I became an Engineer because I have a great fondness for moving things. Lego allows me to quickly throw together ideas and realize thoughts in only a few moments. I easy get transfixed on complicated machines.
Then I found videos from superbird28 on YouTube.com. This person is a mechanical God in my mind. Their creations absolutely mesmerize me. I will link to just one, but I strongly recommend that you check out all of this persons work. It is amazing.
Friday, October 16, 2009
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Absolutely love your blog. Caught you when you first began posting. As far as mechanical Lego things, ever see the Great Ball Contraption? Amazing stuff. Check out http://www.greatballcontraption.com/ or http://www.teamhassenplug.org/GBC/ as a start.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the kind words.
ReplyDeleteYes, I've seen many of the videos. That stuff is great and I would love to see it in person. I've been very interested in getting involved with the GBC, but I live in a rural area of Ohio, USA so it's difficult to get involved. In fact, those websites are rarely updated, so I wonder if they are still active. I sent an email about a year ago and got no reply, so I assumed they aren't active anymore. Do you know if they are still active?
I am currently (tonite) investigating doing a factory assembly line similar to this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQ3AcPEPbH0 but not quite that big. I like to build big and I have a huge inventory (4 NXT, 2 RCX, dozens of motors, lots of pnuematic stuff), so an assembly line or the GBC is right up my alley.
I have no idea if the GBC websites themselves are active, but GBC does still show up at Lego shows. I am near Wash DC, and so I head to BrickFair every August. It is there, in all of its glory.
ReplyDeleteI have seen that auto assembly line video before. Very cool. Good luck. I think the biggest problem isn't Lego, it is finding the space to do it. I have 4 RCXs and I keep buying more Lego 'stuff' by the day (more today, as a matter of fact). Waiting to empty our basement a bit of the little kids' type of stuff to make room for a large crafts table (yes, crafts, for Lego and also for other stuff my wife wants to do with our kids). Can't wait to be able to spread out a bit and just play ...