Woodgears Marble Machine

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Mechanical counter like old car odometers. Went over to visit my friend matthias today he runs the woodgears ca website. Wooden air engine runs off vacuum cleaner. A plastic bottle cap shooter.

I plan to build more marble machines. Building instructions the plans include an extensive writeup on how to build the marble pump marble run building blocks and marble machine. The moving ramps are based on paul grundbacher s machine etagen. The marble machine weights 30 pounds stands 30 inches high the base is 19 square and the ring gears are 14 1 2 diameter.

People often asked for plans for that machine but the machine was totally cobbled together one piece at a time so it wasn t the sort of thing i could draw plas for. Http woodgears ca marbleadd a simulation of the machine. I also built a wooden light stand for lighting for making better pictures and video based on a design by john heisz. Construction was from april 20 to june 25 several hours a day.

Definitely worth checking out his site and youtube channel if you are into woodworking. Marble machine 2 1 crank it for a cacophony. This automation could in theory lead to gains in productivity as people are now freed up to pursue more productive goals. Marble run blocks build marble runs.

Thanks to paul grundbacher for the inspiration. It moves over 7000 bearings per hour and holds with 75 bearings. Marble pump marble elevator column enclosure marble run building blocks profiles these images provide templates to use for cutting out or checking the shape of some of your parts. So i designed and built a new and improved version of the machine in 2011.