Woodgears Marble Machine

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Woodgears marble machine.

Marble machine 2 1 is a new and improved version of my old marble machine 2 that i build in 2000. Mechanical counter like old car odometers. Thanks to paul grundbacher for the inspiration. A plastic bottle cap shooter.

I plan to build more marble machines. Marble machines are complicated but useless pieces of toy machinery that automate the process of playing with marbles. 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.

Definitely worth checking out his site and youtube channel if you are into woodworking. The marble machine weights 30 pounds stands 30 inches high the base is 19 square and the ring gears are 14 1 2 diameter. Marble machine 2 1 crank it for a cacophony. 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. 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. Jenga pistol the game of jenga will never be the same. Http woodgears ca marbleadd a simulation of the machine.

Building instructions the plans include an extensive writeup on how to build the marble pump marble run building blocks and marble machine. It moves over 7000 bearings per hour and holds with 75 bearings. Went over to visit my friend matthias today he runs the woodgears ca website. It adds binary numbers.