The past few weeks I have spent on making a Rube Goldberg machine to work. This complex machine is all for simply cracking an egg. First, someone knocks over one side of a seesaw, causing the other end to lift. Once that is lifted, the pulley it is attached to knocks over a balance on the other side. That balance knocks over a different balance which unbalances a third balance (lots of balances here, keep up with me). When the last duct tape is rolled off the edge, it starts rolling down a ramp, where it hits another piece of duct tape. That tape is attached to one end of scissors, which cut once the tape is off the ramp. The scissors cut some string, which allows an egg to drop into a strainer. Only 3 eggs where harmed in the process of this... And one for baking cupcakes while we were setting up.
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