Rube Goldberg Blog Post #2

Rube Goldberg machines are basically creations that you design to do a mini task for you, my task is that domino hit an empty water bottle into a garbage can. It didn’t take that long to make but the part that took long was the attempts it took many tries to make it work.

When I started building I needed to collect some materials. The materials I used on my machine were domino, a piece of cardboard, a garbage can, multiple golf balls, books, and finally an empty water bottle. After I collected my materials I got straight to work! As I got to work I was getting frustrated by the domino I kept hitting on accident! Although I made them fall a couple of times I got the hang of it.

Once I finished the build, it was a matter of testing. As I tried my first time I actually managed to get it on the first try. I freaked out of joy. I didn’t want to just end it there though. I tried multiple more times to see some fails and even if I could have it work again. I had three failures after my first try but then made it work again! It was incredible. I had to change one thing which was the domino’s hitting a ball that hits other domino’s but that wasn’t major. I changed my complete machine from the sketch I made.

After all that hard work that was put into it, it was time to take it down. I was proud of my work and think I did good on this project. Let me know what you guys think!

2 thoughts on “Rube Goldberg Blog Post #2

  1. Great job. You made a good decision to keep on testing to see more outcomes even after you got it on the first try.

  2. Great job John! I liked how your blog post was long and full of detail. Just one thing, at the start of the blog post you said the only thing that took long was the attempts and getting it to work. But later in the post you said you got it first try.

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