Some time ago I started building a little ball throwing machine intended to entertain my dog.
I didn't really finish it due to lack of time but here you can see what I ended up with:
More pictures and videos after the break!
The basic design is a conveyer belt driven by a geared motor. There's a pin attached to the belt, which pulls back the slide.
As you can see, the conveyer belt is driven by a geared motor. Originally this was a cordless drill.
The basic design is a conveyer belt driven by a geared motor. There's a pin attached to the belt, which pulls back the slide.
As you can see, the conveyer belt is driven by a geared motor. Originally this was a cordless drill.
Here you can see the pin which is pulling back the slide.
These are the rubber bands.
Make sure to watch the video, there's a little interesting surprise at the end:
Make sure to watch the video, there's a little interesting surprise at the end:
So... beautiful... I must have one!
ReplyDeleteThat's pretty cool.
ReplyDeleteReaaaly cool stuff :DDD
ReplyDeletemr nice guy...super stuff
ReplyDeleteHeh, stylish AND alot cheaper then one of those tennis thingys =p
ReplyDeleteThats AWESOME man, can't belive you made that yourself and the robot arm was awesome as well
ReplyDeleteDude you make the coolest frickin stuff
ReplyDeleteHahaha thats fricking sweet man! keep the invetnions coming!!
ReplyDeleteAwesome stuff, I love this blog :)
ReplyDeleteThat is really awesome!
ReplyDeletenice stuff :D
ReplyDeleteWow nice, did you make this yourself?
ReplyDeleteAnd your dog would have loved you forever.
ReplyDeleteYou did all this by yourself? That's amazing!
ReplyDeleteI mean, it's not too complicated a design, but it would've never occurred to me to do something like that.
Thanks a for sharing this, and I liked the arm at the end of the video!
I want one!
ReplyDeleteAll I can say is: 'wow'. Astonishing piece of engineering. Looks very professional and actually... a bit 'military-grade'. I can't wait for your next invention : )
ReplyDeleteHow do you do it?! I'm a little bit scared you'll invent a minituare nuclear warhead.
ReplyDelete* miniature. D'oh!
ReplyDeleteLooks like it would get the job done, nice design.
ReplyDeleteWonder how far it would throw =3
I bet that would be fun with some cherry bombs or smoke balls nice
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