Man in the Machine - LEGO Kinetic Sculpture - Design Video
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- čas přidán 22. 05. 2024
- A design discussion of my latest LEGO kinetic sculpture, titled Man in the Machine. In this video I discuss how the design progressed through its development, and explain key aspects of the how it works.
0:00 Introduction and Model Overview
0:20 Design Development
2:51 How it Works
4:00 Performance
4:25 Outro
I designed two versions of this model, both a GBC (Great Ball Contraption) version and a standalone version that cycles the balls internally. I will not be making instructions for either version.
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The spinning fan adds some other movement to the peace and also in a way slows down the mannikins movement. I really enjoy this moving sculpture
This build is insane
2:25 The ball return stepper was the biggest surprise for me! I knew the man's movements would be fancy and for some reason expected a simple trough ball return. Way to make it better!
4:05 45 minutes without dropping a ball will put lots of other GBC modules to shame 👍
I had the exact same thought around 2:25, I was like "Ohhh, smart!" I had actually wondered earlier in the video how he managed to get the return trough length exactly right. But this setup means it should be able to run at a wide range of speeds.
This is a really nice looking and well thought out kinetic sculpture.
I love it.
This is definitely one of the most amazing functional Lego models. It inspired me so much that I made myself to build my own copy (shown on my YT channel). It took me almost one month to recreate it from Jason's original video and then to tune all the tricky mechanisms. Now, it runs suprisingly smoothly without any major break.
I was very impressed when I saw your recreation. It must have been quite the effort recreating it!
Amazing as always! Interesting to see you recorded yourself doing the movement to analyze it, much like animators do to reference their animations!
The standalone is a great design that should definitely be submitted to Lego IDEAS... Great job, Jason!
What truly amazes me is that he has enough Legos that he doesn't need to disassemble his prototypes in order to make the next one.
Dropping no ball in 45 minutes is quite impressive, actually, especially for such and interesting and complex mechanism. Looking forward to seeing this module in some GBC loops.
woah I've never seen those bigger colored gears before, reminds me of an old marble machine toy i used to have. where did those come from?
They're relatively new System gears. The Friends sets quite often have them (my daughter has a handful in her collection!)
Wow nice
They were introduced (earliest I'm aware anyways) in early 2019 for Lego Movie 2/Friends. They're used sparingly across many themes now.
Jason's big innovation is to stack 2 of them together, but offset by 90 degrees. This significantly adds to their efficiency and reliability.
I have found lots of them within Mario themed sets. The Rezor set, an Marios and Luigis starter courses both have quite a bit of those gears.
They are a brick-based gear that can be attached using studs, or using large/small turntables, the same way they attach to circular 4x4 plates.
They provide a unique amount of movement difficult to acheive in Technic, along with color coding, being very large and flat, and easy to bevel and mesh with non-gear parts.
A fun assembly used for them is in the Reznor Mario set. There is two main gears, one that can be rotated with a Mario figure, and one that acts as a crankshaft for Reznors rotating platforms. By using a rubber 1x2 Technic liftarm with a small ball joint, it ratchets with the gear to create a satisfying and easy to use rotating system.
Overall I highly recommend that set for anyone who likes Mario, or fun mechanisms. It has a surprising amount of personality and functionality.
That's a big curve to pull of with just one motor, really well done. My favourite part is just how simplistic the mechanism is to actually close the dishes to pick up the ball. I don't know if that's the part that caused the occasional ball slip at the 45th minute but it's definetly something that always had me questioning how this thing was made.
I’m now envisioning a JK Brickworks/Akiyuki Brick crossover contraption, with the Five Tilted Rings concept as a core, but instead of the rotating arms, you’d have a whole entangled group of mechanical humanoids passing the balls up, around and to each other. This would be surreally mesmerizing…
Your models are always so pleasing to watch.
By rocker switch mechanism, he actually means bistable over-centre mechanism for those wishing to search similar ones.
The fan behind the grill really adds a lot to the atmosphere
Your mind continues to amaze me when you go into details on your builds.
Your builds are so mind-blowing Jason! A true inspiration to us all. Thank you.
Absolutely great technique using the knees. Your back will be very grateful lego man.
The fact that there is just a single motor is very impressive.
You are a genius, I really love watching your videos, especially the insight on how you do things.
It takes so much time and dedication to design something like this. You sir are a genius.
I was just recommended this video and clicked on it expecting a silent/background music only video showing off the sculpture and a quick and dirty "how I built it" montage just to be hit by you fully explaining not only the mechanism but also the design iterations and what you did and didn't like about them!
Or in a slightly shorter way:
What an awesome video about a cool sculpture!
You never disappoint with these mechanical contraptions!! So cool.
Amazing! I love how the movement of the Lego person looks!
i really like the detail and dedication you put into this, Keep up the great work jason! i really enjoy your vids!!!
I appreciate these kinds of videos so much, super interesting to watch! Fantastic work!
Thank you for presenting behind the scenes...in the world from idea to finished implementation
As someone with trouble focusing. This would be cool to have in my room when I need a break from school work
Absolutely marvellous, as ever!
What a wonderful work environment! Plenty of space, *and* ventilation?! Well done! 👍
Absolutely brilliant.
I love this so much! You are wildly talented
they are in my head
Your projects are so beautiful
Your kinetic sculptures are amazing 👍
Absolutely brilliant, as always!
Absolutely LOVE this!
For the GBC module, I think it could be interesting to have two figures working together to lift the balls up faster.
You are a man with super brains! :D This sculpture turned out very satisfying :)
You rock! Keep up the awesome work!! Very inspiring!
My favorit MOC from you. Well done.
Amazing as usual
I think this is a fascinating build. Thanks for sharing it, its great!
Feels similar to your Robot Dreams build, and I love this industrial style to a gbc layout!
I love the way the head was modeled
amazing, love looking at those
This is amazing
Wow! That's amazing 👍
Brilliant!
very inspiring !!
The build is insane
Absolutely like!
I would love to see a video series or encyclopedic website created by you and/or other GBC builders to explain some of the methods you use to create complex motion. Some of the mechanisms I'm aware of and understand well but would just never think to use in a model, and others such as complex multi-quadrilateral armatures I have no idea how you are able to design. I'd especially love to see a video that goes a bit more in-depth into the design process of the latter!
It's called an engineering degree...?
@@DrWhom I hope for your sake that you haven't started yours if this is what you think. Besides, it should not be natural for you to believe that any information would be locked behind the walls of a university. The only purpose a university should serve is to formalize an education that you could hypothetically give yourself for free through the libraries and internet, and to provide tutors. Jason has no reason not to share what he knows with others, he is not an ally of the elites who have fucked over the American college system for profit.
I got a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering at a state college specifically known for engineering, I took all the undergraduate classes I could on machine design. The closest I ever got is calculating forces transmitted by gears or armatures, not the paths they take. In fact my entire degree was math. If you want to learn how to build things, become a fabrication technician or an apprentice artisan.
Very impressive 👍👍
Jeez incredible
So creative.
Design videos are the best!!! :D
Nice job
This is so cool 😍😁
Going to have to get another brickworks T-shirt to encourage people to watch the wonderful videos!
very cool.. nice work :)
Immensely cool!
I would buy this if kitted. Perfect little desk display for the office, and to show at times what we feel we do 8+ hours a day.
Mesmerising... would make a cool screensaver ;)
wow very cool
Your job is so fucling amazing 😍🤩
totelly amazinggg👌🤟
Cool!!!
this is remarkable, literally the only thing I could think of would be if his head pivoted to aim with the ball
I also really love the idea of a lone man picking up every individual ball in a huge GBC array around him.
One must imagine the Lego man happy
H.h.h..hh…how!? How did you do this!? Outstanding! Great work!
good job + 1
1:22 animators and 2d/3d artists do this as well, because often times the best reference for dynamic poses, actions, and anatomy is yourself.
For the GBC module version putting 3 or so of these guys in a row would look amazing
Nice, i’m curious why you used splat gears. And I’m also glad you used them!
LEGO should hire you to create a whole series of kinetic sculptures, i think that'd sell well
maravilhoso, parabens
In the case of a GBC module, where you mentioned the figure is moving too fast... A solution may be 2 balls per 2 seconds. Either have one figure move 2 balls (hard!) or just have 2 parallel ball moving figures.
Genius
You also own one of those old-school miniature LEGO soccer balls!!
the man in this looks like Commander spock. I imagine if you gave him a pointy ear, it'd be quite fitting. XD
"Shinji, crank that Soulja boy"
"OK asuka"
**insert this footage**
Attn lego! I would buy this set!
It looks like something from "Metropolis", the constant back and forth of menial tasks by the workers, over and over and over again until the day is done. Then they come back and do it all over again.
That blue shirt dude is my dream job
insane !! 🤩🤩🤩🤩 Thank you so much Jason for sharing the creative process you went through to reach the final design of this GBC masterpiece !! 💖💖 ++ 45min before the first ball drop is an awesome performance!! 👍👍👍👍
i want this in my office and I don't even have a office
Очень круто)))
Seeing as you've already made him dark haired and gave him a blue shirt, and with the gray "mechanical" background, I can easily picture the man as Spock trying and failing to get rid of some tribbles
Sisiphus work. Nice :)
If you made Sets of these, I'd purchase a few.
Wow I wish lego made this into a kit!
*_-kewls-_*
Very nice. Any chance this will make it to mochub to build at home?
For the GBC version, could one idea be to have two characters do the work?
My thought would be to have the balls from the reservoir be alternated between two people who then stand in a row lifting balls, which then can move at a slower speed, because they only have half the workload.
Would also be cool to have them stand in a row, alternating who lifts and who picks up.
Reminds me of the futility of my own job, do this, do it again, do it forever, breath in this hazardous gas.
genius
Perhaps have two mirrored figures opposite each other and 180deg out of phase dropping the balls in a single chute from two sides, so you get double the number of balls at lower speeds (and an even more mesmerizing appearance...)?
Wow.
It would be interesting to see an entire GBC with animated people. They don't necessarily need to interact with the balls like your machine, they could be pulling a lever or cranking a wheel.
Man attached to crank attached to lift conveyor
Did you get those big and colorful gears from Mario sets? Cause if you did then that’s pretty clever