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Spectators and participants watch the Chaos Machine in operation.
SF author Mike Williamson puts on his engineer hat and builds a Psychotic Spiral Racetrack for the Chaos Machine's Tower 1.
Wind chimes. Between cymbals, wind chimes, a bucket, clattering tracks, bells as brakes, rubber trampolines, funnels and textured surfaces, the Chaos Machine makes a lot of music.
Mike Williamson's son Eric feeds balls into the Chaos Machine. The red device with the bell on it is a speed brake that also rings a bell.
This UFO is a small Chinese cymbal. Several were in the machine to add relaxing chi kung tones to intersperse the frustrated "ARG!"s and curses. Note the funnel to create orbiting balls.
Howard Tayler says, "I want a glass of fruit juice about here..."
Howard Tayler at Sunday morning teardown. You can see the ultimate development of the Chaos Machine, and yes, safety tape, duct tape and chairs ARE structural components at this point. Note the yellow conveyor belts and the yellow outlined rectangles that are trampolines to bounce the balls into the bucket.
Chaos Machine courtesy of Steve Jackson Games.
