1. Team 1 – The Flying Dutchmen
Marble/K’Nex Clock
EF 108 – April 26, 2005
Team 1 – The Flying Dutchmen
Tricia Goetzka, Crystal Dillard, Corey Crowell, Lucas Newman, Derek Slagle

2. Project Overview Project Idea Selection Project Objectives
Possible projects
What we chose and why
Project Objectives
Timing
Counterweight
The Structure
Project Problems
The weight problem
Moving the marbles
Keeping the marbles on the track
Conclusions

3. Project Idea Selection
Projects Considered
Lego Robots
Rude Goldberg Machine
Ball Bearing Clock
Project Chosen – Clock
Why not the other ones?
Benefits of choosing the clock

4. Project Objectives The Timing Mechanism The Counterweights
Must carry one ball every minute
Getting it timed right
Tools used
The Counterweights
The original idea
The simple solution
The Structure
Why use K’Nex®?
Designing the structure
Improvising

5. Project Problems Moving the marbles The Weight Problem
Getting the marbles to the top
Timing the marbles
The Weight Problem
Marble launch
Balance
Keeping the marbles on the track
Getting the marbles back to the bottom
Turning the corners
Imperfect Construction

6. Conclusions People with short tempers should never play with K’Nex
Marbles make a lot of noise when they fall in large numbers
When working with K’Nex, fixing one problem creates five more
Just because it works the first time, doesn’t mean it will ever work again
Marbles are individualists