Knex Ball Element- Flower Waiter

by FanPlastic

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Intro: Knex Ball Element- Flower Waiter

Sort of like a little preview of my next ball machine, Nocturnal.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TB7GjyIt0ME

28 Comments

That_Jamie_S_Guy 8 years ago

Aww please, I really want to include it in my ball machine!

FanPlastic 8 years ago

I do want to start doing more instructions I have decided.

FanPlastic 8 years ago

btw, you mentioned having trouble with the infinity switch, and I did too. It seems I couldn't quite find the proper tilting angle for it. Tilt it too much, and the little switcher mechanisms stay upright and it doesn't work. Tilt it too little, and the ball gets stuck before it reaches the right trapdoor. How did you get it to work?

That_Jamie_S_Guy 8 years ago

If you look closely, you can see that with lots of small tweaks I got it to work. There is no specific way I did it, I just managed to in the end. Do u want to see the progress of the ball machine I started today?

FanPlastic 8 years ago

Ok, I'll look at your machine and analyze the pics. The infinity switch is so versitile as it can have any number of paths.

I would be honored to be the first one to see you new machine progress!

FanPlastic 8 years ago

wow, someone got more k'nex... is that the mouse wheel lift?

That_Jamie_S_Guy 8 years ago

Neither can I :) I did tons of scaffolding yesterday, it doesn't look like much but it took a massive chunk of my k'nex xD

That_Jamie_S_Guy 8 years ago

For your comment about master splinter, idk him personally, he was just my first sub and we chatted about in the first month or so that I was on ibles. He just likes to help me out a bit :D

FanPlastic 8 years ago

Working on another new element called perpendicular fall-through that I'll probs do instructions for though...

That_Jamie_S_Guy 8 years ago

Okay that sounds great too! But there's not much point showcasing a element without putting instructions

FanPlastic 8 years ago

Building something by just looking at pictures without proper instructions is easier that you might think. I have a fond memory of building the alternate model to the loopin lightning coaster without instructions because I didn't have a printer to get the instructions online at the time. I just used the picture on the back of the box. It was a very rewarding experience. knexpert#10829476 has been known to recreate entire ball machines by just looking at pictures. However, instructions are very convinient, I have used them for shredder lift and other stuff.

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