Knex Fruitmachine or One Arm Bandit
Posted: Sat May 29, 2021 5:43 pm
Hello all,
so glad I found this forum as I really like mechanical machines.
Having just watched the Repair Shop which starred a Beromat One Arm Bandit, I would like to present my own variation of the Fruit Machine of Ona Arm Bandit. It is actually a two arm bandit, fully mechanical. Some rubber bands and a metal weight are the only non Knex parts.
I thoroughly enjoyed developing this, found inspiration with Ted Pounds, but in the end designed almost all of it myself. It's been working quite well and just recently I dismantled it.
It may not be an exact copy of a true machine, but boy, was it fun, challenging and great fun each time I saw it standing there and not being able to resist putting a ball in and watching it work.
Cheers
Paul Delcour
so glad I found this forum as I really like mechanical machines.
Having just watched the Repair Shop which starred a Beromat One Arm Bandit, I would like to present my own variation of the Fruit Machine of Ona Arm Bandit. It is actually a two arm bandit, fully mechanical. Some rubber bands and a metal weight are the only non Knex parts.
I thoroughly enjoyed developing this, found inspiration with Ted Pounds, but in the end designed almost all of it myself. It's been working quite well and just recently I dismantled it.
It may not be an exact copy of a true machine, but boy, was it fun, challenging and great fun each time I saw it standing there and not being able to resist putting a ball in and watching it work.
Cheers
Paul Delcour
