The Compact Marble Machine

Posted by Miss Cellania in Gadget, Video Clips on June 18, 2009 at 1:56 pm



(YouTube link)

It’s not really necessary to watch the entire video to get the idea of what’s going on here. This marble machine was built in four hours. If I had one of these toys at home, I’d watch it constantly. But I have three cats, so it would probably be wrecked within a few minutes. -via Cynical-C


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10 comments to "The Compact Marble Machine"

  1. Gail Pink
    June 18th, 2009 at 3:06 pm

    That is so unbelievably cool. You really could watch it forever.

  2. Wes
    June 18th, 2009 at 5:39 pm

    There goes my weekend.

  3. zav
    June 18th, 2009 at 6:05 pm

    That's nice but will it blend?

  4. Ant1
    June 18th, 2009 at 7:22 pm

    If you can stick a counter on the machine, this would be the perfect battery tester. We could test all sorts of them to see how long they last, including rechargables.... please do it

  5. PaulVI
    June 18th, 2009 at 9:35 pm

    And it's not all about the marbles. Nice design, mechanics and woodwork!

  6. health
    June 19th, 2009 at 12:14 am

    Oh that's neat I didn't know you had 3 cats.

  7. Ajan
    June 19th, 2009 at 2:40 am

    It was fun to watch them in Museums of Physics and stuff. There is one Visveswaraiah Museum in Bangalore,India. And the marble machine over there follows nearly all the laws of physics (including trajectory and elasticity). Only this is that it has big black balls (size of a normal baseball ball) instead of small marbles.
    I'll see if I can make one with proper instructions.. :D

  8. Ajan
    June 19th, 2009 at 2:47 am

    No, wait. I changed my mind. that thing requires a lot of calculations..

  9. Frau
    June 19th, 2009 at 10:27 am

    After seeing that - Am I the only one that thought of this classic > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=67khDZ0P7Xo

  10. Miss Cellania
    June 19th, 2009 at 10:43 am

    That was nice, Frau!

    It reminded me of this:

    http://blueballs2.ytmnd.com/


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