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Tilting Ball Maze
Try and get the ball through the maze from one corner to the other by tilting the table using the infra red remote control contained the 1990s remote control set. This model was featured in issue 37 of Constructor Quarterly.
Additional photos added 16 January 2019
Photo 1 - Tilting Ball Maze
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Photo 1 - Tilting Ball Maze
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Photo 2 - Tilting Ball Maze
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Photo 3 - Underneath view
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Photo 4 - Close-up of the rear operating mechanism
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Photo 5 - View with the tilting table lifted showing the pivot point and rear drive mechanism
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Photo 6 - View with the tilting table lifted showing the pivot point and side operating mechanism
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Photo 7 - General view of the underside of the Maze Table
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Photo 8 - Underside of the Maze Table
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Photo 9 - Close up of the underside of the Maze table showing the pivot point.
Note the use of the fishplate to clamp one side of the double arm crank so that its boss is absolutely central on the tilting maze tableClick here to see higher resolution photo
Photo 10 - The rear drive mechanism
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Photo 11 - View from above
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