Lego motor ideas

LEGO Car With Motorized Driving and Steering: I wanted to build a working miniature car with LEGO components for the purpose of education. Features: Two motorized motions (driving and steering) enabled by LEGO Power Functions motors 2WD, equipped with a differential gear box at the rear drivi…

This drawing machine creates incredible designs on paper! We’ve all been having a blast watching it draw patterns. The concept is similar to a Spirograph toy, but the way that it works is different. The motorized arm draws the same shape over and over, while the paper rotates underneath. Here’s a video of the machine […]

The very talented designer Jason Allemann of JK Brickworks built an incredible continuous LEGO marble run system that features an elevator to

Best Lego Ideas for kids and Lego Fans. Build custom Bike from Lego 10698 Classic Bricks Set. Watch step-by-step instruction and enjoy building!

LEGO Building Challenge: Machines + Paper. How to build a working LEGO paper crimper and a machine that draws circles. Great STEM challenge!

Martin Schwab on Instagram: "Lego ball track marble run tinkering with Balance and pendelum #lego #gbc"

There was an earlier post about Building motorcar from scratch but it uses big wheels not included in the LEGO WeDo Basic set and the LEGO Resource set. Further, because of the choice of gears plus the big wheels, the car runs too fast. Even though I later changed the gearing to make car move slower, a new design is in order. So I guided one of my grandson to build a chasis so that he can command "Jalan" (Malay word for move) to make the car move by making motor . And by taking apart the car…

An elaboration on an earlier engine technique, now with rockers. This was going to be kept behind the curtain to be unveiled as part of a dieselpunk locomotive, but as the train has been delayed by another MOC I've decided to throw its engine up early.

STEM Challenge: Build a conveyor belt with LEGO® bricks! Here’s a fun way to learn about machines while building with bricks. This working conveyor belt uses pulleys to move something, but not in the way that kids usually think of when they think of pulleys. My kids were pretty impressed. Jonathan (5) studied it and […]

The one question I always try to answer with my programming is “why?” As in, “Why should I come to the library?” It’s always easier to not do something, then to go o…