I Made a Ball Rollercoaster that's also a Clock

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Here is the link to Motiongen: motiongen.io/
The creators of MotionGen also create robotics kits that are pretty cool, check them out here: www.snappyxo.com
This is the laser cutter I use for all my projects:
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I have a bunch of cool mechanical 3d print files available on my website:
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I also have a patreon: / engineezy
Also, the electric screwdriver I used to assemble and disassemble this thing many times is a game changer: geni.us/f6oJ
This is the filament I use: geni.us/sdT9QBj
0:44 - Building the Base
2:00 - How the Time Will Show
3:36 - Designing the Track
4:28 - Building the Track
7:34 - Designing the Lifting Mechanism
8:52 - Engineering the Clock Mechanisms
10:37 - The Final Results
The Rollercoaster Clock is something out of my childhood dreams. I used to play tons of rollercoaster tycoon as a kid, and I spent a good portion of my life planning to be a rollercoaster designer. Dreams have finally come true as I formulated this track. Dreams were then shattered as I realized it was going to be weeks before I could see the thing working in real life. The lifting mechanism uses a couple linkages that work in tandem to raise the ball up to the top of the track. Then gravity takes over as the ball travels through a loop de loop and a helix before finding it's way onto one of 3 tracks that make up the clock face. The track selection is handled by a gear system that is connected to a cam and follower mechanism. After 10 minutes go by, the balls on the lowest track get released via another cam and follower mechanism. The selector then selects the next track, and a ball is deposited. This is repeated every 10 minutes until an hour has passed, where the same mechanism selects the top track. After 12 hours have gone by, all 3 tracks get emptied, and the cycle starts again.
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[@Pancakes101-therianchannel]

WOW! Imagine sitting in a waiting room watching that until your appointment! Sounds more fun than a normal clock!

[@Engineezy]

Haha definitely better than a soggy magazine

[@gamer-Q-draws2]

​@@Engineezythats true

[@axell15thewispmaster79]

​@@Engineezy you should actually do that! You are gonna make so much money out of that

[@daniyarabduldaev9792]

Imagine sleeping at night just for your clock ro wake you up😅

[@Pancakes101-therianchannel]

OMG 320 likes wowzersssss

[@Londrino]

The fact that you used cam wheels running off a single motor instead of just programming separate motors to open the track doors really bumps this to the next level, love it.

[@Engineezy]

Thanks! Decided I had do go full out or not at all on this one 😅😵 appreciate you appreciating!

[@excrubulent]

Yup, I was really hoping it'd be mechanical and it was very satisfying to see it work. I wish there had been more footage of the mechanism working in place, but it was still super aatisfying. I particularly liked how it handled the case of 12 o'clock, where the 12th hour ball just flows straight through the gate without stopping. That was an interesting case of a natural program flow resolving what would otherwise become an off-by-one error.

[@JohnLattanzio98]

Awesome idea! I do have a suggestion that would make that clock WAY easier to read instead of counting the balls one by one. If you simply added numbers below where the balls lined up, it would be simple for other people to read it without having to explain. So if you put numbers 1-12 on the top, 10-50 in increments of ten on the middle row, and 1-9 on the bottom, I think then you would have the perfect clock!

[@wowzande]

Or you can have a raspberry pi run a count using a camera to display it on a LED matrix! Just another addon , and with the raspberry pi added you can make it a controller for ambient lighting and such. You don't have to redesign the clock mechanism again. But adding more stuff does not necessarily make it more efficient

[@Engineezy]

Love the idea of using the pi to count the balls 😂 I didn’t want to take away from the clean aesthetic so I left the numbers off! Gotta make people work for the time 😀

[@gilb6982]

@@wowzande And adding color led under the acrylic parts Crazy beautiful !

[@jebuswookiee]

I think it's beautiful as is. it's not about the time, it's about the beauty of the machine. Great work! @@Engineezy

[@DanielDuhon]

@@wowzandeif you can get a raspberry pi these days…

[@doktormerlin]

this honestly belongs in the main lobby of an engineering museum. It's such an elegant piece which would fit perfectly

[@Engineezy]

Thank you! That would be pretty cool

[@thatrandomnerd6996]

There actually is one of these at a museum close to where I live! It's not a clock, but it's a similar construction!

[@JensenLewis-c5c]

​@@Engineezymake it work in military time next please (24 hours before reset, aka it continues to count after twelve, this would be helpful for someone who knows their room without natural light.

[@calculator_gaming]

OMG I WAS JUST ABOUT TO COMMENT THAT EXACT THING

[@abdurbiswas2870]

Can you make a roller coaster football🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@Rocky-917]

That trick with printing your loop flat and then moving it around with the heat gun was 200iq. Thank you so much for sharing that little bit of an idea in the video

[@Engineezy]

It was the first timer I’ve ever tried something like that! Definitely a good tool to keep in the bag

[@ChozoSR388]

Legit. Gonna have to put that one in my back pocket!

[@TotalyLaser]

make it really small?

[@ninjykun]

I'd buy one. It'd also be cool if it had numbers under where the balls sit so you don't need to count them to read it.

[@ourplanetourfuture829]

I would totally buy the files for one that could fit just like normal ball bearings

[@rom-ps2uo]

Make a wrist watch out of it

[@lewisgrant9490]

Now make it 5 times smaller

[@Vr-crap]

You play gorilla tag?

[@nathonbrown3596]

Love the revist of old projects, it's like how artist redraw old pictures to show how they leveled up

[@Engineezy]

Hahah true! Definitely feels like I’ve upped my game since then

[@ClaraGamez123]

@@Engineezymake a 1 hour long video of just watching it!

[@maxim7718]

I need a live stream of this thing running 24/7....

[@SubspacedAnimates]

same

[@JosephMatthews-g7o]

Fr

[@xyoxus]

He should record it for 12 hours, put it up on KZbin and then someone can just make it into a livestream/live wallpaper and so on.

[@COYI_WHU]

​@@xyoxus just record twelve hours and perfectly loop it himself in editing by copy pasting the video over and over again. Voilà, INFINITE BALL CLOCK

[@s33wagz]

a real time, 12 hour, cinematic, ambient music, video of this would be dope. I can imagine me having it on while working and such.

[@klausthorn1209]

exactly my idea, just no music, just the sound of the machine

[@DarrinR]

This project really highlights the growth in your CAD mastery. Gorgeous engineering and art

[@Engineezy]

Thank you! My computer could barely keep up haha!

[@polychoron]

The full release @ 12 is so satisfying!

[@Engineezy]

Agreed!

[@danielq1985]

This is so impressive. Just wow. A 13 minute video from months or work. Thanks and keep inspiring people!

[@Engineezy]

Thanks for appreciating! Will do 😀

[@Mysda_]

Your builds are just so elegants. The supports, the shape, it's really nice!

[@Engineezy]

Thank you for appreciating! I feel like the design aspects can get lost in the engineering sometimes and try really hard to make sure that doesn’t happen

[@michaeldiamond2269]

Truly brilliant, Jay. Honestly, your artistic sense combined with your engineering skill makes you one of a kind. Amazing work - and a beautiful art piece.

[@Engineezy]

Thanks Michael! Appreciate your ongoing support!

[@that_one_poof]

I can’t imagine how proud you are of that and that feeling you got when you saw that it actually works. That was awesome to watch!

[@Engineezy]

Definitely felt proud about this one! Thanks for enjoying it as much as me 👊👊

[@caseykoons]

Incredible!!! I had the thought that all motion sculptures are clocks, just usually not aligned with the quirky periods of our time measurements. I often get lost in the rhythm of motion sculptures, as a new beat, or way of counting time is shown to me. All that to say, don't be afraid to make strange clocks. If it moves on a period, it's a clock.

[@Engineezy]

Very true!

[@7OOTnegaTerces]

Good at building AND juggling (1:22), you really can do it all! Great work, keep on going and improving!!!

[@Engineezy]

😅😅 thank you!

[@brendonrenken6811]

Please, just have a 24hr video of this thing running. Absolutely beautiful and so brilliant. Well done!

[@Engineezy]

I def need to get that set up!

[@johboh]

Wow this is just impressive! So mesmerizing. Upload the behind the scenes video next with all the prototyping and development, I would love to watch that!

[@Engineezy]

It would just be a video of me staring at my computer for hours on end! 😅

[@_ROW._.ROW_]

I'm not even done watching but this looks sick. This genuinely needs to go in like.. a museum or smt. its incredible. honestly, i would kill for videos of the entire process.. like, from idea to design to test to working.

[@Engineezy]

Thank you! Really appreciate it

[@EarlTheRed]

I don’t think you understand how much I want this in my room. I need this in my life now.

[@Engineezy]

Haha thank you!

[@SL1PPY_SH4RK_]

If you make this tiny, I’d actually buy this to use as a clock. This is super satisfying

[@Engineezy]

Im gonna work on it!

[@nateolmsted22]

I don't understand why marble runs are so satisfying, but man.. they are 😂 Awesome build!

[@Engineezy]

My thoughts exactly! Thank you!

[@kb3cxe]

It is SOOOOO refreshing to see someone who is interested in engineering on KZbin. Thank you.

[@ragnarofarhua]

Mark Rober has left the chat. Idk he was the first person that came to mind

[@rafagamesucess9760]

0:40 if u heard it you heard it

[@Yacr64]

Ykyk😂

[@daralius]

iykyk

[@dagurtheone3969]

It’s clear he says “clock.” You can hear the /l/ sound.

[@jennifermartin5980]

Iykyk

[@27thdimensionmusic]

HOW DID I NOT KNOW THIS CHANNEL EXISTED this is so cool

[@Cread_]

Great video!! I can' imagine the brain it would've taken to design all the mechanisms. All the mechanisms working together in perfect synchronization is just beautiful! It's my dream to be able to make cool mechanisms like this!!! Again Great video!!

[@Engineezy]

Thank you! This is the culmination of years of making projects! Piece by piece, you got this!

[@matthewborgmann4221]

I'm a mechanic because I love seeing this sort of thing. Anytime I get something new in the shop, it makes my day.

[@Engineezy]

Thanks! Hope it inspires 🙌

[@smlg]

Needs an am/pm ball

[@ramalightfoot9943]

I watch a lot of these kinds of videos, but this is the first one in a LONG time to truly inspire me to try to create something fanciful and functional. I LOVE this project. I'd love to see more behind the scenes, more design, and more build of this project. This was a great 13 minutes and I'd love to see a lot more!

[@Engineezy]

Thank you!! Really appreciate that, thinking I’ll do a live stream to talk more about the details and answer questions!

[@MarkusBerkus]

That 12 o’clock drop 😮‍💨

[@Engineezy]

Agreed.

[@TheNuttGuy]

That is incredible. I hate that term but it feels « Apple made ». It’s so elegant, the white and transparent plastic associate so well with the wood. And it also serves as a clock. So yeah, great job.

[@Engineezy]

Thank you!! Definitely try to get the aesthetic right along the way!

[@GuildOfCalamity]

I think you should just make crazy mechanical clocks from now on.

[@Engineezy]

Hahahah! I do have another clock idea in my future

[@00linered]

Wow awesome! Now for a military time, 24-hour format 😆

[@Engineezy]

🥵🥵🥵 hahaha!

[@atlasflatt5638]

Is there a way to purchase these

[@Phill-i3o]

Absolutely not… i think.

[@Oggadogga]

No

[@atlasflatt5638]

@@Oggadogga sad

[@Oggadogga]

@@atlasflatt5638 yeah

[@trevorflight7182]

the white plastic makes it so.... beautiful. so elegant.... maybe its just the engineer in me, but this gave me a lot of joy watching it come together and work

[@Engineezy]

Glad you enjoyed it! I feel the same way

[@convergencemedialab5314]

Thats amazing! You should make it a clock! ...Oh, wait.

[@Engineezy]

😉

[@TheDisabledMechanic]

I have to say you are an intelligent person! I have always been fascinated with mechanical things like this. I was an automotive and diesel mechanic for 20 years so my guess some of that comes from that. I would love to be able to build something like this, it is so cool to watch for a long period of time.

[@BeefIngot]

Hey creative youtube dude that does cool things that entertain me. I just thought I would let you know about R-Type Nylon Rivets. As a fellow person who assembles various prototype like things (albeit usually a much smaller scale), I think that these would be pretty awesome for you. They are reusable, require less effort in cad than threads or threaded inserts, can be shipped with spares really cheaply compared to most hardware, come in white so that they fit in with the color scheme of most of your projects, and come in all sorts of sizes so you can pick whatever you'd like. I've recently used them in the physical construction of a custom drone test stand, and I'm really liking them, so I thought I'd share. Much less headache than the usual heat set inserts, or busting out the impact driver for direct into plastic screws and all they require is 2 holes in panels, or 2 holes where one side is a panel and the other has just a countersunk space for the back end of the rivet to expand into making them dead simple to insert into cad, and because they're so cheap, but look decent from the outside, your prototype can end up being your finished product.

[@darrennew8211]

Wow, that's really cool. And not even an advertisement as I thought it was. Thanks!

[@Engineezy]

Good to know! Will definitely check it out

[@Dev1nci]

Love the way that you chose to display the time. Conceptually strong and visually stimulating. Great work ❤💪🏻👌

[@Engineezy]

Thank you! 👊👊

[@Dev1nci]

@@Engineezy 👊🏽👊🏽

[@pileofstuff]

Impressive as always.

[@Engineezy]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@j.v.9936]

WAIT A SECOND… when all balls get released at 11:59, don’t they collide and push each other off at the „track funnel“? how does that work? there was a similar problem at wintagartans marble machine.

[@Engineezy]

They all get released in succession so there’s no clog- that final clip was just for fun haha but actually none of them came off the track!

[@Creative_Electronics]

Awesome project Jay, I love the mechanisms you came up with! There are lots of great ideas in this video like the one with the heatgun and the loop, I keep that in mind ;)

[@Engineezy]

Glad you enjoyed it! Definitely a good trick to keep in the bag

[@benostein]

Wow, one of the most impressive projects I've seen on KZbin! Awesome job 👏

[@Engineezy]

Thank you!! Appreciate it 😀

[@LiamBryceEspinosa]

1:40 reminds me of that sign maker

[@alfiematthews5048]

Your profile is my face when I’m bored

[@LiamBryceEspinosa]

@@alfiematthews5048 lol that’s why I made it

[@alfiematthews5048]

@@LiamBryceEspinosa xd

[@SturleyArt]

Incredible work my friend. I love watching your problem solving and how you get your final design together. Thank you for sharing it with us.

[@Engineezy]

Thanks so much for watching!

[@darrylross4269]

How can I buy this!!!??

[@Engineezy]

👊👊

[@ttsuter87]

Your work is so satisfying to watch. Thanks for your hard work in making entertainment for the masses.

[@Cen_t1369]

Add a board which has AM/PM written on the faces and flips over every time all the balls are emptied or it's 12 o'clock. Even better if it is flipped over by a ball.

[@Engineezy]

So doable! Great idea

[@AlyssaNguyen]

​@@Engineezy Probably easier than my idea of showing overflow/carry (ball 10 briefly joins the single balls before somehow being carried to the tens track as the single balls get dumped).

[@Wintergatan_2]

Love it 🔥👊👊

[@Engineezy]

Thank you! 👊👊

[@Jhonny.58]

When I read "What's the time?" On the thumbnail i literaly heard my head saying: "PlayTime!"

[@Engineezy]

😂😂 don’t ever change

[@AYoutubeHandleThatIsNotTaken]

Crazy idea: Since you use so many 3d prints in your builds, how about you try to make something that will grab a finished print directly from the machine when it's done and store it somwhere. That way you could let one machine work through the night, come back the next morning and have a bunch of prints ready!

[@Engineezy]

Check out Array by mosaic manufacturing 🙌

[@leowatley]

@7:20 that moment must have felt so fucking good. this is cool as hell, btw.

[@Engineezy]

That is the exact feeling that keeps me making things!

[@velcroman11]

I love the combination of graceful lifting of the ball verses the rapid motion of each ball as it hurries down the track to its final resting place. 👏👏👏👏

[@Engineezy]

I havent even thought about that! Love the perspective 🙏

[@Advil1024]

Can we get a 24 hour time lapse though? I just wanna watch it do the whole cycle.

[@DerrickBommarito]

That full clear was satisfying AF to watch.

[@Engineezy]

Hahaha I know right?! You only get it twice a day to keep you wanting it

[@lenkaspryslova1754]

My brain at 1:51 Are you doing lorrercoaster or scate board

[@Engineezy]

😂😂

[@MouseThaCheese]

Not lorrercoaster, not skateboard, rollercoaster. (and clock)

[@ktmmatt7243]

This clock is a showpiece. Most impressive. Honestly if I lived in a mansion I would want this as the first thing you see as you walk in. I am in love with it.

[@Engineezy]

🙏🙏🙏

[@Lol_1351]

Make a am and pm

[@justinbanks2380]

Love the commitment to do a full timelapse to show the changes instead of just jumping to the times by setting the wheels and balls accordingly. Do real time, 12 hours + and a huuuuge video file, for a minute of video. Stage, 1 hour + for same minute of video. 😂 Props my man!

[@jelly-wolf7416]

I found a coment without a coment from him

[@brenbown]

0:55 me playing minecraft

[@BiancaSteinessVennervald]

😂

[@TooTallToby]

Nice job Jay! It came out great!! I love watching those 3 tracks merge into 1!!

[@Engineezy]

Thanks Toby! That’s my favourite feature haha

[@Randomgamer13443]

The title💀

[@jorbaa9841]

I subscribed instantly. You really explain things well and understandable. Also the video and your way of doing is very chill to watch. Nothing over the top, just plain knowledge and skill. Thank you!

[@SubsonicFoil126]

If I had all the tools to make stuff like this I feel like I would design it the exact way you do. I love the white clear and metal color scheme as well as the mechanisms

[@Engineezy]

Respect 🫡

[@Bjuffs]

I really like the movement of the lifting mechanism! A tip for bending PLA prints is using hot water. You get more even heating and you don't risk heating it up too much. For smaller prints running it under hot tap water is enough.

[@notanoption1793]

Big credit to heating up the plastic carefully using a heat gun! What a genius move 5:54

[@JKB-games214]

1:25 nice skateboard

[@AncientDino-fm8wt]

RIGHTTTTTTTT

[@sebulbathx]

Wow I really like mechanical thing like this one. And it somewhat explains or shows mass production machines and their complexities too. Awesome video and project!

[@rom-ps2uo]

seeing all the balls roll off the clock is like a reward for making it through the day

[@Engineezy]

Absolutely! Agreed

[@rom-ps2uo]

@@Engineezy its even better when you are high on 5 cans of redbull and you just hear all the balls rolling and you know its too late to hand in your assignment and you wasted it all on nothing

[@ChristianBehnke]

I love watching the progression of your skills in how components are designed / assembled / connected ... So cool! Great work on this project, as always. 💪🏻

[@Engineezy]

Thanks! Definitely feels like progression, glad you can appreciate 👊

[@aj_from_sa3260]

Where I live, holding up your fingers as you did at the end of the video means "f*** y**". I say this because it caught me off guard seeing this. That said, your clock is really awesome. Those printers are just phenomenal! 😱

[@Engineezy]

🤣🤣

[@ceerstar851]

This is pretty sick. I respect the knowledge it takes to pull this off.

[@Engineezy]

🫡

[@DanoSlingz]

Very very cool!! Really loved seeing the build process and the finished project!!

[@hollt693]

Amazing work! You've outdone yourself yet again! This one I really wish I could see in person just to appreciate the sheer complexity and craftsmanship of it. 0:41 Five times the *diameter.* If you want to add even more hype, say the new balls are *125 times the volume* of the old ones, since the volume scales by the cube of the radius. (Someone check my math, plsthx.) Also, I'd like to give my own shout out to your sponsor. I just got an Elegoo Mars 4 Ultra, and it's amazing, but the biggest reason to buy from Elegoo is that their customer service is world-class. Which makes a huge difference, since stuff *will* go wrong sooner or later, and you don't want to be on your own when it does.

[@Engineezy]

Hahaha love it! Its all about the marketing right?!

[@mackinzieklein7481]

Its beautiful! I can totally imagine it made in wood. Like a dark cherry and a light pine or oak. Man you'd .and so much money!!!

[@nicholasmair5935]

What an awesome mechanical solution! I love that you didn’t even need electronics or computer logic in the final design!

[@Engineezy]

It was a fun challenge but also a challenging challenge 🤓😵

[@MyDreamLife]

So wonderful, so elegant, just looking like a wow.

[@Engineezy]

Thanks so much 😊

[@phatomfix]

Thanks for not being to complicated it made the video so much easier to watch and enjoy

[@Engineezy]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@caleboconnor3520]

WOW! Such an amazing mechanism, and you really breezed over the most complicated parts of this, making it seem very easy. One thing I think would be cool, if you were planning on taking this clock to a slightly higher level, would be having a track indicator for AM vs PM, which could just be indicated by one ball sitting in another track. Super awesome mechanism, very cool video! Well done!

[@BassHunter1124]

Where do you go for your plexiglass/clear acrylic parts? Is the XTOOL laser yours or do you go to a local maker shop/cutting service?

[@Engineezy]

I got it from a website called plastic world, but they got half the order wrong so I wouldn’t recommend it. The xtool is mine! So far its a great machine

[@Mx-Alba]

What do you do, though, with the ball that gets deposited onto the track by the hands at 12:00? Does it get routed to the hours track so it momentarily has 12 balls and then emptied along with the rest?

[@Engineezy]

It passes through! So its the only time you can see a ball roll through the full track

[@kevinj.wilson3669]

Wow I’m blown away 5:30 am Saturday morning Kelowna, great start to the weekend. 👍

[@Engineezy]

Thanks for starting your weekend off with me!

[@thebestplayerdead956]

I’m intrigued to purchase this product

[@ivovass195]

Awesome. So much dedication is inspiring to see. Great work.

[@Engineezy]

Appreciate you appreciating! Glad I can inspire

[@bertbeinaaf8314]

I could look at this thing for hours (…) I want one 😫 What an amazing project this is 👍

[@Engineezy]

Thanks 😊🙏👊

[@nickmcintyre8343]

I'd love to see a 24-hour version of this. The sound would be incredible lol

[@arnaudpilma1630]

This is insane it really belongs in a museum. Your work is unbelievable.

[@Engineezy]

Thank you!! Really appreciate that

[@mr.t3237]

So freaking premium man. I wish the balls had a more consistent radius and smoothness, but obviously metal balls would be too heavy. Love it.

[@Engineezy]

Agreed!! I was looking for alternative options but couldn’t find anything viable! Going to keep looking!

[@roulkierkels]

Amazing Work Jay! As a fellow engineer (Volvo Cars R&D, Gothenburg, Sweden) I really enjoy your creative process, innovations to combine multiple (often existing) techniques into something unique and also your really Awesome videography… which is a trait not all engineers naturally learn, so Extra compliments for that sir!!

[@Engineezy]

Appreciate it! Its been a lot of work to get the video skills to where they are, and I don’t feel like theyre even half of what the engineering is! Haha thanks for enjoying my work!

[@VarunOregunta]

Guys give this man love already that drains the brain and peace of mind ❤❤

[@Engineezy]

🙏🙏

[@pradeeprakkiyappan7199]

the work that gone through making this 🤯... really hat's off man.

[@Engineezy]

Very much appreciated!

[@tugboat478]

Love that it’s got a long and short hand like a normal clock.

[@guitfidle]

Wow dude, what a crazy complicated project! As both an engineer and a part time luthier, I can see how much was involved in this. (Building musical instruments is quite complicated) Well done! 🤩

[@guitfidle]

Just earned a subscription BTW 😁

[@Engineezy]

Thank you! I’ve tried to build a guitar in the past, not an easy thing to do!

[@guitfidle]

@@Engineezy haha! No it is not 😁

[@neledogjo7602]

Bro I’m in high school right now, trying to use fusion 360 and looking at engineering. If I can manage to be half as smart as you I will be so happy 😂

[@Engineezy]

I was a 16th as smart in highschool, probably less- it all comes with practice! You got this

[@1215cubs]

Love the idea of this project. I think 🤔 just by creating alternativing colors for the balls like black or white or whatever you choose could make counting the easier without ruining the over all aesthetic of the piece.

[@Engineezy]

Thank you! That’s an interesting idea! I’m having trouble visualizing if they would remain alternating, might be worth trying it out

[@albin0lsson]

This is AMAZING! The only thing that annoyed me was the timing of the "emptying". I wish it would be synced better with the release of a new ball, so that it really changes from 2.59 to 3.00 and not from 2.59 to 2.00 and then 3.00.

[@AndrewGami]

How does this guy not have 1 million subscribers yet these look like they take a lot of time and effort and the end result is actually amazing

[@g.j.647]

Congratulations! This is such a wunderfull mechanism. But what's the best: As far as I understand it is totaly mechanic. No microcontroler involved (maybe for motor speed timing?). Your work maybe pushes me to invest in a laser cutter and/or CNC milling machine for acrylic (like Snapmaker ARTISAN?). Who knows. 😀

[@Engineezy]

Exactly! Just for motor timing and silent motor operation- could work with a regular dc motor geared to the right timing!

[@hollt693]

Unless they've done something substantially different with the Artisan than they did with the SnapMaker 2.0, I wouldn't recommend any SnapMaker machine for CNC milling, because the bed stability is poor, since the linear modules only support it in the middle, and there are no additional supports (in the 2.0, at least) along the length of the bed. I had to install aftermarket linear rails on mine to compensate, and it was a pain in the butt. Also, SnapMaker's own CNC software is kinda lacking, though you *can* use Fusion 360 or other with it.

[@g.j.647]

@@Engineezy Or using a synchronous motor (like in these old flip clocks). This would make the clock ultra precise.

[@Engineezy]

@@g.j.647 very true!

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Creation of the year the table ball clock but seriously your videos are amazing