Ball-powered pendulum timer (parts variation/update)

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My son and I wanted to build Shiura's awesome "ball-powered pendulum timer" for the tech fair. The good news is that we got it to work- but it wasn't easy! For anyone wanting to do the same, I've put our adjustments to some of his parts here. Honestly, it's all about getting things drilled perfectly - which is beyond me. Using these parts as needed makes things a bit more forgiving. Here is a quick run down: Washer v4: I've included the new washers I made that work right off the bed. One is double thick. Space things as needed to account for the slight discrepancies in your drilling. New Base v1: The wider base gives more room for the mechanism to do its thing. (This was a suggestion of Shiura.) New Lever: I adjusted the lever to firmly fit into the eject rail making gluing the two together about million times easier. New Pen: This pendulum is deeper so that it can reach the escape wheel if/when things get too spread out. New Pen Pin: I think this is just the "axis fix" but with a wider hole to make things easier... but it's ben a while since I've messed with it. Anyway, I hope this helps someone. We also built a ramp that we used as a fun way to introduce more balls. The support settings were tricky but with some luck I got it to work. I would redesign it if I had the time... but who has the time. ;)