Marble Run!

[PyroChixRock]

Those of you who make marbles might get a kick out of this!

http://photos.imageevent.com/pyrochixrock/glass/marblerun/marble-toy-8.30.05-014.jpg

http://photos.imageevent.com/pyrochixrock/glass/marblerun/marble-toy-8.30.05-026.jpg

http://photos.imageevent.com/pyrochixrock/glass/marblerun/marble-toy-8.30.05-008.jpg

Calista thanking me hehe...

http://photos.imageevent.com/pyrochixrock/glass/marblerun/marble-toy-8.30.05-015.jpg

This thing is really fun! :bounce

Oh by the way, here's their site. http://www.quadrilla.com/

[White Lunar Dog]

Kids look stoked, and probally learning something too

In the new FLOW, theres a blurb about Bandhu Dunham and someone else building something similar out of boro rod st the Tuscon flame-off, alas, no photos.

[chayes]

we used to have blocks in elementary school that did the same thing but not as cool. we used to call em marble machines it was pretty fun watching the marbles go through it

[fattubes]

where did you find that i want one...

martin

[PyroChixRock]

It's made by quadrilla, you can google "quadrilla" and find a few sites, and also check ebay.

[Greymatter Glass]

I need to finish my marble run.... I have some pics from the last bandhu workshop we did.. lemme see if I can digthem up...

*jeparody theme song*

pic 1 is the switch Bandhu uses to controll marbles to different paths down the run, each time a marble goes by the switch flips over and diverts ther next marble the other way....

pic 2 is a shot of all the runs we were working on... I didnt get individual pics at the time.

Pic 3 is Bandhus partially complete run he made for the demo. It works, but its got some flaws... and needs the switch attached :)

They're a ton of fun to make and play with.... 2 things you'll need to get started in addition to a bench mounted torch:

200+ feet of 6mm rod, the more the better, and a hand torch.

These things are super impractical to make without a hand torch. 6mm rod works best... 5mm or less rods don't hold up to the stress and 7+mm stresses too much and your joints will break before you can get them to a kiln.

I'd deff suggest making a small one if you can... loop-dee-loops, corkscrews, and jumps are all possibles if made right.

-Doug