Ruby Goldberg Machine - Improvements/Ideas

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Hey there,

We have a project to make a Ruby Goldberg Machine due in a month.
Due to the complexity of the project we have started early. This would be my first time making something like this and I need help connecting and improving my ideas.

The objective we have decided upon is to give a Hot Wheels car a car wash. My ideas are as follows,
1. Having sprayer spray water on a book so it drops on something
The sprayer will be connected to a rubber band which will be pulled by the force of air from a fan.

Another objective I had in mind was to draw water from a container.

The Idea - Have a pulley and string. One attached to a string that is fixed to a small bucket submerged in water. Two see-saw like devices are assembled so that when a weight falls on one of them, the bucket is raised.

What i need is my start and about 10 steps...I have already started thinking but would like to know your viewpoints too.

A grade 11 student.
 
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I had to go on Wikipedia to understand what a Rube Goldberg project is.
Now, everything is done in the company where I work seems a Rube Goldberg machine.