Since *forever* I wanted the ball-clock that was in the toy and scientific-toy catalogs. Thanks for sharing your redesign of this concept. I especially like the magnet. Coolness is never a bad design element. Your method of having enough "track" to prevent a "train wreck" at 12:59 to 1:00 is ingenious and fun to watch. I like the lever design that hinges on the short dimension of the wood rectangle. Thanks for inspriation to get busy and make one of my own.
To all asking for plans: this video is so well made that if you watch it a few times you'll realize he's showing you how every section works in between shots of "the big picture". Use pause button, you will see: video == plans!
Been waiting for your next Marble Machine for a while now, was excited to see this video just now when I was looking up your second machine! I'm currently on a design team building one of these machines for a school project. We're incorporating an Archimedes screw as well as a magnetic lift, but we have to use mechanical power to drive the motion (we're using a hand crank gear system). Keep up the good work with these amazing machines!
Well it took me 4 months and countless hours of trial and error to build one of these clocks using the brilliant basic design of the OP, Muggsman. I added lots of improvments and upgrades both mechanical and cosmetic. I used all I/16" brass rod to build the track ~17ft long on vertical brass ladder supports,3 each. The base 16'x14" and vertical wood is solid maple with a small brass fence around the perimiter. Marbles are 1/2" chrome steel. magnet arms ride on small roller bearings.
Very cool! I bought a clock like this from Spencer Gifts back in the 80s It was plastic with a clear dome. However, it wasn't very reliable. Marble would fall off the rails. I've often thought of making a huge one with bowling balls! I doubt I will though. If I get the chance, I'll prob'ly use wooden crochet or skee balls. It'd still be pretty big, but not nearly as much noise as the bowling balls! (^.^)
Look at your clock before you go to bed and say to yourself "wake up at (insert time here)". Say that to yourself about three times while looking at the clock and you'll wake up a minute before you wanted to wake up. Try it out. Been working for me for years.
First, I'm impressed with the mechanics and really respect the work done there. That said, the ONLY piece of this machine keeping any time is the wheel in the back from what can be seen here. Speed up its motor or slow it down and the whole system speeds (to an extent) up or slows down.
Thanks! It is a 1 RPM AC motor which runs on the 60HZ of the power grid, so as long as the load on the motor is kept low it actually keeps very good time. I ran it for a week and it was off maybe a second or two.
Ryan McGirr Thank you for the explanation. Takes nothing from it of course since keeping time is only useful if it can be reported and that's what your machine does so well :)
I was thinking the same thing. I was thinking of a nice way to say it. I could make a 10 sec marble roll and have a magnet on a second hand and ball for 50 sec . and 60 sec boom
Amazing clock muggsman, congratulations! Would you have any similar items that could be made available to our museum for display, perhaps on a short-term loan basis? We specialise in mechanical, moving exhibits and something like this would be a great fit for our museum. I would love to hear from you. Best wishes, Iain Simmons. The MAD Museum (UK).
+The MAD Museum unfortunately I recently sold my last piece. I recently became a dad so I have a little less free time than I use to, but I hope to get back into making more at some point.
I am surprised you don't know by yourself, but here in Europe, hours are written from 0 to 23, while in the USA and other English-speaking countries, they are written as 1 to 12 and marked AM or PM. That's why is the leftmost hour ball glued in permanently. You never read zero hours in this system.
I'm working on a similar marble machine project involving magnets. What type of metal ball bearings did you use for your clock? ... 316 SS, 440c, etc. ?
maybe i am not seeing this, but as the bunch of marbles fall ,there is no others coming back up to keep the seconds in correct pace. aka: loosing seconds
Hi there, are you selling this or is there any chance that you can share how you did it? I think it's amazing. I would like one or even better build one
hi, thank you for this informative video. what i was always wondering is why there is no 0 on the hour level on the ball clocks i know.i mean how is for example 0:15 displayed? it would be very kind if you could explain this to me.
hello, good job. I would love to make my own clock balls, you would have a guide or drawings to get started with the project ... thanks, greetings from chile
If only someone could replicate a level from Marble Drop ( Maxis Marble Drop ) iteslf....that like my life long dream.....now where did I put that darn CD anyways....
+Wallace Moura I sold this one a couple years ago. They take a week or so to build so I don't end up making much, but I enjoy building them when I can find the time.
+darren kontista I just made the one marble clock and sold it a while back. It takes a long time to build and tweak to get the weights just right. Its a fun hobby but I can't build them fast enough for what I can sell them for unfortunately.
I don't care if the machine is ten seconds out every ten seconds. It's wonderful. The magnet on a wheel is brilliant. Thanks so much.
This is awesome. The digital clock was jsut to show hos accurate the marbles were. Pretty impressive.
Since *forever* I wanted the ball-clock that was in the toy and scientific-toy catalogs. Thanks for sharing your redesign of this concept. I especially like the magnet. Coolness is never a bad design element. Your method of having enough "track" to prevent a "train wreck" at 12:59 to 1:00 is ingenious and fun to watch. I like the lever design that hinges on the short dimension of the wood rectangle. Thanks for inspriation to get busy and make one of my own.
This is absolutely incredible. I can't imagine how much work you put into this.
0:17 omg I’ve never thought of a magnetic lift! Awesome!
To all asking for plans: this video is so well made that if you watch it a few times you'll realize he's showing you how every section works in between shots of "the big picture". Use pause button, you will see: video == plans!
Sootikins junk ..
Sootikins
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Believe it or not...I had one as a kid. It was not as huge as this one...but I had one. I loved it.
OMG, I’ve stumbled across a highly intelligent pachinko machine. Congrats, this is awesome!!!
This is actual pure brilliance! I would really like one of these! I just bought a new watch and I thought that was cool, but this is just... AWESOME!
Very cool idea . I really like the hidden magnet idea . The rest has been done " but not as nice " .
Been waiting for your next Marble Machine for a while now, was excited to see this video just now when I was looking up your second machine! I'm currently on a design team building one of these machines for a school project. We're incorporating an Archimedes screw as well as a magnetic lift, but we have to use mechanical power to drive the motion (we're using a hand crank gear system). Keep up the good work with these amazing machines!
You, sire, are a genius.
Yes, but you forgot mention to set the alarm a minute before the waking time. Its working to me for years... :-)
Genial, so eine Mechanische Zählmaschine!!!
Well it took me 4 months and countless hours of trial and error to build one of these clocks using the brilliant basic design of the OP, Muggsman. I added lots of improvments and upgrades both mechanical and cosmetic. I used all I/16" brass rod to build the track ~17ft long on vertical brass ladder supports,3 each. The base 16'x14" and vertical wood is solid maple with a small brass fence around the perimiter. Marbles are 1/2" chrome steel. magnet arms ride on small roller bearings.
This is just simply amazing!! :-D
WANT!
Honestly though, this is so good!
Very cool! I bought a clock like this from Spencer Gifts back in the 80s It was plastic with a clear dome. However, it wasn't very reliable. Marble would fall off the rails. I've often thought of making a huge one with bowling balls! I doubt I will though. If I get the chance, I'll prob'ly use wooden crochet or skee balls. It'd still be pretty big, but not nearly as much noise as the bowling balls! (^.^)
Fantastic ...!!! You are great !!!
Look at your clock before you go to bed and say to yourself "wake up at (insert time here)". Say that to yourself about three times while looking at the clock and you'll wake up a minute before you wanted to wake up. Try it out. Been working for me for years.
if I had this, I would watch it all day and get nothing done. XD
Nice one..combines two of my favourites..clocks and rbs's !
Rube Goldbergs are unpractical
but they sure look nice
Good laugh when I saw the flying ball :D
Why do these things entertain me so much?
Felicitaciones por el trabajo! realmente muy ingenioso y muy bueno!
That is AWESUM!!!
EPICLY AWSOME!
If you have a dinner party, all the men would be standing around it wondering how it works.
Really incredible!
very nice done!
Genius! It'd be even more fun without the digital clock!
I want a clock like that now. But cool vedieo
Świetny zegarek brawo
How Cool !!!! Congraats !!!!
I saw a clock like that in my late Grandpa's clock shop back in the early eighties.
That's a great way to tell time
That is brilliant!
this is mad cool.
First, I'm impressed with the mechanics and really respect the work done there. That said, the ONLY piece of this machine keeping any time is the wheel in the back from what can be seen here. Speed up its motor or slow it down and the whole system speeds (to an extent) up or slows down.
Thanks! It is a 1 RPM AC motor which runs on the 60HZ of the power grid, so as long as the load on the motor is kept low it actually keeps very good time. I ran it for a week and it was off maybe a second or two.
Ryan McGirr Thank you for the explanation. Takes nothing from it of course since keeping time is only useful if it can be reported and that's what your machine does so well :)
Ryan McGirr from a microwave?
I was thinking the same thing. I was thinking of a nice way to say it.
I could make a 10 sec marble roll and have a magnet on a second hand and ball for 50 sec . and 60 sec boom
Very cool. I'd want one if it wasn't for the noise of the marbles clicking together. I find that sound very annoying.
That's awesome man! :D
I need this in my life!
Incredible!
Amazing clock muggsman, congratulations! Would you have any similar items that could be made available to our museum for display, perhaps on a short-term loan basis? We specialise in mechanical, moving exhibits and something like this would be a great fit for our museum. I would love to hear from you. Best wishes, Iain Simmons. The MAD Museum (UK).
+The MAD Museum unfortunately I recently sold my last piece. I recently became a dad so I have a little less free time than I use to, but I hope to get back into making more at some point.
For how many hours you've been working on this?Oh, come on! Have a watch and you can not say? It's a great job.
that is just cool do you sell the blue prints
I am surprised you don't know by yourself, but here in Europe, hours are written from 0 to 23, while in the USA and other English-speaking countries, they are written as 1 to 12 and marked AM or PM. That's why is the leftmost hour ball glued in permanently. You never read zero hours in this system.
I never saw a clock for sale in a shop that went beyond 12. In France, I bought a wind-up alarm clock 0-12.
So I assume the 1st hour marble is glued into place?
dude, seriously, you need to make blue prints. I have to build my self one.
THIS IS BAD ASS
what a genius !!
SHUT UP AND TAKE MY MONEY! Lol, but seriously, I'll buy that.
I kinda like dis! You know? PWG
J'EN VEUX UNE !!! I WANT ONE !!!
awesome clock! what type of motor did you use?
Very good
Buy a Time Machine. It is a commercially available clock that works like this, except without using magnets.
Excellent
Hola muy bueno hay algun planito para hacerlo
@DJtheForbidden "Killing Time" by Kevin MacLeod. Figured it was a pretty fitting song title for the video.
Cool.
But it would look better without the blue. Even 'steel' rails would be better than that.
I would rather have blue than have steel rails, they make it just look plain, the blue adds color.
muito bacana, parabéns!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I'm working on a similar marble machine project involving magnets. What type of metal ball bearings did you use for your clock? ... 316 SS, 440c, etc. ?
Incredible
My grandmother taught me this one.
OH IT'S A CLOCK. I JUST GOT THAT XD
By marbles ticking the clock
maybe i am not seeing this, but as the bunch of marbles fall ,there is no others coming back up to keep the seconds in correct pace. aka: loosing seconds
no need for that because the marble spins only for 30 seconds (from ~30 to ~60) so there is no loosing seconds..
what kinda blue wire is that? Where did you buy it and how much ? thanks
Hi there, are you selling this or is there any chance that you can share how you did it? I think it's amazing. I would like one or even better build one
hi, thank you for this informative video. what i was always wondering is why there is no 0 on the hour level on the ball clocks i know.i mean how is for example 0:15 displayed? it would be very kind if you could explain this to me.
That is great!!!!
I was wondering why it seemed like the marbles were floating to the top. Towards the end of the video I seen why.
the songs name is "Killing Time"
Wow sooo cool where van i buy one???? Please!!!
@muggsman0 Beautiful!! Where did you find those blue tubes? :O
What are your blue metal wire covers made out of?
By god, its a clock!
What kind of motor are you using and where did you get it?
That's so cool
hello, good job. I would love to make my own clock balls, you would have a guide or drawings to get started with the project ... thanks, greetings from chile
If only someone could replicate a level from Marble Drop ( Maxis Marble Drop ) iteslf....that like my life long dream.....now where did I put that darn CD anyways....
i think the Digital clock was just put there for reference
I love it
Bellissimo geniale
yes, prevents going from 12 to 0 O'clock
Good, Ryan McGirr!! But, how to build this?
Also me: Please show us how to build it.
Do you have a marble run clock? Manual operated ball lifter
Take my money now!!
Where could I buy something like this ?
+Wallace Moura I sold this one a couple years ago. They take a week or so to build so I don't end up making much, but I enjoy building them when I can find the time.
Do you actually have any for sale ?
Any facebook profile I could talk directly ?
+darren kontista I just made the one marble clock and sold it a while back. It takes a long time to build and tweak to get the weights just right. Its a fun hobby but I can't build them fast enough for what I can sell them for unfortunately.
+Wallace Moura I don't have any currently, its really just a hobby as they take a long time to build. You can email me at muggsman (at) yahoo.com
Hello ... would you like to share this project?
I thought it was beautiful and I would like to make a replica
I would love one of these, can you buy them anywhere?
That is rolling ball marble machine 3
Hi. Do you have a manual to make this ball clock?
thanks
what kind of engine is the video?, AND WHAT FORCE IS USED IN THAT MOTOR?
Nice Idea how much?
Hey Muggsman0, what is the name of that song?
at the reset, shouldnt all the hour marbles fall to indicate zero hours?
No, because it's never 0 o'clock. The minute after 12:59 is 1:00 which is why the one marble stays on.
yep, that 1 hour marble is glued down for a 12hr cycle.
TjenkinsandAig: Unless it's on military time, no.
Exelente!!!
This was the time machine they meant!
Is there anywhere that I can get plans for this clock?