Thames & Kosmos Candy Claw Machine - Experiments

EXPERIMENTS
A. Change the claws
1. Lift up the front plastic panel. Press the tabs on C9 and
C10 toward each other to release the current claw piece.
2. Snap the new claw pieces into C9 and C10. Experiment to
see which claws work best for picking up a variety of
different objects!
B. More direct control
1. Remove the flexible shaft and the small shaft A3.
2. Connect the crank A2 directly to the connector A5.
Observe the differences in how the worm screw operates
with this configuration.
C. Gears, gears, gears
1–4. Try all of the different gear train combinations below,
and invent your own!
5. Which one moves the arm the fastest? Which one is the
easiest to turn? Note which direction each gear turns in
each setup.
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A1
A2
B1
C1
C2
C4
C3
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the hydraulc system
wth more water, you
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tubes entrely out of
the machne Just
dsconnect the tubes at
the tube connector, put
the ends of the tubes
n a cup of water, and
pull on the hydraulc
pstons to draw more
water nto the tubes