This little toy has been sitting in my basement since my 8th grade school mardi gras party, and has since been pulled out now that my sister is in 8th grade. In 8th grade, I was a big fan of those arcade skee ball machines, and decided to make one for a class party. After being inspired by other projects like this, I designed my own machine. Mine was not nearly as elaborate, as it just consisted of a multi layered track, and upright face plate, and a ramp for the thrown balls to roll on down to the lower track. I designed this and then with the help of my parents built it with the basic tools we had in our basement. Then I used a cardboard tube for the ramp by cutting out a quarter of the tube. The last step was to get together with my friends and give it an amazing (not so good now) paint job. Unfortunately, I didn't record any of the process of me making it at the time.
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AuthorMy name is Nathan and I enjoy building and creating things, weather it be out of wood, paper, or even on the computer. I want to start recording all of the fun things so this is where I am. Why Does this existI have recently started to play with Blender. A 3D modelling and design software. I have also built several costumes and helmets which I will be posting future ones up here. This site is mostly about that and other projects I might have.
If you're interested in this stuff...So I use a program called blender which is a great opensource modelling program. This allows you to model, and also animate and ever program games. Its a great program to use as there are endless possibilities.
http://www.blender.org Another useful site is for the helmets and such that I make. This is from a papercraft design program called Pepakura. It allows you to print out designs to build whatever you want. There are tons of tutorials online to see how to use it. http://www.tamasoft.co.jp/pepakura-en/ Archives
January 2016
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