Kids Corner: Walnut Cracker by Chaman

Have you ever had to crack a walnut, but your hands are hurting? Well if you have, I might be able to help you. If you want to find out more, listen up!

This invention is basically made of simple machines except for the walnut and marbles. This is how it works. You drop a marble into the tube, which drops it off at the lever. It sends another marble flying in the air. Then, that marble falls on a lever sending a different marble into the air. Next, it goes into the tube, which bumps into the nut and sends the nut going down the tube into an inclined plane. Meanwhile, the marble falls out of the tube from the flap onto the shutter's mouth. when the marble hits the shutter, the walnut cracks. It cracks because the marble has hit the shutter. That makes the wedge hit the walnut, and then the walnut is edible.

So, if your hands have ever hurt, you might want to try this out. I hope this machine will help you with your problem. Then, you will have extra time to eat more walnuts.

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