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Title: Rube Goldberg
Post by: sirloinofbeef001 on April 05, 2011,

Has anyone built a rube Goldberg as an intro for the light show? I am considering something of the sort for mine. Just wanted to hear some ideas..

Title: Re: Rube Goldberg
Post by: shaunkad on April 05, 2011,

I have not. The city of Akron, Ohio had a Rube Goldberg devise start the 2010/2011 New Year's Eve it was built by a number of local high schools you may be able to find some thing on the web.

Shaun

Title: Re: Rube Goldberg
Post by: rrowan on April 05, 2011,

The Mythbusters did a Christmas show with a Rube Goldberg machine

I am sure you can see it on youtube

Cheers

Rick R.

Title: Re: Rube Goldberg
Post by: sirloinofbeef001 on April 05, 2011,

Was it built with lights? That's what I'm wanting to do. I've have tons of ideas but putting it together is my only obstacle with my lack of channels. what other devices are there with many channels for low cost? Its only because of the simplicity I want to keep it cheap.

Title: Re: Rube Goldberg
Post by: NavyGator on April 05, 2011,

Okay...I was ignorant in the fact I did not know what a Rube Goldberg machine is. I have seen many over the years but never knew they had a name. Anyway, here is a link for a video of one.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RouXygRcRC4


Sorry I hit the wrong button RR

Title: Re: Rube Goldberg
Post by: sirloinofbeef001 on April 05, 2011,

I had to laugh at that navygator..

Title: Re: Rube Goldberg
Post by: rrowan on April 05, 2011,

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Okay...I was ignorant in the fact I did not know what a Rube Goldberg machine is. I have seen many over the years but never knew they had a name. Anyway, here is a link for a video of one.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RouXygRcRC4


Sorry I hit the wrong button RR

I bet there is no female in that house LOL

Cheers

Rick R.

Title: Re: Rube Goldberg
Post by: Dennis Cherry on April 05, 2011,

Excellent Rube Goldberg.

thanks

Title: Re: Rube Goldberg
Post by: sirloinofbeef001 on April 05, 2011,

my blackberry will not bring it up for some reason. Time to get a new one..

Title: Re: Rube Goldberg
Post by: shaunkad on April 05, 2011,

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my blackberry will not bring it up for some reason. Time to get a new one..

my cheep cell did.

 What are  you looking for how to start the show? Or are looking for some thing like hhoow to get sSanta on the roof?

Title: Re: Rube Goldberg
Post by: chrisatpsu on April 05, 2011,

good luck setting that back up every night    lol

Title: Re: Rube Goldberg
Post by: sirloinofbeef001 on April 05, 2011,

No luck to it. It'll be done thru the illusion of light..that's the beauty..

Title: Re: Rube Goldberg
Post by: shaunkad on April 05, 2011,

How many channels do you have to work with? Any pixels?

Title: Re: Rube Goldberg
Post by: sirloinofbeef001 on April 05, 2011,

Don't have any pixel, and I only have 128 channels. I have to incorporate as many as I can with the regular show. Unless I can get something cheap to make up the slack.

Title: Re: Rube Goldberg
Post by: shaunkad on April 05, 2011,

To portray movement you will need a minimum of two channels. More if it is a big move or you want it to look fluid less strobe like.

Title: Re: Rube Goldberg
Post by: NavyGator on April 05, 2011,

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Okay...I was ignorant in the fact I did not know what a Rube Goldberg machine is. I have seen many over the years but never knew they had a name. Anyway, here is a link for a video of one.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RouXygRcRC4


Sorry I hit the wrong button RR

I bet there is no female in that house LOL

Cheers

Rick R.

 
Definitely. I can only imagine that my wife would be......difficult to live with if I had that set up in our house. She might be okay until one of the kids gets hit with a flying dart.

Title: Re: Rube Goldberg
Post by: SteveMaris on April 05, 2011,

It's always funny until you get a dart in the eye.

Title: Re: Rube Goldberg
Post by: LondoB5 on April 05, 2011,

Ok, I can't see the video. Who is Rube Goldberg? Is it that guy from the World Wrestling Federation? Is it fireworks or something?

Title: Re: Rube Goldberg
Post by: sirloinofbeef001 on April 05, 2011,

not the wwf wrestler.  <fp.  he would make contraptions that was over engineered to do a simple task..

Title: Re: Rube Goldberg
Post by: CB on April 05, 2011,

Think to the first Back to the Future movie when the alarm sounded and all kinds of contraptions started the toaster and coffee maker...that is a real Rube Goldberg.  I have seen a similar use where a snow ball was thrown from a snowman across the yard, creating a splash effect, that turned on a train the drove around and started a mega tree.

I will look tonight for the link if I can find it after baseball practice.

Title: Re: Rube Goldberg
Post by: CB on April 05, 2011,

Oh and PS the WWF wrestler was Bill Goldberg but that is darn funny.

Title: Re: Rube Goldberg
Post by: tmtfield on April 05, 2011,

Oh Man, the ideas are flowing....

I can picture a coo coo clock going off at 5PM that nudges a lit candle under a piece of string that is holding a GIANT candy cane upright, that falls when the string burns through. As the candy cane falls it hits a switch that turns on a model train (O gauge of course). The train then travels down a length of track and falls onto a seesaw that bumps into a bowling ball sitting precariously on a track. The bowling ball then falls onto a pillow that causes the first of 3000 domino's to start a chain reaction ending with the last domino falling onto a balance scale. The scale slowly rises until it makes contact with a trip spring that opens the door of a hamster cage. Of course the hamster has to be dressed in an elf costume. The hamster then runs to a plate that is wrapped around the north pole like a collar. As the hamster enjoys it's favorite snack on the plate (use the snack enlue of a trained hamster.....Not enough time this year to properly train a hamster) the plate slowly slides down  the north pole like the ball in Time Square. Once the plate reached the bottom of the pole it makes the final contact to start the show. However, I might be inclined to have it ring a tiny bell and have only one light of the display come on. This might be anticlimatic after such an elaborate starting device, but will be funny as he..

Just a couple of ideas
Tim

Title: Re: Rube Goldberg
Post by: sirloinofbeef001 on April 06, 2011,

Hey tmtfield, can I hire you to set this up at 5:30 every evening? Sounds great..lol...I was looking more at an animated hammer coming down on a pad that leads to my arches to a post with the word off on the top of it to change to the word on for the climax. Something simple..that's just an idea..

Title: Re: Rube Goldberg
Post by: tmtfield on April 06, 2011,

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Hey tmtfield, can I hire you to set this up at 5:30 every evening?

;D     Will work for for food or LED's      ;D