and th...
In this lift, there's a tower in the middle that goes up and down (the lifter). Grabbers on the lifter grab the balls and lift them to the top. Ball h...
Built by mathsboy314, this lift is similar to the alternator lift, except it's tilted and uses less pieces. A crank makes a sliding platform go up and...
Built by KneXtreme, this lift is an elevator lift where the cart that holds the ball falls straight down when it gets to the top. String is attached t...
There are many wheel lifts. I built a small and easy one in Cataclysm (pictures below). Click here to see a video of it. Sorunome made instructions of...
This is another lift used in Wipe Out. It's a wheel where the balls load in holes in the side. As it turns, balls enter in one side and leave on the o...
This lift is similar to the lift in the previous step, except it's bigger. Sorunome made instructions for the lift pictured below.
This is a lift that was featured in Cataclysm. It is a wheel, without a center, thus calling it the ring lift. It takes up less room than a normal whe...
This lift was built by bezempje95. It's a wheel that turns, and a spiral track is on the inside. The balls go up until they reach the center, where th...
This is a lift created by TheFoofinator. It's made of a wheel with scoops on the inside to pick up the balls and drop them off at the top. Here's the ...
This lift is made of a roller coaster car and track, and the car has a bucket that holds the ball. The ball falls in the bucket and is lifted up the c...
This lift is similar to the rollerball lift, except it uses micro-style roller coaster track. The car pushes the ball to the top, and the car is pulle...
This lift was built by therealkeggore (also known as Keggore) in this ball machine. Balls are carried by cars, which go around a continuous track, and...
This is a lift built by RNB. In this lift, a rotating arm goes up, and it comes down real fast, sending the ball up the incline. Here are the instruc...
Built by knexcrazzzzzy, this lift is similar to the Hammer Lift, except it is more powerful. Here is the video, and below are pictures.
This lift launches the ball with the use of two wheels. The motors, battery pack, switch, and wheels were taken out of a Rippin' Rocket power booster....
This is a lift made by tornado96. It's a lot like my ball launcher lift in the previous step, except it uses the power booster found in the Lava Launc...
This lift is was built by Austron. You can find the blog post here. This lift is a bit similar to the hammer lift, except the arm that launches the ba...
This lift was built by bezempje95. It's almost like a catapult mechanism, and it launches newer Knex balls. It uses two motors to power it. Pictures a...
Well, that's the end of the guide. Again, I'll be updating this guide whenever people build new lifts. Comment if you have any feedback or suggestion...
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