Reverse Skee Ball

Project SG-002: Reverse Skee Ball

Introducing the newest K’REATION at the K’ORNER: the Reverse Skee Ball game.  The original Skee Ball game is a game in which you roll a ball up a ramp and pending the strength at which you roll the ball and the angle at which you release the ball, the ball will enter different holes.  Each hole is worth different points pending the difficulty of the hole.

Like the original Skee Ball, the Reverse Skee Ball has different holes with various difficulty levels.  And as the difficulty increases, the point level increases.  Like the Miniature Billiards Table, this K’REATION is just as much fun to play as it is to build.

To find out more information about the Reverse Skee Ball, click here or the link above.

Ball Mover #2 Konstruction Piktures 2

BM-002: Ball Mover #2

The Ball Mover #2 is still under konstruction.  Unfortunately, estimated completion time has been moved back before and will have to be moved back again for at least another month until the end of July.  However, to hold you over until then I have more konstruction pictures of the Ball Mover #2. So far, a total of 6.0 work hours has gone into this newest KREATION.

To see more konstruction piktures of the Ball Mover #2, click here or click the link above to see all of the konstruction piktures.

Reverse Skee Ball Konstruction Piktures

Project SG-002: Reverse Skee Ball

Introducing the newest K’REATION at the K’ORNER: the Reverse Skee Ball game.  The original Skee Ball game is a game in which you roll a ball up a ramp and pending the strength at which you roll the ball and the angle at which you release the ball, the ball will enter different holes.  Each hole is worth different points pending the difficulty of the hole.

In my K’REATION, the Reverse Skee Ball, you do not have to have any strength to play this game.  Instead of rolling the ball up a ramp on your own power, you release the ball down a ramp and at the end of the ramp, the ball jumps into the different holes.

Like the original Skee Ball, the Reverse Skee Ball has different holes with various difficulty levels.  And as the difficulty increases, the point level increases.  Like the Miniature Billiards Table, this K’REATION is just as much fun to play as it is to build.

The Reverse Skee Ball is still under Konstruction.  Currently you can play with it, but the balls will not automatically roll back to you.  However, once I am completed, the whole structure will be raised and the balls with automatically return to the starting point.

To find out more information and to see some Konstruction pictures of the Reverse Skee Ball, click here or the link above.

Failed K’REATIONS

Not every idea turns out to be a good idea.  To illustrate this point, not everything I make out of K’NEX turns out looking good or working properly.  Sometimes as soon as 20 minutes into the project I realize that this particular project won’t be good.  Other times, I get almost to the end and then I am unable to complete the project for one reason or another.

For every good K’REATION that makes it onto the K’ORNER, there are plenty of unsuccessful K’REATIONS that don’t make the cut.  However, just because they don’t make it, doesn’t mean they are a total loss.  There are plenty of things to learn from the failures.

Case in point, the following projects are just some of the failed K’REATIONS I’ve had in the past.

The first failed project is the attempt guitar stand.  It started off too boxy, too big and I stopped it before it really even got off the ground.  Below are some pictures of this failed project.  Click the thumbnails for full view.

Another failed project is the attempt ball launcher.  I wanted to create some sort of catapult that would throw balls across the room, either to set up some sort of battlefield or use as a arcade game.  Even though this particular project failed, I did get some useful ideas out of it for my next K’REATION.  Here are the pictures of this failed attempt.  Click the thumbnails below to see expanded view.

K’NEX K’ORNER Poll Results

You’ve all been waiting for over 2 months now and I think it is time to officially release the results of the first K’NEX K’ORNER poll.  And drum roll please….

In 5th place, receiving zero (0) votes is the Multi-Level Shoe Rack.

In a tie for3rd place, receiving one (1) vote each are the  Ferris Wheel and the Flashback Roller Coaster.

In 2nd place, receiving three (3) votes is the Ball Mover #1.

And now the moment you all have been waiting for…

In 1st place, receiving the most votes with a total of five (5) votes is the Rotating Blu-ray/DVD Tower.

To recap here is the list:

5. Multi-Level Shoe Rack

T3. Ferris Wheel

T3. Flashback Roller Coaster

2. Ball Mover #1

1. Rotating Blu-ray/DVD Tower

Thank you to everyone who participated in the poll.  Look out for the next poll as more and more new K’REATIONS are released this summer.

Miniature Billiards Table

Project SG-001: Miniature Billiards Table

Check out the newest K’REATION added to the K’NEX KORNER, the Miniature Billiards Table.  This particular K’REATION is just as much as fun to play with after construction was completed as it was fun to build.  You can play a variety of billiards game with the added set of balls, cue, and sticks.  As a normal sized billiards table would just be too large for right now, I had to build this miniature instead.  Although at almost four feet long and over two feet high it is no miniature.

Click the link above or here to find out more information and to see more pictures of the Miniature Billiards Table.

Ball Mover #2 Konstruction Pics

Check out one of the KREATIONS in progress.  The Ball Mover #2 won’t be finished for a couple more weeks but to hold you over, check out some of these konstruction pictures to hold you over until it is completely finished.  So far, a total of 3 work hours has gone into this newest KREATION.

Update: 5/1/2010 – The Ball Mover #2 should be completed by the end of May 2010; however, I am relocating my work space and K’NEX collection so new updates will be on hold for a little while.

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Ball Mover #1 Video

Check out this blast from the past.  Watch a video from one of my past KREATIONS, the Ball Mover #1.  Click here to find out more information about the Ball Mover #1.  Enjoy!

Multi-Level Shoe Rack

Multi-Level Shoe Rack

Project HA-002: Multi-Level Shoe Rack

Check out the newest K’REATION added to the K’NEX KORNER, the Multi-Level Shoe Rack.  This purpose-built K’REATION fits perfectly undetected under the shelving unit.  It can hold up to 10 pairs of shoes and sandals and is strong enough to hold heavy shoes but small enough to not be noticeable.

Click the link above or here to find out more information and to see more pictures of the Multi-Level Shoe Rack.

Rotating Blu-ray & DVD Tower

Rotating Blu-ray & DVD Tower

Project HA-001: Rotating Blu-ray & DVD Tower

Check out the newest K’REATION added to the K’NEX KORNER, the Rotating Blu-ray & DVD Tower.  This cool K’REATION stands at almost 4 feet tall and has over 2,500 K’NEX pieces.  Click the link above or here to check out more pictures and find out the piece by piece break down.