I spend a lot (too much) time on RUclips watching amazing, mind blowing talent and creativity from musical, athletic to mechanical and I get a real charge out of your talents. Thanks for sharing and know that your work is appreciated by people you will never know.
Wonderful set of machines. The wooden spirals on the first one are absolutely gorgeous, and the launching mechanism at 4:12 is something I've never seen before. Lots of really cool ideas here.
I'd say that's a good reason. I'm sure these machines are inspiring to at least one of them and they'll have great memories of these for the rest of their lives. 😊 If you don't mind me asking, how do you get such even and smooth bends in the wire tracks?
I use 1/16" brass rod in straight 48" lengths. I bend them on cylinders of different diameters. I have several little clamps that hold the tracks for soldering. The clamps are made with two 1/2" pieces of 1/8" brass rod with a small bolt in the middle to draw them together. The 1/8" brass pieces have grooves which hold the track the correct distance apart. When I have a good sized section of the track clamped and adjusted I solder it and move on to the next section.
Fantastic workmanship! Nice to see some metalwork instead of 3D printed stuff. U just need some tweaking here and there and then, but then all together in one huge machine 👍🏻
As a toolmaker for many years, I can happily say you have made some beautiful and well thought out designs. excellent workmanship on the bending and brackets. Well Done!
I love the relation between this kind of system with electric system. :) I use to explain the work of a battery (for example :) of 'lifting' charges against a potential.
Gracias al Creador por darnos la misma capacidad para la creatividad a todos los humanos y que pocos han dejado escapar la oportunidad de desarrollarla para que todos aprendamos unos de otros! Gracias!
So cool to watch, it reminds me of the awesome pinball machines and their wire ramps were the ball glides on to reach a different area of the pinball table increasing your score and triggering a specific reaction at times 🙂...
Wonderful and fascinating machines. Very clean. Interesting mechanical devices i will remember for my future projects. What material wire tracks are made of ? Brass parts soldered together or welded iron ? Thank you.
Those are really nice machines. I'd be interested in seeing a build video where you show how you get those nice clean curves in that ?brass rod? you use.
I don't have anything to show how I bend the wire, basically it is done free hand on different size cylinders. I have made a bunch of little clamps that hold the two wires the proper distance apart and in position for soldering.
The gears come from old water meters. I use to work for a City and I had the water department save some of the gears for me when the old meters were replaced and scraped out.
Old post that I just found and watched. Really amazing and beautiful craftsmanship along with attention to detail not only in function but also creativity in design! I truly enjoyed your video, Thank you for posting. what average rpm were the motors? I realize that there was 1 much slower but not sure if it was all changed in your gearing!
The tracks are made from straight 4 foot lengths of 1/16" brass rod. I use a electric soldering gun to attach cross braces and supports. The brass rod is bent around different diameter pipes and cylinders. I have a small bench metal lathe that I use to make the lift mechanisems.
If ya like this, look at the marble machine that wintergaten made! It reminds me of these ^-^ I always wanted one of these kind of machines when i was younger
amazing machines. I wonder how you calculate loss/leak of balls? Seems like your machines have a lot of fallen balls, not a critique, but I'm interested in the theory behind fixing the lost balls.
My grandchildren had been playing with the marble machines and little fingers are not always gentle. Some slight bending of the rails will easily remedy the problem, I just didn't take the time to do it. In the past my marble machine video got diddle squat views so I figured no big deal.
I like the different lifting mechanisms- escalator, staircase, lift, launcher and magnetism. How about one where the marbles are propelled upwards by a strong gust of air?
@@LeslieProper it’s a little slotted gear where a crank peg catches it and advances it one division every so many seconds depending on RPM. You can make them with as many sides as you need and trim the motor speed to get some pretty interesting movements. I had never heard of them either. But I’ve been watching a lot of these and found them.
hi, me and my friends are making a final school project for high school, we got inspired by this video and we are going to make one of this machines ( the 2:55 one ) if you could reach to us giving some informations about it (sizes, how it works etc.) we would be verry thankfull, thanks for your time
Hello, my marble machines were made without plans, so regrettably I have nothing to send you to help you build yours. The rails are made with straight 1/16" brass rod which comes in 4 foot lengths. The rails are soldered together with an electric soldering iron and soft plumber solder. The ball bearings are 9/32" diameter.
Very professional and meticulous hobby craft I see you built pneumatic air rifles nice vids Have you ever tried building a springer air rifle now that would be interesting to see I enjoy your vids Have a great day
Thanks for your comments Bill62. I have not tried building a springer. It seems like the big springs could be dangerous if a person did not know what they were doing so I have steered clear of them.
I spend a lot (too much) time on RUclips watching amazing, mind blowing talent and creativity from musical, athletic to mechanical and I get a real charge out of your talents. Thanks for sharing and know that your work is appreciated by people you will never know.
Those lifting mechanisms were incredibly imaginative!
The last lifting mechanism is a very elegant design.
My favorite is the antepenultimate one (2:51).
I agree
Wonderful set of machines. The wooden spirals on the first one are absolutely gorgeous, and the launching mechanism at 4:12 is something I've never seen before. Lots of really cool ideas here.
My grandchildren play with them and they get out of adjustment.
I'd say that's a good reason. I'm sure these machines are inspiring to at least one of them and they'll have great memories of these for the rest of their lives. 😊
If you don't mind me asking, how do you get such even and smooth bends in the wire tracks?
I use 1/16" brass rod in straight 48" lengths. I bend them on cylinders of different diameters. I have several little clamps that hold the tracks for soldering. The clamps are made with two 1/2" pieces of 1/8" brass rod with a small bolt in the middle to draw them together. The 1/8" brass pieces have grooves which hold the track the correct distance apart. When I have a good sized section of the track clamped and adjusted I solder it and move on to the next section.
@@LeslieProper Would like to see a video of the clamps and your fabrication process.
Love your designs. I bet the grand children love coming round your house
What a loved grandparent you must be.
Beautiful work. Mesmerizing mechanicals. I can see the lifting mechanisms are the main interest here. Very nice selection. Thank you for posting.
Some excellent builds here. Thanks for sharing your great work!
Ruling in joy the different lifting mechanisms. Very creative!
Fantastic workmanship! Nice to see some metalwork instead of 3D printed stuff. U just need some tweaking here and there and then, but then all together in one huge machine 👍🏻
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@@GuardianTiger yup
I can imagine him building such things when he was a child.
This is very neat: thanks for sharing it! I'm especially fond of the magnetic lift in the last one.
Those machines are true works of art, the craftsmanship, intricacy and sheer engineering skill is astounding. Thanks paul
As a toolmaker for many years, I can happily say you have made some beautiful and well thought out designs. excellent workmanship on the bending and brackets. Well Done!
Hi Bill, thanks for the nice comment.
Why do I smile And Laugh? Tyvm for this
THANK YOU...for sharing. Really nice. You have really been busy.
I love the relation between this kind of system with electric system. :) I use to explain the work of a battery (for example :) of 'lifting' charges against a potential.
Super cool, I’ve always been interested in mechanical stuff like this.
I loved the second one. More relaxing and both motions were almost in unison.
Well done thanks for sharing
all the best from John in Texas
Gracias al Creador por darnos la misma capacidad para la creatividad a todos los humanos y que pocos han dejado escapar la oportunidad de desarrollarla para que todos aprendamos unos de otros! Gracias!
And this person is the spirit of my marblelife
As my grandmother used to say"The devil finds work for idle hands" ! Brilliant fun !
So cool to watch, it reminds me of the awesome pinball machines and their wire ramps were the ball glides on to reach a different area of the pinball table increasing your score and triggering a specific reaction at times 🙂...
love those designs and my fav is the magnet lift 1 :D
El nivel de ingeniería que tiene este señor en la cabeza es alucinante!!!!!!
The essence of mechanical engineering! My favorite branch of engineering.
Beautiful.. I wish I can make something beautiful like this one day.
Lol😄 this is great! Thanks for sharing!
This content : exists
Wintergatan: *Im gunna end this whole mans career*
This person is my spirit animal
What I like is that these sculptures don't run at 100%. Or no video editing has been used. I'm looking at getting into this hobby.
Curious what kind of woodworking tools you use - would love to see a how to video.
They are great. Need some fine tuning, but absolutely wonderful.
Now, chain them all together and make one big run😂
Glad you liked them, thanks for the comment.
It's amazing. Good luck. Это ШИКАРНО.
Wow nice Video 😁👍😁
Magic. That's worth a like and sub.
These are very beautiful and inspiring!
These are awesome. Really nice work man. Where is a good place to start with these the motor Mount?
When do the music play ?
It says medley not melody.
@@Music7Ada Medley is an actual song i thought like him at the beginning
dinde you hear the music of the marbles ? don't you dare imagine him stacking one music on top of this one.
@@munchyii a medley is a mix of different features it can be any medium, music medleys are a type of medley a mix of featured songs
@omniscient why is your profile picture Extreme demon from Geometry dash?
Cool! El ultimo me gusto mucho!
You've got the most creative lifts I've ever seen
I love the designs ...
All of them are great !!
Hello !! The work you do is wonderful
very impressive, some incredible construction, Wow!
Lindas maquetes meu amigo. Parabéns
Que trabajo tan hermoso !!!
Amazing projects mind blowing. Thank you 😯😉🙏🙋
These are just wonderful to watch 😍
Wonderful and fascinating machines. Very clean. Interesting mechanical devices i will remember for my future projects.
What material wire tracks are made of ? Brass parts soldered together or welded iron ?
Thank you.
Yes, 1/16 inch brass rod in 4 foot lengths. Soldered with lead free plumbers solder and an electric soldering gun. Thanks for the comment.
this looks awesome! I admire creative lever designs
The last one with the magnets is very ellegant.
I think the balls may get magnetized over time and then stick to each other.
I’m just getting into making these devices. I just really like magnets. Way cool
Some final adjustments are needed but then you have it,perfect working machines.
Those are really nice machines. I'd be interested in seeing a build video where you show how you get those nice clean curves in that ?brass rod? you use.
I don't have anything to show how I bend the wire, basically it is done free hand on different size cylinders. I have made a bunch of little clamps that hold the two wires the proper distance apart and in position for soldering.
Such beautiful designs. Great use of gears and so much work. And crappy noisy motors that ruin almost every machine. Don’t decent DC motors run quiet?
The motors are almost silent. The noise you hear is the gears.
This is amazing! Where do you get all the brass gears and gadgets?
The gears come from old water meters. I use to work for a City and I had the water department save some of the gears for me when the old meters were replaced and scraped out.
Old post that I just found and watched. Really amazing and beautiful craftsmanship along with attention to detail not only in function but also creativity in design! I truly enjoyed your video, Thank you for posting.
what average rpm were the motors? I realize that there was 1 much slower but not sure if it was all changed in your gearing!
Its awesome! Thank you!
Excellent Les, are there any plans on how to build them?
I would just plan them out in my head and build them. I never made any plans. I would be happy to answer any questions you might have however.
Wonderful machines! Have you thought about making one steam powered by one of your engines?
That's one of my favourite videos since now 😁
#4 appears to be very good at distributing marbles around the room.
Nicely done!
I could totally hear the marble machine music in my head while I watched this.
Muito bom. Gostei sobretudo do dos ímanes.
This is so fun to watch. So what kind of tools do you use to make these?
The tracks are made from straight 4 foot lengths of 1/16" brass rod. I use a electric soldering gun to attach cross braces and supports. The brass rod is bent around different diameter pipes and cylinders. I have a small bench metal lathe that I use to make the lift mechanisems.
Great fun
I would like to build my own. Can you please tell me; the wire type and gauge, The marble (ball bearing) size, and the motor size. Thanks
The wire is 1/16" brass rod in 48" lengths. The motor is a 3 to 6 volt DC electric motor about 1" long. The marbles are 1/4" steel ball bearings.
5:50 interested to see where this is headed.
WHERE HAS THIS BEEN FOR T H E L A S T S I X M O N T H S
If ya like this, look at the marble machine that wintergaten made! It reminds me of these ^-^
I always wanted one of these kind of machines when i was younger
The marbles flying off made me very nervous but these were so cool!
Nice description
Amazing and awesome 😎😊
Hi I’m doing my cba right now on this exact thing and I was wondering if I could ask you a few questions about it??
In regards to the second one what lifting mechanism did you use ?
Certainly, can we use email? I am at lesproper@gmail.com
GÉNIAL...!!🤙
I thought it says "marble machine melody".
I was like few minutes in waiting to hear some melody and then i realize what i missed...😂
great job, i love it :-)
amazing machines. I wonder how you calculate loss/leak of balls? Seems like your machines have a lot of fallen balls, not a critique, but I'm interested in the theory behind fixing the lost balls.
My grandchildren had been playing with the marble machines and little fingers are not always gentle. Some slight bending of the rails will easily remedy the problem, I just didn't take the time to do it. In the past my marble machine video got diddle squat views so I figured no big deal.
Beautiful pieces. Where can I purchase one of these pieces?
Wonderful work👍👍👍👇👇👇👇
Thank you
I like the different lifting mechanisms- escalator, staircase, lift, launcher and magnetism. How about one where the marbles are propelled upwards by a strong gust of air?
What kind of board do you have and what are it’s dimensions?
This is what people should be watching at 3 am
Thanks for watching??? Thanks for making it!!!!!
Great, great, looks amazing! Do you sell the instructions? I would love to make one.
I am sorry. I built them straight from my head, no drawings or written instructions.
Thank you for letting me know. You're very talented.
It's nice and funny. Good work. Congratulations.
Do you make the gears yourself? When I was a kid I used to take everything apart looking for anything that I could use with motors and Lego.
Have you made any with a Geneva gear? I was looking into it and figured I would ask the master lol.
I don't know what that is, but I am interested to know.
@@LeslieProper it’s a little slotted gear where a crank peg catches it and advances it one division every so many seconds depending on RPM. You can make them with as many sides as you need and trim the motor speed to get some pretty interesting movements. I had never heard of them either. But I’ve been watching a lot of these and found them.
So cool!
hi,
me and my friends are making a final school project for high school, we got inspired by this video and we are going to make one of this machines ( the 2:55 one ) if you could reach to us giving some informations about it (sizes, how it works etc.) we would be verry thankfull,
thanks for your time
Hello, my marble machines were made without plans, so regrettably I have nothing to send you to help you build yours. The rails are made with straight 1/16" brass rod which comes in 4 foot lengths. The rails are soldered together with an electric soldering iron and soft plumber solder. The ball bearings are 9/32" diameter.
@@LeslieProper thank you very much Mr.Leslie that means a lot to us
Awesome!
Very professional and meticulous hobby craft I see you built pneumatic air rifles nice vids Have you ever tried building a springer air rifle now that would be interesting to see I enjoy your vids Have a great day
Thanks for your comments Bill62. I have not tried building a springer. It seems like the big springs could be dangerous if a person did not know what they were doing so I have steered clear of them.
@@LeslieProper Thank you for your reply Sir your hobbies are wonderful to look at thank you very much Have a great day
Very interesting, Congratulations. it's like a terapy. :)
Но здесь нету осуществления полезной работы для имения КПД, а в принципе надо поработать над проектом и будет хороший результат.
do you fabricate the little gears or are they purchased? and what kind of material do you use for the rails
The gears are for scraped out watermeters and the rails are made from 1/16" by 48" brass rod.
@@LeslieProper thanks. Do you solder them together? If so what kind of solder do you use?
@@kcdakrt Just regular plumbers solder and paste. I use an electric solder gun.
These machines are sooooo damn cute!
Very nice but 4:03 those open electrical connections are probably violating some electrical code, somewhere.
5:47 this is my favourite.
So this has nothing to do with Wintergatan?
This was my childhood