LEGO Ball Clock

[@shadowranger937]

You've gotta make a 12 hour time-lapse of this thing.

[@shiloranxxer]

I Agree

[@mossbossyea]

No no no, a *livestream*

[@officialmregghead750]

nah nah, a full 12 hour video.

[@ChaseThePinballWizard]

"When a rail gets full, it tips. Which we'll see in a minute." _don't you mean a second_

[@ash.mystic]

Lol I thought the same thing 😂

[@NomadColossus]

So amazingly clever! You are the Leonardo DaVinci of the Lego world!

[@PrimordialPhoenix]

Nomad Colossus Lego-nardo

[@dodec8449]

Legonardo DaBricki

[@michellehay3639]

It's actually pretty simple

[@tylord.]

Ok Michelle Hay

[@notplatypustheperry9179]

Michelle Hay yea you can’t make what he makes, now can you?

[@JKBrickworks]

It can be run continuously. There is actually very little strain on the gearing (which is typically what wears the quickest on LEGO machines), so I imagine you could run it for quite a long time before the parts would noticeably wear out.

[@ImWaffleSheep]

neat

[@DaKrotomo]

I would buy this if it had an alarm that could wake me up in the morning, and if it wouldn't fall into pieces if I tried to press the button while half asleep.

[@JKBrickworks]

DaKrotomo I think it would wake you up every hour when all the balls cycled through it! :)

[@Untwinxer]

+JK Brickworks Hey, I would like to make this, but I can't seem to find any instructions for it. I'm willing to donate if you would make some for it. :D

[@DesignJunkie58]

+JK Brickworks I want one please! Well designed :-)

[@JKBrickworks]

@Nirek Setty No, never made instructions for this one.

[@almightyarjen]

Just brilliant!

[@jr52990]

I wonder if there could be a little ticker/switch under the bottom row to intricate if the time is AM or PM. My thought is that every time that bottom rail movies it hits the ticker and sets a display saying PM or AM. But I guess you would have to adjust to having the 12pm and 12am parts a little differnet.

[@DrewNorthup]

+Joshua Walters You'd just need something that spins 180° each time it is hit.

[@jr52990]

Drew Northup Hey, that's not a bad idea. If I ever remembered maybe I could build one of these and do that lol

[@xxthe_white_tigerxx7338]

+Joshua Walters I think you will have windows. ;D So look on the outside and you will know if it is am or pm. :P (Sry, for my bad english. I'm already learning :/)

[@jr52990]

Lego Technik Master haha I got your joke. :D I was just wondering about the mechanical challange to it. Plus you could live in a place like northern Alaska where you can't tell if it's AM or PM in some times of the day.

[@xxthe_white_tigerxx7338]

:) ^^

[@miyawasser]

Darn this is madness! too goooood!

[@s9lecomp]

My grandma had this clock at her house 30 years ago when I was growing up (except not in LEGO), I loved loading it all up to 11:59 and waiting for them all to fall. Excellent work!

[@keshavkapoor3268]

We never expected this video to be that good

[@stevekilpatrick9804]

If this comes as a set I definitely want one, and if not this guy is a lego engineer of extraordinary ability. If the later is the case then you sir have my utmost respect, and your kids are to be envied.

[@KalleJillheden]

Wow have you timed it to loop in exactly 1 minute? Or is it just a proof a concept

[@JKBrickworks]

This is just a proof of concept. In the video a ball is dropped about every 55 seconds. I have since improved it so it is more accurate though.

[@coastersplus]

Raymond Groot Maybe one ball a second onto a 10 ball rail, that drops once every 10 seconds onto a 6 ball rail. A 60 ball rail would be a bad idea.

[@migm16]

coastersplus i like how it is in the video i couldnt imagine having to hear this thing 24/7 non stop, but they way it is would actually help every hr or so it drops balls that would let me know what time it is and or to take a break from pc

[@Benzinilinguine]

@coaster that's how a Grandfather clock functions, just get an app that does that or buy a mini desk one or something

[@paulburton8155]

I want one of these so much - I wish we could buy this kit.

[@Lego_Enthusiast]

Excellent design... I now have my very own... and with the Lego Train trainsformer/regulator it keeps perfect time.

[@tylercarlson9927]

I wish your creations were actual LEGO sets. They are AMAZING!!!

[@DRSDavidSoft]

Dude, this is some next level engineering! Awesome work!

[@crysismano2]

lol its not lext nevel, but sure its awesome.

[@Texera]

Don't be jealous man!

[@WannaBe90sGamer]

The 307 people that disliked this video are jelly about your skill

[@Matteo_the_Plague_Doctor]

I keep coming back to watch this video to show people. This is definitely my favorite creation of yours Jason. I so want this sitting in my MOC room constantly working. It'd be amazing if there could be like a solar powered version of this so that it could be sat on a sunny window seal and run mostly off of sunlight. Though I suppose that one little motor doesn't pull that much power huh? What do you think consumes more energy, that or your typical clock radio?

[@JKBrickworks]

Thanks! I think this would draw more power than a typical clock radio. It is doing a bit of work to lift the balls up. Solar powered would be cool though!

[@wickedwizardmobile2387]

JK Brickworks u sould ad am

[@thebirdniwwa5026]

JK Brickworks you deserve to be called the god of lego.Your amazing!

[@Paladin.Krieger2287]

Wicked Wizard mobile like a lever that changes from am to pm? OK my phone wants to change "pm" to Obama for some reason...

[@MR-SINISTER76]

@@JKBrickworks is there any way to tell if it's am or pm or do you have to figure that out for yourself

[@lufromcalab]

I have an old ball clock, that I bought off of eBay. A friend had one years ago and I never forgot how mesmerising it could be, so when I stumbled upon it, I bought it. However, the motor needs repair / replacement. Maybe, instead, I'll use your design and just build one. Thanks for building and posting this. brilliant.

[@travisswartzendruber222]

I saw this video when it first came out... and I’m still obsessed and still want I’m this thing. So awesome.

[@syndicatebiggestfan]

PLZ PLZ PLZ make a tutorial

[@ahmedmehmood8860]

Underwater Mountain Man um you realise the comment was from 4 years ago, hahah

[@Wrenvie]

Lmao

[@jetdriver1jetdriver194]

@@ahmedmehmood8860 Maybe so. But it helped me today. Just sayin.....

[@schwarzerritter5724]

How do you control the engine to move at the exact speed?

[@JKBrickworks]

Unfortunately I don't. It doesn't actually keep very accurate time.

[@schwarzerritter5724]

JK Brickworks Too bad.

[@naomifukunaga6543]

+JK Brickworks but still Clever and creative

[@zeadeltanova12]

I would imagine with each chain link added, the time it would take for a ball to reach the top would increase.

[@minh-khanguyen7209]

Tyler Hughes My thoughts exactly. You could change the gearing, too.

[@darwinfire10]

This is just plain awesome! Your creations are awesome, JK Brickworks!

[@RedPistonz]

This should be a LEGO Ideas set. I think a lot of people would love to use this!

[@some_guy8083]

1159 (this is real time) transitioning into 12 was way to satisfying to watch. Great Job!!

[@pluguts0198]

Wow. you amazed me with this clock and the other creations you made and showed on your channel. You earned a sub.

[@DanielSargentHere]

PLEASE LEAVE INSTRUCTIONS! Ive spent so long trying to make something similar to this, (around 4-5 hours) and i still cannot figure out for the life of me how to do it all. (i do realise this is quite old, but even pictures explaining how it works will be great) Thank you!!!!

[@zane4400]

It doesn't accurately tell time. He commented this

[@DanielSargentHere]

Zane Is A Dog i honestly dont care, it looks so cool

[@zane4400]

Wasn't saying it wasn't cool, just saying it's not reliable. If you take this design you have to find a way to slow the rotation

[@DanielSargentHere]

i dont need it to tell the time, i just want it cos it looks cool. thats what im saying :)

[@DesignJunkie58]

You make us novice builders look less than average :)

[@JKBrickworks]

No worries. Yeah, I guess it all comes down to how serious you are about having it be 100% accurate. I refined this one recently, extending the chain so that the cycle is closer to 1 minute. It's still a bit off, but I can run it for most of a day with around 1 minute slippage. It's accurate enough to show to people, or display at a show.

[@youssefsaleh5882]

where did this clock buy in Egypt

[@AtBaker1570]

This is seriously the coolest Lego creation I have ever seen

[@LegoTurtle]

PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE put this on lego cussoo I would love for this to be a set!!!!! 👍😃👍

[@DeckedSwift]

OMG... Wait... -speachless- ...

[@JarnoMarinelli]

how precise is the clock? was it hard to find the exact length and motor spinning time to make it somehow precise ?

[@JKBrickworks]

Yup. It would need a timing motor or intelligent controller in order to keep accurate time.

[@stajeko]

This what you get when you love what you do. A great job.

[@Mardigrasman23]

This is really cool. How did you calibrate the ball every minute

[@JKBrickworks]

+Mardigrasman23 There is nothing that keeps it accurate right now. You would need to add a timing motor to it to make it keep proper time.

[@TheLegoJungle]

+JK Brickworks do you break these creations down?

[@javiergomez8064]

+JK Brickworks Totally irrelevant to this comment but I am super interested in 3D modeling this for 3D printing and I would love to know the measurements of certain sections. My current guess is that the base is 15x20cm. Im not sure about the rest. I would appreciate any help

[@DesignJunkie58]

AWESOME, AS USUAL XD

[@nates6157]

315 people can't tell time. Lol.

[@person43]

316 now... they disappoint me

[@phonglove6767]

380.

[@executeinc9756]

382 smh

[@user-xp9jo2rv3q]

388 people aren’t the sharpest tool in the shed

[@tarunsundaram2742]

398

[@Five_y_kay]

omg that engine is so old! I used to have one it was so smooth running.

[@IcarusBricks]

I think this is my favorite of all your builds so far.

[@AngelHernandez-uf7md]

i need this its so cool

[@nicolagregson6054]

How accurate is it and do you have the plans for construction I would love to build this x

[@youssefsaleh5882]

me too!!!!!!!!!!!!!!😘😍😘😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😘😘😘😘😘

[@youssefsaleh5882]

me 17

[@youssefsaleh5882]

18

[@joshuawalker2802]

I want one!!!!!!

[@adnanlafta575]

I want one too!!!

[@sdlooze]

Me 2!!!

[@maximiliankanaki7813]

Me 3!!!

[@HproductionsEsPlus]

Me 2 4!

[@Skilet7x]

me 5 :D

[@Christodoulosts]

wow!! the strangest but most most creative and clever clock i've ever seen! well done to the creator!!!

[@justinsai9067]

Please LEGO hire this man's work

[@jasbradbur]

can u put this on cuzzco or ur instructions for this one

[@billeldringhoff4654]

How do you set the time

[@JKBrickworks]

+Bill Eldringhoff You just put the balls on the rails by hand.

[@archiesworldofbricks6057]

+JK Brickworks is there any instruction?? thanks!

[@yannmac7]

+Archie's World of Bricks On His website I think

[@johnmacleod5201]

Ya put the balz on it

[@thenextlegodesinger791]

nice that's the best lego clock i have yet seen

[@LM23pluss177]

Your clock is fast, about five seconds fast

[@811brian]

shadow genius how could you know if he didn’t show the whole process of a minute?

[@vishnusaivvs]

@@811brian He mentioned about it in one of the other comments. It took 55sec to transfer the ball.

[@goaliedude32]

needs 24 hour time

[@magnushmann]

+goaliedude32 Agreed. AM-PM Is basically shit.

[@magnushmann]

***** Inconvenient.

[@magnushmann]

***** Ok. Give me the reasons why 12 hour clocks are better than 24 hour clocks.

[@magnushmann]

***** Yes you did. If you for some reason disagree, then i'm still waiting for your reasons as to why 12 hour clocks are somehow better than 24 hour clocks. Although you propperbly don't have any, as that seems to be the reason you immediately play the insult card. Too bad it doesn't mean anything with no substance.

[@johnstancliff7328]

I love it! at least someone built a classic clock! you can't even find the original clocks anymore....

[@ShyyGaladriel]

I could watch that clock all day!

[@GUNDAMURX73]

It always astounds me what creative things people can do with legos. Who would have thought the little bricks I played with as a kid could be used to make a functional clock? Um, besides you, obviously. Heheh.

[@flanikent]

Hey thats cool thats like Harley Mayenschein's design from the 70's Nice Work!

[@jpage5350]

An interesting modification could be a T flip flop to show whether it is AM or PM, when all the balls roll off at the bottom, using the mechanic on the above rails to save a ball to trigger it?

[@timothytellez9571]

really cool. I used to have a ball clock when I was a kid...but it wasn't made of Legos. great design work.

[@ErikvanderEijk]

When I was a (smaller, somewhat younger) kid, my dad used to have an all-plastic (non- LEGO) clock very similar to this. The balls looked like tennis balls.

[@qasd48]

That has to be like the coolest Lego build ever.

[@armandogordon9607]

One of your best and most creative creations ever by far and my favorite

[@stopmotionj2455]

A ball clock is really cool, a ball clock made of legos is even cooler. :)

[@jm56z43]

All the models shown on this channel are particularly satisfying... I love it !

[@Erikve]

Such a satisfying build! "Simple" idea, magnificently executed.

[@grahamisaak]

I would love to build this. Very clear explanations in the video. Thank you!

[@samray3267]

Instructions or submit it to Lego that's AWSOME

[@richardbridge8920]

theres loads of rolling ball clocks and a couple lego rolling ball clocks, but this is the the smallest and looks the best, you should do a video on how to make this when youve got the timing perfect

[@eganimation8021]

He explained it pretty well. Easy to build if you have some key components. (flat tiles / balls / the motor. Just make sure the motor goes slow enough to make 1 circle a minute. when the balls fall down the block out the 1 single ball that must travel further. that's all to it. Still gr8t design.

[@KnightIA]

This is ridiculous… -ly good!

[@kaiyiuwong6988]

Wow.That is really cool!

[@JonathanCastillo-wg7yk]

How is this guy not working for Lego? Ingenious.

[@ropsidedroblox13]

BEST LEGO CLOCK I HAVE EVER SEEN... I WANT ONE!!!

[@dun498]

That is the most amazing lego creation I have ever seen!

[@drjcarrick]

Really clever. Makes me want to get all my old lego out

[@cnedyaj]

Just amazing

[@matthewhashey6614]

That is the coolest clock I've seen!

[@HobkinBoi]

Genius. Just genius.

[@cwgzz81]

Wow that is so freaking creative. I love these kind of things.

[@DBFREVIEWS]

CONGRATULATIONS! YOU HAVE NOW MADE A ELECTRONIC CLOCK OUT OF LEGOS! NOW ITS TIME TO GO OUTSIDE AND GET SOME SUN FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 10 YEARS!

[@Maniac4Bricks]

Very clever and accurate timing!

[@dennispasyuk5537]

Wow Awesome. I see you on Lego Ideas all the time!

[@i1ike0ranges]

no, I said it would be cool if that was added, doesn't mean it's not cool already, cause this is awesome

[@kylelozinski6976]

Now if only this was marketed, I'd definitely have one in my room!

[@nicholasnj786]

you are so smart at building lego creations

[@jonathan.varghese]

You should put this on LEGO CUUSOO. If I could I'd vote for it like a million times!

[@messiermitchell4901]

My kinda clock. So easy to read. I need this.

[@SwimCap277]

Seriously, you should sell these! I would buy it!

[@tallpauldevaul6142]

You should make a parts list. That would be so cool to build. My doctor says I need a hobby. Thanks for the video.

[@rubenvela6247]

That's an amazing clock.

[@WhyLieGuy]

Who needs everyday things when you have legos!!!

[@magicanimals458]

I'd kill to have this...awesome design!!!!

[@EoinReardon]

I went to look for my video and this was the first video and it looks way more complicated than my clock 😀

[@maximiliankanaki7813]

Make it into a set so that other people can build it and have an amazing Lego decoration/contraption/time telling device

[@produKtNZ]

Thanks for the fast response :) You truly are a genius with Lego and I really hope Lego get's in touch to make some of your ideas into kits :)

[@blakekillionfilm]

That is awesome!

[@rogerdonoghue8517]

I like the simplicity. Very elegant. I made an accurate but far more convoluted version with NXT Lego NXT Mindstorms Ball Clock

[@bhwang0]

INGENIUS MAN I HAVE A PROFOUND RESPECT FOR YOU

[@jamesy9855]

THIS IS FREAKING AMAZING!!

[@Trevyno101]

You should use the LEGO program to make a parts list, instructions, and kits to sell to people. I'd definitely buy one if you had them. Great work!

[@21Emory]

someone get this man an award!

[@thefriendlyspycrab5983]

...You have earned a subscriber my friend, THIS IS A MASTERPEICE IN MY VISION

[@presidentgasman7216]

This is really cool, I am very curious to find out how this guy does it. He's simply amazing!