If you are a fan of domino- based constructions where they then fall one after another in a matter of seconds, watch out for this machine created with LEGO. Because from now on you can create rows as long as you want and with little effort to enjoy the satisfaction of seeing them all fall sequentially.
What is the domino effect
The domino effect refers to a small change that causes a similar change to its side, which in turn causes another and so on in a linear sequence. And yes, this name is given by the analogy with the fall of dominoes that occurs when they are thinned and at a certain distance that allows them to fall one after another.
Well, if you have ever had a domino at home, surely on more than one occasion you have put all its chips one after another for the simple reason of enjoying seeing how they fall one after another after throwing the first in the row. What’s more, you may have tried constructions other than a simple straight line.
There are users who go further and not only dedicate themselves to doing it with the pieces of a box but they gather hundreds and even thousands of them and then generate a strange feeling of satisfaction when they fall one by one and give way to striking drawings. Of course, seeing how in seconds the work of hours and hours comes down does not pay much.
That is why, surely, this user decided that creating a machine to create their own rows of tiles without much effort and with which to enjoy the domino effect would be a great idea. And you know what, we are going to agree with him.
The LEGO cart that creates rows of dominoes
JK Brickworks is passionate about LEGOs and that is shown by his YouTube channel, where there are all kinds of constructions based on these popular blocks. However, the last one may be one of the most striking for what it means in order to create those rows made with dominoes. Because it makes the process much easier than going one by one placing them with your hands.
To achieve this, he had to create a mechanism capable of releasing the tiles one by one and at the exact distance between one and the other to later achieve the domino effect . So in the video you can see how the whole process is, from when there is only the platform of the cart with the basic idea of placing the tiles until the engines that arrive with LEGO Mindstorm are added .
After several modifications on the fly to achieve what I had in mind, the end result is a cart that can be controlled remotely using a remote and can be loaded with LEGO dominoes through chargers also created with same blocks.
The result? Well, the one you can see in the video, a cart with which it is not so lazy to build this type of rows that are then so satisfactory to see how they fall. Of course, if you want more complex constructions, where heights and other elements are mixed, you will already have to work on it.
By the way, if you like all this about the constructions with LEGO and that, in addition, they move taking advantage of the serious ones that exist through kits like LEGO Mindstorm; do not miss other videos of projects that he has on his channel. Some of them are very eye-catching. After seeing them you will surely understand better why this “toy” arouses so many passions.