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Rube Goldberg Blog Post #2

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When making my Rube Goldberg project, I had a lot of fun because of how challenging, but it was also still a bit frustrating because of how many times I failed. When designing the project, it was a bit easy to get the sketch done because of how excited I was and I finally started thinking harder. After 2 hours I had finished my sketch.

And started building, but I got a bit frustrated because of how some parts were too difficult to make so I just had to get rid of it which I wasn’t really that happy about. One thing that I learned from that process was that you have to revise something because it won’t always work, and this can happen constantly. Once I had finished building, I started working on the video. It was very challenging, because of how close I kept getting to the end of the machine. But once I had done it which I am very happy about,

I had started working on the editing was really fun but I didn’t know what to do, but I still tried my best. I still think I can improve it by speaking louder and putting on less music because it’s too loud, but I think it is good for now. I would like to thank my mom and dad for helping me and jack for giving me some materials. Overall I had a fun time creating this project and am very happy that I finished it.

Here is are some inspiration I used to help me think of my Rube Goldberg sketch:

Sprice” on America’s Got Talent

Joseph’s Machines website

This is the sketch of my Rube Goldberg machine.

This is my Rube Goldberg Machine video.

Rube Goldberg Blog Post 1

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Rube Goldberg machines are basically simple machines combined together to do a simple task, for example, my simple task was to get water to pour into my cup even though the water bottle is next to me but that’s the point of a Rube Goldberg machine.

Making a sketch for the Rube Goldberg project was a bit challenging because I couldn’t think of a goal for my project. It was a bit easy for me to find the materials because I have most of the stuff already, but I didn’t have all the things I needed like dominos and pulleys, which was a bit frustrating so I had to ask for some from my friend. Also at the beginning when I was looking for a place to actually build the project, I had no idea because originally I was thinking that I would build it on a wall but I realized that I can’t just glue stuff to the wall because it would just stay there for a long time. so I just ended up using some styrofoam to cover up some of the walls for the pulleys. Also when trying to get a platform in the air I had no idea what I could do so I just put the things on a table instead of putting it high up in the air and I think it was good enough for me. Also, it’s very annoying to set back up the contraption once it fails.

Some revisions were, I had to change the cup for a bowl because the water couldn’t reach the cup without dripping out a bit so I just used a bowl. Also setting up the levers were very difficult because they would just slide off, but once I found that I had something to use from my hot wheel set it became a lot easier since it could bend over. And lastly I decided to just take out the lower lever part because it was too difficult to make.

This was the concept I had when trying to make my project, also I decided to name it the water pourer because he pours water into your cup for you, even though the bottle of water is right next to me, but I’m too lazy to pour the water in.

But overall I think I’m going on the right track on what I’m doing in my Rube Goldberg project but still not completely finished, but I think that I am doing good for now.