K'nex Incline Chain Lift

This is the K'nex Incline Chain Lift that I designed.

I first built the track for the balls based on other K'nex builds. It worked quite well. However, I decided to design a track of my own.

This version of the lift, uses the track design that I came up with. The track is quite smooth and the balls do not sit on the chain. Instead, the chain has a small channel of its own below the ball guides.

Here are the counts of the pieces.

Rods (216 total)

• Green - 60
• White - 29
• Blue - 40
• Yellow - 13
• Red - 41 (42 if you don't have a Tan rod)
• Tan - 1 (Rigid Rod. Use a red if none available)
• Grey - 32

Connectors (181 total) - (connection points in brackets)

• Blue Wheel-axle (1) - 3 (Can use the grey connector if none available)
• Grey (1) - 14
• Tan (2) - 4
• Orange (2) - 8
• Red (3) - 30
• Green (4) - 2
• Grey 3D (4) - 53
• Yellow (5) - 46
• Blue 3D (7) - 15
• White (8) - 6

Misc Parts (128 total)

• Red Gears - 6
• Silver Spacers - 8
• Blue Spacers - 16
• Tan Interlock Clip - 6
• Black Y Clip - 20
• Chain Links - 71
• Green Motor - 1 (Any motor will do - Just the speed will differ)

Grand total of 525 K'nex pieces

I have also created a smaller version of this lift called K'nex Incline Chain Lift Junior. The link is below:

https://www.instructables.com/id/Knex-Incline-Chai...