Marble Lift Mechanism

My fascination with gears mechanisms marble machines and history formed my inspiration for this model.

Marble lift mechanism.

Added base 2 stl with a slightly longer track. They lift dozens of marbles at a time and send them down an amazing track of twists and turns. I hope he doesn t assert any copyrights i watched his video many times took screen captures and studied the mechanism. At first glance i thought this creation was some sort of wooden gear clock.

I copied this idea from brad litwin s quadrapult. The open construction of the lift means it can be integrated anywhere within the marble run. Marble machine quatro 2010. The model incorporates two antique mechanisms.

A peaucellier lipkin straight line. My fascination with gears mechanisms marble machines and history formed my inspiration for this model. Thanks to the ingenious technology of the marble lift it s finally possible to transport your marbles right back to the start of the track after completing an exciting run. Watch as your colourful marbles rise higher and higher up the transparent tubes until they finally reach the top ready to begin.

The only thing that gave it away was the fact there were no hands on the face not to mention it was missing numbers. The centerpiece for this marble machine are the gears.