I did a shakedown of my modules yesterday in preparation for BrickCan in 3 weeks. A few new issues appeared which is great, I'll have time to fix them before the event.
Issues
GBB8-C: The gear connected directly to the internal motor fell off. This is due to the motor being placed in an axle down position, and there wasn't a proper support to keep the axle in.
Trench Run: A few ships fell off (sometimes they can get hooked on the surface the module sits on if it gets bunched up.)
Bucket Boost: Continued to drop a ton of balls (but I didn't do a timings pass on it before setting it up for this video.) As well the Ball Loader got jammed up and then broke open dumping balls everywhere.
Roadwork and Greylime sat in the middle running flawless for an hour in standalone mode.
My new conveyor attached to the bridge worked with no issue. Roadwork and Container Yard were left offline, as I wanted more balls inside the loop then in stand alone modules.
Other Notes
I realized when setting up, that I have quite a few modules now, and set-up and teardown takes a lot of time. The logistics of getting all of these packed for BrickCan is daunting. I also need to prepare a support kit that will include extra parts for the major mechanisms in my modules.
Video Below
Friday, March 30, 2018
Monday, March 26, 2018
GBC Observer 👁 Week 13, 2018
Here are some GBC videos that I enjoyed over on YouTube last week.
Akiyuki added his last train moduler the Elevator and Rotary Dumper
In addition to this he showed a full layout of all his train modules together running with 4 train carts.
Maico sets up a smaller layout in Reims, France.
BVB has recreated my Solaire module with a few additional improvements. He's added an intigrated switch, and hidden the motor inside the module.
Akiyuki added his last train moduler the Elevator and Rotary Dumper
In addition to this he showed a full layout of all his train modules together running with 4 train carts.
Maico sets up a smaller layout in Reims, France.
Friday, March 23, 2018
Tilt-Shift - A Lego GBC Module
Today I officially reveal my latest module, Tilt-Shift. It is a technic built module using a Power Functions XL motor to drive a tilting stairs lifting mechanism.
This is actually the first all Technic module I've built using pieces from my entire collection. All of the previous remix modules have been "parts limited" from the sets they came from.
The majority of the tilting stairs is built from 3x11x1 Technic Panels stacked up on each other with 4 of them being used to finish the exterior on the sides (A total of 14 panels). The flag piece was used as the ramp for the balls to travel to the next level, they are attached with a small bar which is connected to the pin underneath. I used some "Old Dark Grey" flags which was a mistaken order (I really wanted dark bluish grey).
The Power Functions XL motor drives 3 different mechanisms, the agitator, the ball indexer, and the tilting stairs. The agitator is interesting because I use a free floating chain of "Universal Joints" to connect the gearing to the agitation lever. This allows for the lever to stop briefly before being forced forward, which adds some additional random force inside the input bin.
Here are a few images of the module.
And here is the video.
This is actually the first all Technic module I've built using pieces from my entire collection. All of the previous remix modules have been "parts limited" from the sets they came from.
The majority of the tilting stairs is built from 3x11x1 Technic Panels stacked up on each other with 4 of them being used to finish the exterior on the sides (A total of 14 panels). The flag piece was used as the ramp for the balls to travel to the next level, they are attached with a small bar which is connected to the pin underneath. I used some "Old Dark Grey" flags which was a mistaken order (I really wanted dark bluish grey).
The Power Functions XL motor drives 3 different mechanisms, the agitator, the ball indexer, and the tilting stairs. The agitator is interesting because I use a free floating chain of "Universal Joints" to connect the gearing to the agitation lever. This allows for the lever to stop briefly before being forced forward, which adds some additional random force inside the input bin.
Here are a few images of the module.
And here is the video.
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