COMETS

GROUP
Sarah Lockhart
Tyler Luce
Marble machine with
steps and track

Zach Paine
Ian Courtney
Christian Klosterman
Small music box

Matt Rose
Mikey Saunders
Clock with hour and
minute hands

Jona Padilla
Hand-cranked crane
mechanism


Canaan DellaVechia
Wrist watch

Belle Barreiro
Abby Elliott
Nicole Matteson
Marble machine with
disk lift mechanism
Anayelli Vasquez
Allie Chazen
Multi-part marble
machine

Sean McBride
Eddie Herrera
Bill Salinggih
Marble machine with
disk lift mechanism
Ben Rose
Archimedes crank

C LEVEL
Moves marble
through 1 full cycle
Stepping system
lifts marble

B LEVEL
Very tidy
Staining and/or
painting the wood
Polish/clean metal
track

A LEVEL
4 multiple marbles
moving
simultaneously
Woodburn some
name or phrase
onto machine
Looks
Can operate on
professionally built
small motor or
hand-cranked
Operates smoothly

Plays a melody
when handle is
cranked

One side tracks

minutes
One side tracks
hours

Well-built
Achieves high
accuracy

Gears fit together

Crane moves side-
to-side

Solid sturdy base

Crane arm is sturdy

(able to hold ~1lb.)

Electromagnet with
control switch

Watch has
functional
movement

Accurately tells
time

Mounted on wrist
strap

Large gear

successfully lifts
marble
Moves marble
through 1 full cycle

Looks professional,
sharp and clean
edges to
construction

Woodburn art
piece on panels
covering the main
gear

Gears lift marble

successfully in
holes

Marble loops
multiple times
successfully

Incorporate funnel
to move marble in a
spiral

Lift marble up,

marble returns to
bottom again

Multiple marbles
move with a steady
rhythm

Parts attached

Well constructed

Alarm or alert
mechanism

Extra smooth
operation



GEODUCKS
GROUP
Riley Accardi
David Woody
Fish rig mechanics

Sean Russo
Disco ball

Charlene Stephens
Alex de Villiers
Digital clock in wood
enclosure
Kira McKesson
Emily Davis
Marble run with tracks

Jared Davis
Dancing couple
automaton

Dillon Prescott
McCall Christiansen
3d printed differential
gear mechanism

Chris Munoz
Asymmetrical nautilus
gears

Alex Limber
Marble machine with
disk lift mechanism

C LEVEL
Power is
transferred
successfully so that
fish move
Ball spins around
when you turn the
crank
Wood gearbox

Brenda Arellano

Laser cut design on

outside of
enclosure

Smooth operation
Well-mounted

Interfaces with
other cyclic
machines

When crank is

turned, gears mesh

and turn each other

Clean 3d print job

Cleanly mounted
for presentation

Mechanism to keep
motion going

Marble moves in a
cycle back to
starting point
Disk works
consistently
Assembled
correctly
Hands move

Multi-directional
track (switch
paths)

Precision

construction
Acrylic for some
visibility of
mechanics
Nicer weight than a
water bottle
Assembled neatly

When you turn the

Figures move

Mario jumps up

Professional
appearance to
enclosure (tidy,
clean edges)

Crank also operates

a music box style
mechanism

Hand crank turns

planetary gears so
couple goes around
and each spins in
place
Differential
operates
mechanically

Robust

construction
Detailed, artistic,
interesting dancers

Evenly placed
reflective material
No foam or glue
showing
Smooth operation

RING OF FIRE

Chain-based lift
mechanism works
Marble makes it
through course

A LEVEL
Develop a plan to
connect a motor

Looks planned and

cleanly constructed
Works very
consistently

Alexis Habib
Clock

Tells time / shows

the time accurately
Enclosure houses
components

B LEVEL
Structurally sound
Fluidity in gears,
smooth operation

Attach clock to base

for wall mounting

Vanessa Ibarra
Mario automaton
Hope Golden
Climber automaton

Bryler Barnhill
Nathan Tomczak
Kane McGrath
Jake Fees
Music machine

Xochi Perez
Gear art

Jilian Porath
Asymmetrical gears

DIRTBAGS
GROUP
Morgan Poster
Cloud mechanism
necklace

Sasha Mazon
Nicole King
Adrien de Luna
Jake Murphy
Fish rig aesthetics

Emily Dingman
Flapping wing rig
Dylan Lucia
Slinky treadmill

crank, the camshaft

makes the figures
move

Turning crank

makes person go
up building
Pedaling bicycle

causes drums to be
struck and other
sounds to be made
Sounds happen in a
rhythmic pattern
Woman and hair

are painted
Gears mounted
When crank is
turned, four
identical irregular
gears rotate
together

C LEVEL
Gears mesh and
turn successfully
All components
mounted on
necklace
Fish mounted and
they move

Olivia Kucan

Mykaela Barnes
Santa Claus automaton

Backpack with
wings that flap
When you turn the
crank, treadmill
rotates and slinky
falls down
When you turn
crank, Santa Claus
moves up and
down chimney

smoothly and
interact pleasingly
Pretty paintjob
Aesthetically
pleasing (decorated
stylishly)
Sound has a
musical
consistency
Mechanical
components are
well-spaced
Turning one crank
turns all the gears
smoothly

Mechanically tuned
for smooth
operation
Art on gears

B LEVEL
Clean construction
Smooth edges
Mounted on chain

and hits a block

Person returns to
bottom of building

Machine can be
adjusted to change
pitch or tempo or
timbre of sounds

Artistic treatment
to gears themselves

Additional
irregular gears

A LEVEL
Woodburn design
Bedazzle with
jewels, etc.
Second as gift?

Nautical theming

Nice looking box

Fairy theming
Quality inlay and
clean construction
Slinky completes a
few steps
Decorated

Smooth mechanical
operation
Option for
motorized
operation

???

Hunter Birk
Quinn Pear
Connor Muirhead
Clock with chain
mechanism

Hesham Hamed
Grant Gagnard
Noah Legier
Motorized bicycle
Piper Tomkins
Kaeli Leoni
Ryan Gardiner
Isaac Fernandez
Zoetrope
Serina Chavez
Paint flinging
automaton
Logan Linder
Archimedes crank

Two chains to
indicate hours and
minutes
When motor turns,
chains move so
numbers pass up
and over
Assemble
motorized bicycle

Keep time

accurately
Smooth mechanical
operation

Chime or bell
indicator

Successful
mechanical
operation

Finely tuned
(aesthetics and
operation)

When crank is

turned, gears mesh

and top rotates

Visual image
appears in proper
zoetrope fashion

When turn crank,

arm holding brush
moves
?

Paint flings on
canvas in
controlled fashion
?

Crank powers a
light bulb
Multiple
interchangeable
images
Automaton appears
like a little
Frenchman
?