Sirgabealot G | The Egg Smashing Machine @sirgabealot01 | Uploaded 4 years ago | Updated 3 hours ago
After months of work, I proudly present my newest chain reaction: The Egg Smashing Machine! Although it's not my largest machine, it is definitely one of my most elaborate, as well as one of my favorite full-length machines that I've built to date.
This machine was built as part of my first "business inquiry" as a chain reaction artist. A local film company was making a documentary where they wanted to incorporate some form of dominoes into the machine, and when they discovered my work, they asked me to build a machine for them. It was fun constructing a machine for this project, especially because if I ever needed any materials, I could just tell the director and he would have them mailed over. The documentary is called "What Lies Inside" and has now been released. Be sure to check it out!
Given that this was a professional film company, they gave me a table of their own to build on that lit up from the bottom. After I finished building the machine, they came over with professional camera equipment and set up curtains and intricate lighting to film what they needed for their documentary, and I got to film the footage for the "machine as a screenlink" using their high-quality setup (which is why the screenlink looks different from the working test of the machine). Since I knew that I'd be doing some filming with professional lighting, I made sure to use a lot of objects that look good on camera, such as gears, the kinetic motion toy, billiard balls, and some other things. Overall, I'd say this is probably my best looking machine yet. (I also got some great pictures of this machine)
As far as how the process of producing this video went, this machine was interesting, as half the tricks were surprisingly easy to build, whereas the other half gave me a stream of problems to resolve for them to work. The hammer sequence was especially difficult for me to build due to the immense weight of the head of the hammer and the instability of the table. I spent probably five or six full nights working on this trick and going through several different designs until I came to a mechanism that looked good while also not destroying itself every time it triggered. Testing was about what I expected, as it failed 74 times before working to my satisfaction.
In case you're curious, cleaning broken eggs in a machine is about as fun as it sounds.
Overall, I am very proud of how this machine turned out. After spending a couple months working on a machine that had virtually no tricks, I was eager to revive my original style for this machine. I like every trick that I built in this machine, which is actually rare for me as I am generally very self-critical of my work. I put my perfectionism into full gear for this video, and I'd say it paid off.
Thanks for watching! Be sure to share the video if you enjoyed it!
Since the theme of the machine is eggs, let's make this the most liked machine on YouTube, lol.
External Links:
Bonus Footage:
youtube.com/watch?v=HL7yNyTKfJE
Single Take with Better Lighting:
youtu.be/lkfT8pg9rK8
Documentary Segment:
youtube.com/watch?v=QVmOjOjzIB4
Music: Hinkik - Explorers
youtube.com/watch?v=fc1tg9qkGyI
My BTS Channel:
youtube.com/channel/UCEqa9PgGfwVumxeU7LvaIyg/videos?view=0&sort=dd&flow=grid
Statistics:
Total Fails: 74
Most Fails: Egg Autotilt (25)
Common Fails: Soccer Ball missing the Trix Trax after it tilts a second time, the string that was supposed to pull ball lift up getting caught, the ball that triggers the bead chain tube rolling off the Trix Trax curve, and marbles in the silver funnel getting jammed
Favorite Tricks: Dominoes on Gears, Boo Keychain Slide, Bead Chain Tube, Marble Spiral on Flexing Parallelogram
Fun Tricks to Work With: Kinetic Ball Dispenser, Boo Keychain Slide
Frustrating Tricks to Work With: Domino Knocking Sequence, Marble Spiral on Flexing Parallelogram, Falling Hammer Sequence
Planned Tricks (tricks I knew I would do before building): Billiard Ball Board, Dominoes on Gears, Domino Knocking Sequence, Marble Spiral, Domino Tower Dump, Falling Hammer Sequence
Improvised Tricks (tricks I came up with the ideas for while building): Egg Autotilt, Rolling Gear w/Track, Kinetic Ball Dispenser, Boo Keychain Slide, Bead Chain Tube, Ball Binder Dump
Timeline
-Marble Spiral (12/10/19)
-Base of Dominoes on Gears (12/25/19)
-Base of Ball Binder Dump (originally a different trick) (12/29/19)
-Rolling Gear w/Track (12/30/19)
-Hammer Sequence V1 (1/4/20)
-Base of Domino Knocking Sequence (1/5/20)
-Hammer Sequence V2 (1/5/20)
-Egg Autotilt (1/12/20)
-Billiard Ball Board (1/17/20)
-Completed Dominoes on Gears (1/17/20)
-Ball Lift Connection (1/18/20)
-Kinetic Ball Dispenser (1/19/20)
-Boo Keychain Slide (2/1/20)
-Completed Domino Knocking Mechanism (2/1/20)
-Domino Tower Dump V1 (2/1/20)
-Falling Hammer Sequence V3 (2/1/20)
-Bead Chain Tube (2/8/20)
-First Full Test (2/8/20)
-Successful Take (2/20/20)
-Screenlink (2/22/20)
After months of work, I proudly present my newest chain reaction: The Egg Smashing Machine! Although it's not my largest machine, it is definitely one of my most elaborate, as well as one of my favorite full-length machines that I've built to date.
This machine was built as part of my first "business inquiry" as a chain reaction artist. A local film company was making a documentary where they wanted to incorporate some form of dominoes into the machine, and when they discovered my work, they asked me to build a machine for them. It was fun constructing a machine for this project, especially because if I ever needed any materials, I could just tell the director and he would have them mailed over. The documentary is called "What Lies Inside" and has now been released. Be sure to check it out!
Given that this was a professional film company, they gave me a table of their own to build on that lit up from the bottom. After I finished building the machine, they came over with professional camera equipment and set up curtains and intricate lighting to film what they needed for their documentary, and I got to film the footage for the "machine as a screenlink" using their high-quality setup (which is why the screenlink looks different from the working test of the machine). Since I knew that I'd be doing some filming with professional lighting, I made sure to use a lot of objects that look good on camera, such as gears, the kinetic motion toy, billiard balls, and some other things. Overall, I'd say this is probably my best looking machine yet. (I also got some great pictures of this machine)
As far as how the process of producing this video went, this machine was interesting, as half the tricks were surprisingly easy to build, whereas the other half gave me a stream of problems to resolve for them to work. The hammer sequence was especially difficult for me to build due to the immense weight of the head of the hammer and the instability of the table. I spent probably five or six full nights working on this trick and going through several different designs until I came to a mechanism that looked good while also not destroying itself every time it triggered. Testing was about what I expected, as it failed 74 times before working to my satisfaction.
In case you're curious, cleaning broken eggs in a machine is about as fun as it sounds.
Overall, I am very proud of how this machine turned out. After spending a couple months working on a machine that had virtually no tricks, I was eager to revive my original style for this machine. I like every trick that I built in this machine, which is actually rare for me as I am generally very self-critical of my work. I put my perfectionism into full gear for this video, and I'd say it paid off.
Thanks for watching! Be sure to share the video if you enjoyed it!
Since the theme of the machine is eggs, let's make this the most liked machine on YouTube, lol.
External Links:
Bonus Footage:
youtube.com/watch?v=HL7yNyTKfJE
Single Take with Better Lighting:
youtu.be/lkfT8pg9rK8
Documentary Segment:
youtube.com/watch?v=QVmOjOjzIB4
Music: Hinkik - Explorers
youtube.com/watch?v=fc1tg9qkGyI
My BTS Channel:
youtube.com/channel/UCEqa9PgGfwVumxeU7LvaIyg/videos?view=0&sort=dd&flow=grid
Statistics:
Total Fails: 74
Most Fails: Egg Autotilt (25)
Common Fails: Soccer Ball missing the Trix Trax after it tilts a second time, the string that was supposed to pull ball lift up getting caught, the ball that triggers the bead chain tube rolling off the Trix Trax curve, and marbles in the silver funnel getting jammed
Favorite Tricks: Dominoes on Gears, Boo Keychain Slide, Bead Chain Tube, Marble Spiral on Flexing Parallelogram
Fun Tricks to Work With: Kinetic Ball Dispenser, Boo Keychain Slide
Frustrating Tricks to Work With: Domino Knocking Sequence, Marble Spiral on Flexing Parallelogram, Falling Hammer Sequence
Planned Tricks (tricks I knew I would do before building): Billiard Ball Board, Dominoes on Gears, Domino Knocking Sequence, Marble Spiral, Domino Tower Dump, Falling Hammer Sequence
Improvised Tricks (tricks I came up with the ideas for while building): Egg Autotilt, Rolling Gear w/Track, Kinetic Ball Dispenser, Boo Keychain Slide, Bead Chain Tube, Ball Binder Dump
Timeline
-Marble Spiral (12/10/19)
-Base of Dominoes on Gears (12/25/19)
-Base of Ball Binder Dump (originally a different trick) (12/29/19)
-Rolling Gear w/Track (12/30/19)
-Hammer Sequence V1 (1/4/20)
-Base of Domino Knocking Sequence (1/5/20)
-Hammer Sequence V2 (1/5/20)
-Egg Autotilt (1/12/20)
-Billiard Ball Board (1/17/20)
-Completed Dominoes on Gears (1/17/20)
-Ball Lift Connection (1/18/20)
-Kinetic Ball Dispenser (1/19/20)
-Boo Keychain Slide (2/1/20)
-Completed Domino Knocking Mechanism (2/1/20)
-Domino Tower Dump V1 (2/1/20)
-Falling Hammer Sequence V3 (2/1/20)
-Bead Chain Tube (2/8/20)
-First Full Test (2/8/20)
-Successful Take (2/20/20)
-Screenlink (2/22/20)
