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The next lifter needs a crank that oscillates for about 200 degrees of a circle. The only way to achieve that is to use a motor crank to drive a crank on the big gear that then drives the small gear and its crank. 100 degrees of movement…
Continue readingI had a dilemma; how do I send a bunch of complex JavaScript data within HTML without using AJAX. The server is running Tomcat and the HTML content is generated by some Java classes triggered by a servlet. The funny thing about this is that once I solved…
Continue readingWe backed Unfair by Good Games on Kickstarter having no idea what it would be like. But any game that shows a roller coaster on the box is my type of game! I’ll get right to the point of this review: Unfair is a really fun game. Now…
Continue readingHere’s a picture of a lifter ideas I threw together. The cool part is that the ball is lifted almost straight up – this is a straight line approximation mechanism – without a typical elevator or chain lift. The line where the ball goes up is drawn for…
Continue readingRolling Ball Lifter #2 is done. Here’s some video and pictures of the finished product. A quick search of this blog will yield other posts about the construction process. This Rolling Ball Sculpture, Marble Run, or Kugelbahn, is mostly a mechanical ball lift. The track is minimal to…
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