YellowMarble

I watched it already a couple of times, this video also often shows up on Facebook. But thanks for sharing.

Hello, Welcome! I also saw your video and it's a nice one. How many marbles do you have? About the belt lifters, they are some difficult to make. I used a piece of Bisonyl (sailcloth) which is very strong, but it need some sewing to make a belt. Then you'll need two drums or scrolls, one of them must be equipped with adjustment bolts to adjust the scroll for preventing the belt will rubbing against the sides. My advice is to use a wheel lift, it's easier to make and it's more reliable. Algodoo is an app to make 2D animations. When you enter "Marble Race" in Youtube, you'll encounter hundreds of videos made with algodoo (mostly haves the lightblue background), and only a few "real" marble races appear including simple "marbulous" ones who attracts millions of views. I won't download algodoo, the real challenge is to make real marble runs rather than using cheap or free software. And my opinion is that algodoo is really annoying app that pollutes youtube with (for me) uninteresting videos (often with annoying music) who sucks large numbers of views. Sorry about that, but it's not meant for you. I also have plans to make big marble runs with large amounts of marbles to stay head on the competition on youtube.

Thx for sharing, i'm totally forgotten this forum... But we're still hoping for more active members here.

I found this video of a very large Rolling Ball Sculpture (annex very large marble machine) which is made by Mark Bischof, i visited his studio several years ago. It's very beautiful!

I know these games, they are eally funny to play.

I have some of these precision marbles, they rolls somewhat faster on my marble runs, however, one of my "precision" marbles wasn't round at all, it has a large flattening. So it was a waste of my money...

Very impressive! (but your video doesn't allow embedding, plz switch it on)

It uses 3/16 inch tiny marbles! I got these from the Czech webshop Glass-Sphere.

It's an animation indeed, but i know someone who makes a really working music marble machine: It's not finished yet, it can take a while before completing. \

It's using tiny 3/16 inch marbles indeed. You may chance the topic title indeed. I'm also making a tiny marble race which i will upload next friday.

I'm making a marble run which uses 4 mm (3/16 inch) tiny marbles, it's not finished yet, but i have already a video:

I'm not a very fan of velcro tape, i'm thinking of pin / hole connection again. I used a hand router to make the tracks. I cannot afford a CNC milling machine. Part 5: \

Marble runs and marble collecting are very different interest indeed.

I thing also about this, but it needs high precision to drill the holes in the same pattern, otherwise, it will not fit. Part 4:

the MAD museum is worth a visit! I have 3 marble runs displayed there as long with other marble runs and contraptions. @Steph: I don't see another members of this forum after you and Hoody, has the other members noticed this subforum? (maybe you can make an announcement?)

See this video, larger steel balls goes faster and they makes a silly noise :-D

Maybe pins or studs on the upper side and holes in the underside, as with lego. Here's Part 3:

For me, depending of the size and complexity, it takes some days to months to build a good working marble run. But i don't measure the construction time.

I must invent a system to fix the modules, because the modules will move away from position while marbles rolls over it. Part 2:

This marble run is consisting of different "tiles" units measuring 4 X 4 inch (10 X 10 cm), all of them contains track patterns and obstacles or moving parts.

This is very nice, thanks for your videos

I made this marble run (Marble Machine) three years ago for MAD museum Stratford upon Avon (UK). It has 3 lifters and lots of funny sounds: \

It keeps rolling, regular 5/8 marbles has a low speed, a run takes more than 4 minutes. The 1/2 inch bearing balls are lots faster. I can also use 3/4 inch ball bearings, but they gone too fast and fly off track.

I love the site kugelbahn.info, unfortunately, the last update is more than 10 years ago.