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The unfinished balltrack

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After the success of my first balltrack, I wanted to build on the concepts I'd tried out before. I started about four years ago, worked on it for two weeks, and it has remained static and unworked on since.

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The lifter consists of three claw-like ballgrabbers that are significantly faster than the auger of the previous balltrack. The claws grab the marbles at the bottom and lift them up to the top.

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The claws are aligned so that the ball drops consistently onto the track. This part works flawlessly!

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From there the marble follows a few tracks and drops,

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To a spiral.

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Here's a 3d photo of the whole thing.

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And just the spiral part.

Now for a video!

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Now this is all that's left of it. So long, balltrack!

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