Tag: Pump

  • Lego GBC Christmas Tree Topper (for the Brickworld Ball Pump)

    Lego GBC Christmas Tree Topper (for the Brickworld Ball Pump)

    Lego GBC Christmas Tree Topper (for the Brickworld Ball Pump) is a Christmas themed module designed by Lawrie George.

    By combining this adapter with a GBC Brickworld Ball Pump you get a Christmas tree-themed module, that can be used as a compliant GBC module or a Recirculating module,  and UV charging station that will saturate all balls that pass through it for 3 seconds.

    Night Lighting

    This topper is designed to have a UV LED strip like my Lego GBC Brickworld Ball Pump UV LED Adapter Instructions for charging balls.

    Videos

    Videos of these modules in operation

    Modules

    Builds and revisions to this module

    Original

    Pieces Cost Difficulty
    <250 $$ Easy

    The instructions can be found here: Lego GBC Christmas Tree Topper (for the Brickworld Ball Pump)

    • Initial design with star and angel options.

  • Lego GBC Lapras

    Lego GBC Lapras

    Lego GBC Lapras was a challenge issued by one of my children to build a GBC module that looked like the Pokemon Lapras.

    To do this I took one of our existing modules a Brickworld Ball Pump (as it had a similar shape to a Lapras) and began the process of theming it to look like a Lapras wearing a saddle.

    Some key challenges while building were to ensure that structural bracing (lift arms on the side) were not removed and that the module as a whole still met GBC standard. This meant the input area still needed to be 10x10x10 bricks (length x width x height) and that the output was no more than 13 bricks high by using an output ramp.

    Video of this module in operation.

  • Lego GBC Brickworld Ball Pump in Red and Blue and UV Adapter

    Lego GBC Brickworld Ball Pump in Red and Blue and UV Adapter

    Lego GBC Brickworld Ball Pump is a reliable ball pump module designed by Brian Alano.

    I have blue and red builds of this module and use them regularly at shows due to their reliability.

    The module is highly extensible and I use variations of it in several of my other modules.

    Night Lighting

    The modules are setup for night running as well.

    They use my custom Lego UV/Led lights, with the UV shining on the balls and the Lego light passing through a trans-green/yellow brick to color the module.

    Videos

    Videos of these modules in operation.

    Modules

    Builds and revisions to this module

    Original

    Pieces Cost Difficulty
    300+ $$ Medium

    This module was designed by Brian Alano.

    The instructions can be found at http://www.greatballcontraption.com/wiki/GBC_Ball_Pump.

    Parts List (Bricklink XML): BW-Ball-Pump_v1.xml

    My Variations

    Pieces Cost Difficulty
    300+ each $$ Medium

    Minor changes.

    • Changed color.
    • Changed output ramp.
    Pieces Cost Difficulty
    350+ $$ Medium

    Lego GBC Lapras themed version.

    UV Soak Adapater

    Pieces Cost Difficulty
    40+ $ Easy

    An adapter for night running GBC where you need to charge balls using UV light.

    This adapter sits directly on any Brickworld ball pump and will charge a ball for 3 seconds before moving it to the next module.

    BrickWorld Ball Pump UV LED Adapter Instructions.

    See link for more information on night lighting Night Lighting.