Shaking Tower Kit
ME
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7018
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012
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16515A
Damping Pendulum Structure Construction
Items Needed
The Damping Pendulum Structure is above the Fifth Floor of the Shaking Tower. The pendulum part of the Struc
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ture extends downward through the hole in the Foam Floor. Remove the circular mass from the Fifth Floor.
Part One of the construction is to build the supports for the axle that carries the pendulum. Part Two of the con
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struction is to put the pendulum and other components on the axle as the axle is put into the supports.
Part One: Supports for Axle
Step One: Attach a #2
I-Beam to the forty-five
degree angle slot on each of
the Half Round Connectors
on the Fifth Floor as shown.
Note the orientation of the
supports relative to the Flat
F4 Beams.
Step Two: Attach a Flat
Round Connector to each of
the two 45° angled supports
as shown. Make sure that
the Flat Round Connectors
face outwards.
#2 I-Beams (4)
Truss Set Screws (8)
Sliding Connector (1)
Flat Round Connector (1) Full Round Connectors (3) Medium Axle (1)
Wheel (1)
Tire (1)
Nylon Spacer (2)
Fifth Floor
Structure
#2 I-Beam
Flat Round
Connector
Flat 4 Beams
(Fourth Floor)
Connector
faces outward
Flat Round
Connector
#2
I-Beam
