Laser cut Marble Machine

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seaton
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Laser cut Marble Machine

Post by seaton » Fri Jul 27, 2018 10:18 am

Have been playing around with the laser cutter this week and decided to build a marble machine from thingiverse https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:148312 out of 3mm MDF from bunnings, so that kids can have some hands on when we have our displays

It took a little bit of fiddling with the original plans as they were incorrectly sized, everything was too big.

I'd like to hook up a motor to drive it, but first I need to source some marbles / 10mm ball bearings

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Re: Laser cut Marble Machine

Post by seaton » Fri Jul 27, 2018 1:08 pm

I tracked down some 10mm ball bearings locally so here it is in all its glory!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x8n18bJ0TCE

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Re: Laser cut Marble Machine

Post by parkview » Fri Jul 27, 2018 10:11 pm

LOL - that is an awesome build. Looking fwd to seeing and playing with it at the next meeting in August.

PS: great logo!

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Re: Laser cut Marble Machine

Post by Jubbp » Sat Jul 28, 2018 4:56 pm

Sooo cool!!

Yes, looking forward to having a go

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