cully's next project toy!

[cully]

well ive seen something on the internet that i thought thats good!
so im having a go at making one
even if it works as planed it could all fail and be a useless box if mums dog cant be trained to use it

nope its not a toilet im having a go at making a tenisball thrower for mums dog!

the idea is....box throws ball, dog fetchs ball, dog places ball in box, box throws ball
you get the idea.
mums dog is mad for tennis balls so it might be funny and actualy work

so today I started cutting up my ply to make the box also cut up some ally checker for the top. power tools FTW!
thanks goes to Frosty for donating a wiper motor :thumbs:

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now ive come to a halt as i cant find a tennis ball to measure for the box depth
never mind
TO be continued

[ginge191]

Cully.... What can't you make?!

[Eeyore]

Was it this video?

[cully]

I did see that one .but no its based on another ive seen

[mikey b]

Any clues as to what you makeing

[WiNgNuTz]

Any clues as to what you makeing

Its a box that will throw a ball for a dog...as long as the dog learns to put the ball back in the box, it means endless fun for the dog with minimal effort from the owner!

[cully]

cut up the alley plate a little and fixed the motor, have modified the arm alittle and made a new pivit point fot the ball striker wich incorperated the nut to fix the lower arm

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[cully]

got some more bits done
most of the mechanics are done as is the base box now to wire up the control and build the top lid and hopper

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[cully]

today ive wired the launcher up and test fired it!
it works good ideal for my garden now have to finnish the top including the loading hopper



and a video of the inside workings

[silverzx]

Nice, I like it.

[Frosty]

Thats quality mate. Defo a good use for my old wiper motor

[mcvite]

Quality mate,you do come up with very interesting ideas

[tenwierdufos]

Haha, wasn't expecting that when I clicked on the project...

Ace!