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12-10-2003, 07:50 PM
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Rolling Ball Sculpture
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I want one, but I'd really like to build one...  The first one I remember seeing: Shab Levy's Gravitram at the Omniplex Science Center (Oklahoma City) I remember it being HUGE (of course, I was smaller then...). Many resources: Rolling Ball Sculpture For example: Rolling Ball Sculpture for sale on ebay |
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12-10-2003, 07:54 PM
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Re: Rolling Ball Sculpture
Yea that would be a nice challenge to build one. Man if I only had the extra time and money I think I would too.
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12-10-2003, 08:26 PM
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Re: Rolling Ball Sculpture
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That would be hot if you built that. Those kind of things are pretty amazing IMO.
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12-10-2003, 09:44 PM
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I use to want that when I was little.
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Re: Rolling Ball Sculpture
Here's a great example of a simple one that this guy built in his garage...
http://www.medved.net/mike/rolling/ |
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12-11-2003, 02:25 PM
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Yeah, I've always wanted to make one of those. The first one I ever saw was one they had in the Logan International Airport (Boston) when I was about 8 or 9. It was huge, but another cool thing was that it was "musical". I think the creator used xylophone tiles and all kinds of other crazy stuff, so that when the ball was rolling down the track, there would be various "dings" and "dongs". If I knew how to weld (or braze or whatever), it would be fun.
They used to sell a toy kinda like that. Always wanted one, but never got it...
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Re: Rolling Ball Sculpture
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http://www.brucegray.com/htmlfolder/rollingball.html His must be made of more substantial materials, since even just the steel ball rollnig on the rail makes such an incredible "whirrrr" sound. there are movies with sound on the individual pages, if you can take the load times... edit: here's pic of the one you're talking about: George Rhoads' Exercise in Fugality |
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So.....Its s metal ball roller coaster??
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