Marble Lift Mechanism

I copied this idea from brad litwin s quadrapult.

Marble lift mechanism.

Added base 2 stl with a slightly longer track. Marblevator mechanisms is the latest in my marblevator series of marble machines and features the quickest marble lift mechanism i ve ever designed. Watch as your colourful marbles rise higher and higher up the transparent tubes until they finally reach the top ready to begin. Brad s quadrapult is powered by a motor so the marbles arrive at the catapult at regular intervals.

The only thing that gave it away was the fact there were no hands on the face not to mention it was missing numbers. My fascination with gears mechanisms marble machines and history formed my inspiration for this model. The model incorporates two antique mechanisms. I hope he doesn t assert any copyrights i watched his video many times took screen captures and studied the mechanism.

They lift dozens of marbles at a time and send them down an amazing track of twists and turns. At first glance i thought this creation was some sort of wooden gear clock. A peaucellier lipkin straight line. Marblevator mechanisms is the latest in my marblevator series of marble machines and features the quickest marble lift mechanism i ve ever designed.

Marble machine quatro 2010. The centerpiece for this marble machine are the gears.