I'm trying to make a working newton's cradle using hooks to suspend the balls along the frame. This creates problems I hadn't anticipated with regards to making the object work. I've fiddled around with it for a long time and I suppose I'll just post the assembly. I appreciate any feedback.
Michael,
I have attached the Assembly but as you are using an Education Version you most likely wont be able to open.
You needed to make your mates a little more retrained but allow them to pivot where they needed too.
What I did was:
Created a couple of sketches on the frame to position the hook. Mated the centre of the hook to the end point of the sketch
I then created a new part - Pivot. Which was just a line sketch. Mate the points to the end point of the sketch in the frame. Mate the point of the other end to the centre of the ball. This provides the ball to swing in the correct arc
I mated the centre points of the String eyes to the centre line sketch of the hook and ball eyes. This allows the springs to remain in the correct position when the ball swings
Then mated the planes of the hook & spring so they would remain ridged when all were pivoting