Yeah - I don't know what I was thinking. I guess that, since it was 3 am, I wasn't thinking very clearly.
Yay, blind luck! http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=1212211 And probably my favorite because of it's unlikeliness to actually work. http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=1212871
I was able to chop it down to 10. My previous attempt at unpossible was about 30, since it used a chain. http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=1224872