GBC MiniLoop 07 is based around an original mechanism, designed by Josh DaVid, which swings around 180 degrees and picks up one ball at a time, then swings -180 degrees […]
Read more
Tag: Josh DaVid
GBC Miniloop 06
This black and white checkerboard MiniLoop, made by Josh DaVid, is a large lifter which quickly lifts one ball at a time. This MiniLoop also includes a small basket that […]
Read more
GBC Miniloop 04
GBC MiniLoop 04 module from Josh DaVid uses rotating shafts to slowly lift the balls up a small incline. This model also includes a storage container for the balls. The […]
Read more
GBC Miniloop 05
GBC MiniLoop 05 module from Josh DaVid is certainly a unique Lego® GBC creation. The entire model is made up of four modules that can be disconnected and displayed as […]
Read more
GBC Miniloop 03
GBC MiniLoop 03 module from Josh DaVid is a simple catapult powered by rubber bands. A rotating cam, driven by motor or hand crank, slowly creates tension in the rubber […]
Read more
GBC Miniloop 02
The GBC MiniLoop 02 module from Josh DaVid is mainly based on the famous Archimedes Screw. This plastic spiral smoothly lifts the balls up and drops them back down a […]
Read more
GBC Miniloop 01
This Creation by Josh DaVid is one of the original GBC Miniloops. It is run using a hand winch or a motor and has a container on the side for […]
Read more
Strandbeest
The Strandbeest GBC Module is another collaboration project between Josh DaVid and PV-Productions. This module works in closed loop. However, it is possible to split the module and to connect […]
Read more
GBC Minecraft
Josh DaVid strikes back! After a couple of quiet weeks, he proposes us his new thematical masterpiece: GBC Minecraft. The module is inspired from the world-wide known video game and […]
Read more
GBC Module 11
GBC Module 11 is a collaboration project between Josh DaVid and PV-Productions. Consisting of 5 modules, this GBC transports the balls throughout different mechanisms creating a continuous Loop. The modules […]
Read more
GBC Turntable
Josh DaVid’s Turntable GBC module is built to look and work like a suitcase turntable. The ball input (which is disguised as a speaker) is a ball pump; and the […]
Read more
Train Type 4
Josh DaVid’s Train Type 4 GBC module is a train that transports balls using a back and forth motion. It is loaded with a spinning disk lift and uses two […]
Read more
Double Lifter
Josh DaVid’s Double Lifter GBC module is a simple conveyor that has been doubled to create a fast and efficient lifter. Its main purpose was to use an interesting color […]
Read more
In October, Focus on… Josh DaVid’s modules
Focus on… Josh DaVid — Every month, Planet GBC put the focus on the GBC modules from a builder. — In October, discover or re-discover GBC modules from Josh […]
Read more
Sweeper
This module from Josh DaVid is a classic Philo module which uses several different pieces than the original. The slopes for the module are made with plates and flexible connectors […]
Read more
Stair Lift
This module from Josh DaVid is a standard Stair Lift which lifts the balls one at a time on a series of moving platforms. This module uses a ball agitator […]
Read more
Shooter
Josh DaVid’s Shooter module shoots the balls through a ring of fire into a basketball hoop. It uses rubber bands to power the small catapult that shoots the balls about […]
Read more
Jurassic Park
This GBC module is built off the movie Jurassic Park®. Using Lego Mindstorms® bricks, it transfers the balls through Jurassic Park® T-Rex scene. The motion of the T-Rex swallowing the […]
Read more
Geometrical
This GBC module uses a new concept of a rotating square to lift the balls. It uses the friction of a spinning rubber tire against the flat surface of the […]
Read more
Non-Motorized Lifter
This GBC module uses no electricity! No batteries or solar panels, it just runs on a falling weight. By using an escapement mechanism, it uses gravity to run itself. The […]
Read more
Cup to Cup Type 2
Josh DaVid propose us here a new version of Akiyuky’s Cup to Cup. This module uses only three cups to move the balls up a long track and dumps them […]
Read more
Ball Pump Type 2
This GBC Ball pump module from Josh DaVid uses both Mindstorms balls (which are larger than GBC balls) and the regular GBC balls. Usually Ball pumps keep a few GBC […]
Read more
Ball Transporter
Josh DaVid’s Ball Transporter module uses a train like system to transport the balls. The train runs back and forth, picking up balls in batches of three. The train is […]
Read more
Tipping Bucket
Josh DaVid ‘s Tipping Bucket module is loaded by a conveyor in the back of the module which lifts one ball at a time to feed the gravity driven bucket […]
Read more
Tilting Platform
This Josh DaVid ‘s module uses a conveyor to fill a tilting platform which lets the balls roll around until they find their way out. The hardest part of this […]
Read more
Archimedes Screw Type 4
Josh DaVid ‘s Archimedes Screw Type 4 module uses one motor to run its screw and lifting loader. The loader lets three balls into the screw’s half pipe at a […]
Read more
Three Tooth Conveyor Belt
This Conveyor from Josh DaVid is run using two tooth gears. The conveyor is built by alternating the track pieces giving it holes for the gears to fill. It lifts […]
Read more
Pump Jack
The GBC Pump-jack module from Josh DaVid is designed after oil pump-jacks which bring oil up from the ground. It was built in one day according to the Pump-jack’s mechanism. […]
Read more
Zero Gravity
This Josh DaVid’s module takes our favorite Lego balls for a ride upside down. The balls are loaded into the module by a conveyor which recycles balls once the module […]
Read more
TurnTable
This Josh DaVid module is run using four LEGO Mindstorms motors and one LEGO Power functions motor. It is an extremely complex module that uses about fifty gears and two […]
Read more
Catapult Lifter
This Josh DaVid GBC module uses the power of gravity to catapult the balls up to a higher platform. This module was inspired by Akiyuki’s module “Lifter Triggered by a […]
Read more
Archimedes Screw V7
This GBC module from Josh DaVid looks like an ordinary Archimedes screw, but once seen in action you will notice that the screw is angled using universal joints. Instead of […]
Read more
Spinning Disk Lift
The “Spinning Disk Lift” module from Josh DaVid uses universal joints to make its circle. This module is supported on all sides to keep the lift from destroying itself. Moving […]
Read more
Hand Off
The idea of the GBC module “Hand-off” from Josh DaVid was made into a real creation within a two day period. The hardest part of the build was not the […]
Read more
Archimedes Screw V2
Josh DaVid “Archimedes Screw Type 2” is a large GBC module which has a ball agitator that keeps the balls orderly, and a lifting platform to direct balls into a […]
Read more
Portal
Josh DaVid “Portal” is a huge creation that uses Mindstorms robotics to create the allusion of working portals. Based off the video game “Portal” from Valve, this project is built […]
Read more
Zig Zag Up
Josh DaVid “Zig Zag Up” module was inspired by LegoGBC’s See-Saw module and other modules. Consisting of four see-sawing arms, it slowly lifts the balls up to the top using […]
Read more