New accelerating lego magnet motor on youtube

[ken_nyus]

Here is the official Lego free CAD program...

http://ldd.lego.com/

[Omnibus]

@ken_nyus,

OK, I stand corrected, then, if they have individual parts sold separately. Do you think when looking at the video there are Lego parts available on their side that would fit the construction? Maybe that'll help @Yadaraf.to assemble it easier.

[Low-Q]

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@ All

I am starting to replicate the Lego device.
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If anyone has suggestions, please drop them in the box. 

When you post the video of it going, just make sure that it plays in reverse! 

Animation Shop is a powerful software to make video loops. You can hardly see the loop if you're lucky. Then you post it on Youtube, then a very excited @hartiberlin finds it and creates a link to it in this forum

Vidar

[Yadaraf]

If you grab a few screen shots from the Lego vid, and use the two base plates as "grids" you could probably dimension the device very quickly.  Add to that, Lego blocks and plates have standard 1" features, and 1/2" centered studs (I think ... I'm picking some up today).

I've started the reverse engineering process, but a second independent effort would be appreciated. 

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Cheers,

Yada ..
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Hey Yada,

I looked at legos a little while back.

They do indeed have standard units, but they are their own special Lego units, they have a name for them I forget what it is. The lego website is very helpful. The Lego units unfortunately do not fit into any other standard units.

On the Lego website they also have their own free Lego design software, sort of a basic CAD program for Lego builders. An interesting feature is you can design your Lego thing in this software, and then you can with a few clicks send an order to them and they will ship you all the parts that make up your design. I think you can even pay them to assemble it and package it in a box for you like a custom "toy".

It is also interesting that the individual Lego parts are made to a very, very high standard of precision.

@ ken_nyus

Ken,

Thanks for the great feedback.     I'm new to Lego, but see what you're saying about feature sizes.  I have to change my original assumptions.  No problem.  It appears that the magnet size will be different from what I suggested earlier, which is good, because I was having a problem finding educational magnets of that size.

I'm off to pick up some blocks and plates, so later today I will have a better basis for dimensioning this beast.

A better video would help. 


Cheers,

Yada ..
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[Yadaraf]

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@ All

I am starting to replicate the Lego device.
...
If anyone has suggestions, please drop them in the box. 

When you post the video of it going, just make sure that it plays in reverse! 

Animation Shop is a powerful software to make video loops. You can hardly see the loop if you're lucky. Then you post it on Youtube, then a very excited @hartiberlin finds it and creates a link to it in this forum

Vidar

@ Low-Q

Vidar,

I hear what you're saying.  For the upcoming video, I'm taking suggestions for the music that will play in reverse in the background.    

The device looks intriguing, nonetheless, and we might glean some obscure principle from replicating it.

I don't have a machine shop and I don't have beaucoup $$$$, but I do have spare time, which this "low-budget" project will most assuredly kill.


Cheers,

Yada ..
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