Kinetic Target Run

I cleared a stretch of the dining table to establish a launch range. Propping a grooved wooden ruler against two stacked hardcover books created an exact twenty-degree descent. At the bottom terminal, I arranged three brass hex nuts in an equilateral cluster. Taking my station at the summit, I positioned a polished steel bearing into the ruler's center track. I released my grip without adding thrust. Gravity took custody of the sphere. It accelerated down the wooden conduit, struck the cluster dead center, and dispersed the three targets with an instantaneous, ringing chime across the tabletop. Direct hit recorded.